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Build a tower, build a team

Tom Wujec · TED

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About

Tom Wujec presents some surprisingly deep research into the "marshmallow problem" -- a simple team-building exercise that involves dry spaghetti, one yard of tape and a marshmallow. Who can build the tallest tower with these ingredients? And why does a surprising group always beat the average?

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED2010
Speaker
Tom Wujec
Year
2010
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Business and management, Psychology and the brain, Art, architecture and design
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
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