# Build a tower, build a team

- 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](https://www.ted.com/talks/tom_wujec_build_a_tower_build_a_team)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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?

## Lectures

1. [Build a tower, build a team](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/tom_wujec_build_a_tower_build_a_team/d4804ac12693), 7 min (TED's player)