AI is making execution faster—but what should we do with the time it gives back?

This talk introduces the idea of the “Thinking Budget”: deliberately reinvesting the time saved through AI-powered execution into deeper thinking, creativity, learning, and…

What if the biggest costs in an organization are the ones that never appear on an invoice?

Through the story of Adam and the “small holes” that quietly develop before a major failure, this talk explores the hidden cost of unreported incidents, neglected…

Permission to Re(Define) traces the “permission slip” across accent, embodied expression and academic identity. Through personal anecdotes, Fricker’s epistemic injustice and Goffman’s theory of stigma, it attempts to expose how an arbitrary idea of “normal”…

This talk explores what happens to our natural curiosity as we grow older—and how we gradually stop asking the questions that help us understand ourselves, others, and the world around us. It invites us to look beyond statements such as “I can’t,” “I’m terrible…

When dinner begins with a screen, what happens to the experience of dining itself? Shruthi Manjula Balakrishna examines how QR code menus and digital convenience are quietly reshaping taste, conversation, and human connection. Blending design, behavior, and…

Designer Salehe Bembury turns sneakers into stories — like a sunset-colored shoe and footwear with a hiking whistle in the heel. In conversation with TED's Cloe Shasha Brooks, Bembury walks through some of his most coveted drops (for Crocs, New Balance, Versace…

After spending hours assembling a chair, Ivet Yaneva discovers that she has been following the wrong instructions. This everyday mistake leads to a larger realization: sometimes the problem is not that we are incapable, but that we are following a path that…

Who teaches us to believe that we are not good enough? Drawing on her personal and entrepreneurial journey, Ina Gavazova explores how criticism, imposed expectations and other people’s definitions of success can shape our self-image. Her talk is an invitation…

In a humorous and deeply personal story, Aleksandar Kadiev revisits the unexpected turns, mistakes and uncomfortable moments that have shaped his life. Moving between self-irony and reflection, he shows how getting lost does not necessarily mean that we have…

A name may seem like a simple label, but it can carry history, meaning, expectations and a deeply personal story.

Drawing from her own experiences, Jasmita Yasothamani Rukmoni explores how names influence identity, confidence and the way we understand ourselves.…