John Maeda: How art, technology and design inform creative leaders

John Maeda, President of the Rhode Island School of Design, delivers a funny and charming talk that spans a lifetime of work in art, design and technology, concluding with a picture of creative leadership in the future. Watch for demos of Maeda's earliest work -- and even a computer made of people.

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[Yotipo]

This TEDTalk was all over the place, but still one of my favorites just for the ideas and content Maeda brings up

[zephyrderg]

Incredible how these lectures still resonate for many years (even decades) to come

[CansukiTan]

"I don't get this art"
that is the art!?
Awesome!

[javieresteves]

Does anyone knows what tools he used to make his presentaton? Loved how subtle and powerful some of the animations were!

[srimansrini]

This TED Talks contains some of the wonderful thoughts about creative leadership. I strongly recommend for this to aspiring leaders and those who think different !

[gemindrama]

what is presentation Software he use ?
it's so powerful & interested.

[ViperMD]

Personally, I use those 15 second to fullscreen, turn up the quality and get comfortable in my chair. Never quite understood why some people obsess about 10-15 second intros. :P

[bethbartlett]

The analogies - are PRICELESS (sorry-no font change - cause he is POINT ON)!

[kenak]

I think he talked about the possibility of a creative leadership model as opposed to the traditional ones.

"Innovation = Art + Design"
I think that's his point.

i. e. Innovation involves both technology and leadership, but innovation --as I understood he said one way or another-- is all about combining provocative artistic view points with what makes a good design. And that's all that really "jazz". A new tech shouldn't have any value just because it's new, just as an only old antique nothing.

[eddiemc]

There was a time where the intro was 300% louder than the actual talk and every other video on youtube. the 0:15 button was very convenient at that time.

[dorothyedwards]

John Maeda Thank You!! This is So Awesome!!❣💯

[shoutenry]

2 and a half MINUTES!?!? Holy damn! You sure are saving time!

[tsukihoshi]

one question only: Which program did he use for his presentation???

[GigaBoost]

You can set YouTube to automatically play on high quality bro, I just saved you a tonne of time.

[DesertGardenLV]

This talk must be ART. Im left with a lot of questions.

[XaphianYT]

the ideas he speaks of and what you refer to are different. Someone stepping in and telling you exactly how to do whatever it is you are doing is micromanaging. His ideas are for leaders to develop themselves in a way to manage their business without doing this. Also, I'd like to point out: "I need to be left alone to accomplish my best work." This is exactly what a creative leader should be doing. :)

[laprofelili]

Me deja pensando en muchas cosas, pero, la más relevante es el poder del maestro, el poder de condicionamiento, que tenemos desde nuestro discurso: "X es bueno para esto o lo otro, malo para aquello", ¿Qué hacemos los maestros con todo el poder que tenemos? Muy bueno, más que conceptos deja cuestionamientos, y es como dice, el arte no se debe entender... Esta enseñanza no es para responder sino para preguntar y preguntarse... Gracias.

[Mercerium]

i also don't see why people complain about intro audio levels, outro levels sure but the intro is exactly the same as the speech.

[tiffanykushner]

This talk had more quality content fitted in 15 minute than Creativity, Inc. which explored leadership in creative industry leaders. No offense, I love both lessons.

[AlwaysHaveaMontage]

He has a lot of philosophical undertones also. Lots of process philosophy (i.e. Alfred N. Whitehead-esque material).