Build a tower, build a team

Title:: Build a tower, build a team
Speaker:: Tom Wujec
Description:: 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?

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Video Language:: English
Team:: closed TED
Project:: TEDTalks
Duration:: 06:31

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