Talks

• Grit: The power of passion and perseverance - Angela Lee Duckworth explains her theory of “grit” as a predictor of success.
  
• The best stats you’ve ever seen - Hans Rosling debunks myths about the so-called “developing world.”
  
• The beauty of data visualization - David McCandless suggests the best way to navigate the information glut.
  
• Beyond the numbers: A data analyst journey - Anna Leach discusses the importance of investing time with people and the process of analysing data, as well as its resources.
  
• The human insights missing from big data - Tricia Wang demystifies big data and identifies its pitfalls, suggesting that we focus instead on “thick data” – precious, unquantifiable insights from actual people – to make the right business decisions and thrive in the unknown.
  
• Make data more human - Jer Thorp shares his moving projects, from graphing an entire year’s news cycle to mapping the way people share articles across the internet.
  
• Big data is better data - Kenneth Cukier looks at what’s next for machine learning – and human knowledge.
  
• Own your body’s data - Talithia Williams makes a compelling case that all of us should be measuring and recording simple data about our bodies every day — because our own data can reveal much more than even our doctors may know.
  
• The power of believing that you can improve - Carol Dweck describes two ways to think about a problem that’s slightly too hard for you to solve.
  
• The world needs all kinds of minds - Temple Grandin makes the case that the world needs people on the autism spectrum: visual thinkers, pattern thinkers, verbal thinkers, and all kinds of smart geeky kids.