Video and Multimedia

This document provides you with video suggestions (along with the web links), for use throughout the change course. 

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Nicholas Negroponte: The Vision Behind One Laptop Per Child 18:24 minutes
A TED talk by Negroponte, discussing the change initiative of “One Laptop Per Child” and the type of impact it is having on marginalized children and their families by extending their access to learning and the subsequent opportunities this gives rise to.

Teaching Design for Change – Emily Pilloton – 16.44 minutes
This TED talk focuses on bringing design and public education together to bring about community engagement (beginning with the teachers and students) and change in rural communities. As such, it shows how structural (systems level) and process changes can be deployed to bring about community change in disadvantaged areas.

Transforming Giants – 9:30 minutes
HBR interview of Rosebeth Moss Kanter on how corporate giants like IBM, Nokia, Banco Real etc transform themselves to become more agile, nimble and responsive to local conditions. Issues related to the purpose and values of the organization lie at the center of developing flexibility, adaptiveness, and employee engagement. 

New Leadership and Organizational Change at Google – 1.39 minutes
Eric Schmidt briefly discusses what changes he had to make at Google when he got hired as CEO.