Tom Wujec speaks at TED

I just saw this video of Tom Wujec speaking at the TED conference in 2009. In the video, Tom delivers a very entertaining lateral-thinking parable. Different teams are given the task of building a tower out of sticks of spaghetti. Apparently, young kids are 3 times better at this task than business school grads.
via Boingboing



We worked with Tom a long time ago, and its great to see him doing well. Back when beveled edges where cool, Tom Wujec ran the Interactive department at the Royal Ontario Museum. In 1993 he hired Mackerel to collaborate on 'Light and Gemstones', a touch screen exhibit for the ROM's Gem gallery (pictured below). It ran for more than a dozen years, and was finally taken off display when the museum was renovated.