Transformational Collaboration | Brook Swanson | TEDxSpokane

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Channel: TEDx Talks · 2018 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Brook is a professor of Biology. Brook will provide insights into the collaborative process and an idea he calls "radical collaboration." Brook will provide examples of this radical collaboration with help from the dance program at Gonzaga University. Brook Swanson is a professor in Biology. He teaches a variety of courses in involving physiology, evolution, and marine biology. Through his research in evolutionary biology he explores the design of animals from an engineering and evolutionary perspectives. This work has brought Brook to an interest in collaboration and in communicating ideas in new ways and through interdisciplinary thinking. Brook will provide insights into the collaborative process and an idea he calls “radical collaboration”. Brook will provide examples of this radical collaboration with help from the dance program at Gonzaga University. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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