Trust in Motion: How Movement supports Cooperation | Kimo Quaintance | TEDxMünchen

Kimo Quaintance is an educator, speaker, and strategy consultant who teaches individuals and teams how to cultivate trust, bring the joy of learning into their work, and express their creativity.
He is the co-founder and director of Learning and Development at Move to Think, a Munich-based organization dedicated to improving the quality of life through the integration of body and mind.
Kimo is former United States Junior and Collegiate National Champion in fencing and holds a PhD in International Relations from the University of St Andrews in Scotland. Kimo has spent the past 20 years researching, teaching and consulting on the social and physical impact of digital technology in the United States, China, Scotland and Germany.
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TEDxMünchen
BACK TO THE FUTURE
10. November 2019
Münchner Kammerspiele
Kimo Quaintance is an educator, speaker, and strategy consultant who teaches individuals and teams how to cultivate trust, bring the joy of learning into their work, and express their creativity.
He is the co-founder and director of Learning and Development at Move to Think, a Munich-based organization dedicated to improving the quality of life through the integration of body and mind.
Kimo is former United States Junior and Collegiate National Champion in fencing and holds a PhD in International Relations from the University of St Andrews in Scotland. Kimo has spent the past 20 years researching, teaching and consulting on the social and physical impact of digital technology in the United States, China, Scotland and Germany. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@anthonymirabito1501]

Wow. If you stretch out, you can bend further?!? And gestures convey information!?! Whooda thunk ?

[@kimoquaintance2029]

The point about gestures is not just that they convey information, but that over and above speech, they have a deepening effect on learning and understanding. They can change whether our listeners better understand the structure or dynamics of systems, even when we use the exact same words. Gestures also shape the thinking of the person doing the communicating. Seems even more relevant now when everyone is meeting remotely but rarely including gestures in videoconferences.