Almost every week, especially when I'm at home with my family, I watch CBS News'
60 Minutes program on Sunday evenings.
60 Minutes has been around for over 45 seasons and has always been a routine in my house. As kind of magazine for television
60 Minutes remains one of my favorite programs on television to date.
60 Minutes brings a unique kind of storytelling to the forefront of news programming and my favorite part about the program is the way in which the reporters tell the stories of often unknown players in our world today. These people are creative, passionate, and are making incredible strides in their fields and
60 Minutes open's our eyes to their projects and successes. I love how the stories are introduced from a magazine-like set, and the background ticking of the stopwatch, counting down the program's 60 minutes.
Today I'd like to share two recent stories I saw on
60 Minutes that sparked my attention. The interviews can be found
here and
here, but first I just want to introduce the stories of these two innovative thinkers.
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| David Kelly, founder of IDEO |
David Kelly, the founder
IDEO, a global design firm, is at the center of the first
60 Minutes story. Not only has he invented countless breakthrough inventions including the first mouse for Apple, but he has revolutionized the concept of thinking and inventing things of the future. IDEO is his product design company where thinkers from all backgrounds come together and partake is what he calls 'design thinking,' which stresses the importance of collaboration and teamwork. To learn more about the inner workings of Kelly's brilliant mind, watch the interview.
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| Kielburger with children in one of his schools |
Craig Kielburger and his story is at the center of the second
60 Minutes story. As a 12 year old boy, Kielburger was inspired to start a charity called
Free the Children. His first passion was to free children from poverty and exploitation, but after the realization that he could not possibly free every child, he decided that his efforts could best be served through the creation of his organization that still exists today. Today
Free the Children is an international charity that has involved over 1.7 million youth that have banned together on the journey through development programs that have created schools, provided clean water and more in 45 countries around the world.
Free the Children is the largest network of children helping children and to learn more about Kielburger and his motto-
we are the change. 
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