Tracee Ellis Ross

Human rights, race relations, gender politics, health care, and foreign policy - it's a lot to keep track of, and yet all of these things affect us in our daily lives. Making sense of everything requires meticulous unpacking of feelings, delicate navigation of social norms, and a community of love to help along the way.

American Actress

Sophie Okonedo

I am rather partial to Shakespeare, though I haven't done loads. But when it's done right, there's nothing like it. There are layers upon layers upon layers, and you unpack new things constantly. I don't know how he knew so many things - about the world, about women, about human nature, life, death, our fears and hopes.

British Actress

Mark Bradford

I don't know why we, in the art world, cannot unpack things and sort of make hybrid notions of a practice. We're very rigid. It's funny, though; in music, we have no problem sampling, mixing and remixing. But in the art world, why can't we take little parts of history and mix it together?

American Artist

Hillary Clinton

The challenges of change are always hard. It is important that we begin to unpack those challenges that confront this nation and realize that we each have a role that requires us to change and become more responsible for shaping our own future.

American Politician

Geoffrey Zakarian

I always request a king-size bed, and if I can't, I try to work that out right after I land. I unpack immediately so the clothes don't get wrinkled. I go the gym. I adjust the temperature; I like the room kind of warm. And then turn on CNBC.

American Chef

Petra Kvitova

Living out of a bag, in hotels, packing, unpacking, travelling, the hours of flying, sometimes the credit card doesn't work at the hotel, or the room isn't ready - I'm lucky to have a team around to help me.

Czechoslovakian Athlete

Emma Thompson

If you've got to my age, you've probably had your heart broken many times. So it's not that difficult to unpack a bit of grief from some little corner of your heart and cry over it.

English Actress

Thomas P. Campbell

We live in a world of crisis, of challenge, and... it's in our galleries that we can unpack the civilizations that we're seeing the current manifestations of.

Educator

Jools Holland

I do so much travelling in my work that my suitcase is always packed, with my passport ready. I rarely unpack, as I am constantly on the move.

English Musician

Shannen Doherty

Used when arriving somewhere and removing items from luggage.

Travel Context

Unpacking can involve any items you've carried, not only clothes.

Not Just Clothes

Implies arranging your belongings and feeling settled in a new place.

Settling In

Used to explain complex subjects in a more understandable way.

Clarification

Commonly used in essays or papers to explore concepts more deeply.

Academic Writing

Encourages looking into different aspects of an argument.

Debate and Discussion

Refers to opening files or installing software on your computer.

Computer Files

Specifically related to extracting files from compressed formats.

Zip and Compress

Can be used by programmers when referring to data from complex structures.

Data Extraction

 But as I said, I think by unpacking them, by explaining them, by talking about them super honestly, we can actually start to at least begin that process. And so when you talk about legibility and digital literacy, I find it difficult to imagine that we need to place the burden of digital literacy on users themselves.

The nightmare videos of...

 so I sort of turned a little part of it into my own little bird Bird-watching holiday? Yeah, little bird-watching holiday. It was. You just needed some binoculars. No binoculars allowed. Do you know what? I'd love to have seen the reaction of people. Everyone unpacking their case, yeah? And I just pop these out.

Nature Dates: Jack...

 from tangible things like butterflies, to abstract entities like geometric shapes. So, what does it mean for an object to be symmetric? Here's the a symmetry is a transformation that leaves that object unchanged. Okay, that sounds a bit abstract, so let's unpack it. It will help to look at a particular example,

The science of symmetry...

 that I've shown on this slide that are critically important for effective task shifting. The first is that we need to simplify the message that we're using, stripping away all the jargon that medicine has invented around itself. We need to unpack complex health care interventions

Mental Health for All by...

 and download examples of various templates for unpacking the thorny problems that we all face in our organizations. So the seemingly trivial design exercise of drawing toast helps us get clear, engaged and aligned. So next time you're confronted with an interesting challenge,

Tom Wujec: Got a wicked...

 Some people find it impenetrable without a full book of annotations to help them understand what Joyce is even talking about. But there's a lot of joy to be found in reading it, more than just unpacking allusions and solving puzzles.

Why should you read...

 And now we think nothing of calling all over the world. Well, something similar may be happening with reading and programming life. But before I unpack that, let's just talk about telescopes.

The age of genetic...

 and then to electricity so if we unpack the characteristic of this technology we get the following so in terms of cost by removing some of the most expensive wind

Creating wind energy...

 and courage find a way to manage this rivalry without a war nobody wants, and everybody knows would be catastrophic? Give me five minutes to unpack this,

Is war between China and...

 our challenge is to unpack the various theories that support and fuel the Yeti legend is it a bear could it possibly be