--- title: The Office: Mindy Kaling Teases Michael Scott TED Talk description: After Mindy Kaling tweeted about writing a Michael Scott TED Talk, The Office fans were quick to hop on board with the idea. canonical: https://time.com/4755981/the-office-mindy-kaling-michael-scott-ted-talk/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-26T16:32:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:43:08.548Z og:title: The Internet Overflows With Ideas for Michael Scott's TED Talk og:description: The Office fans have jokes: "May your hats fly as high as your dreams" og:url: https://time.com/4755981/the-office-mindy-kaling-michael-scott-ted-talk/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Overflows With Ideas for Michael Scott's TED Talk twitter:description: The Office fans have jokes: "May your hats fly as high as your dreams" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # The Internet Is Overflowing With Ideas for the Michael Scott TED Talk That Should Have Been > Sponsored content. 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So when Mindy Kaling — who both wrote for the show and played the iconic Kelly Kapoor — tweeted about this missed opportunity Tuesday, fans were quick to hop on board with the idea. “Michael Scott’s Ted Talk would have been fun to write,” she wrote, opening a floodgate of suggestions for how the world’s best boss would have acted during his moment in the spotlight. “He would show up and be surprised/honored they finally let someone not named ted do one,” one Twitter user offered. Others shared famous Michael Scott-isms that could have been included in the speech, such as, “May your hats fly as high as your dreams,” and, “I want people to be scared of how much they love me.” See the reactions below. > [](https://twitter.com/mindykaling/status/856865052757905409) > [](https://twitter.com/chrispchung/status/856865380412923909) > [](https://twitter.com/pocketemily/status/856865497782136833) > [](https://twitter.com/AnnaMSterling/status/856986366734811136) > [](https://twitter.com/lostgirl23/status/856870940097032192) > [](https://twitter.com/andybarron/status/856865677768105984) > [](https://twitter.com/ChristophHooton/status/856866185853505542) > [](https://twitter.com/LyricalPhetish/status/856870901178126338) > [](https://twitter.com/Clifwith1f/status/856923892086185984) > [](https://twitter.com/coltonmwhite/status/856925579962089474) > [](https://twitter.com/DeathbyHappy/status/856866313481981952) > [](https://twitter.com/EUnger4/status/856922546414944256) > [](https://twitter.com/willappel3/status/856915199101718528) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4755981/the-office-mindy-kaling-michael-scott-ted-talk/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4755981/the-office-mindy-kaling-michael-scott-ted-talk/"},"headline":"The Internet Is Overflowing With Ideas for the Michael Scott TED Talk That Should Have Been","datePublished":"2017-04-26T16:32:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:43:08.548Z","description":"\"May your hats fly as high as your dreams\"","url":"https://time.com/4755981/the-office-mindy-kaling-michael-scott-ted-talk/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","The Office","TV","Mindy Kaling"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4755981/the-office-mindy-kaling-michael-scott-ted-talk/","name":"The Internet Is Overflowing With Ideas for the Michael Scott TED Talk That Should Have Been"}}]}] ```