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[Applause] are you always neat and tidy or can you
are you always neat and tidy or can you
are you always neat and tidy or can you be a little bit messy well today I want
be a little bit messy well today I want
be a little bit messy well today I want to talk about missing you know we are
to talk about missing you know we are
to talk about missing you know we are all taught as children to behave be tidy
all taught as children to behave be tidy
all taught as children to behave be tidy the order to be consistent and then when
the order to be consistent and then when
the order to be consistent and then when we get a little bit over we’re talking
we get a little bit over we’re talking
we get a little bit over we’re talking well keep focused know where you’re
well keep focused know where you’re
well keep focused know where you’re going have a goal focus on it well I was
going have a goal focus on it well I was
going have a goal focus on it well I was interested to read this very interesting
interested to read this very interesting
interested to read this very interesting article by Tom Harper in the hand warden
article by Tom Harper in the hand warden
article by Tom Harper in the hand warden newsletter a few weeks ago tom has
newsletter a few weeks ago tom has
newsletter a few weeks ago tom has written a book about the importance of
written a book about the importance of
written a book about the importance of being messy and his theory is you know
being messy and his theory is you know
being messy and his theory is you know we live in a messy world now it’s
we live in a messy world now it’s
we live in a messy world now it’s getting Messier every day even we all
getting Messier every day even we all
getting Messier every day even we all have a hundred million people now
have a hundred million people now
have a hundred million people now posting on on social media and Facebook
posting on on social media and Facebook
posting on on social media and Facebook and Twitter and all these things every
and Twitter and all these things every
and Twitter and all these things every day we have all the news in the world
day we have all the news in the world
day we have all the news in the world served up instantly and it gets a little
served up instantly and it gets a little
served up instantly and it gets a little messy and so Tom’s theory is that you
messy and so Tom’s theory is that you
messy and so Tom’s theory is that you need to adjust to our world and you need
need to adjust to our world and you need
need to adjust to our world and you need to think sometimes you need to be a
to think sometimes you need to be a
to think sometimes you need to be a little messy and so what I thought this
little messy and so what I thought this
little messy and so what I thought this is sort of interesting idea and I
is sort of interesting idea and I
is sort of interesting idea and I thought maybe I would intestine
thought maybe I would intestine
thought maybe I would intestine yeah I’m the phone guy so I can look
yeah I’m the phone guy so I can look
yeah I’m the phone guy so I can look back on a very interesting career all
back on a very interesting career all
back on a very interesting career all over the world and maybe see if this
over the world and maybe see if this
over the world and maybe see if this idea makes sense and it is my my
idea makes sense and it is my my
idea makes sense and it is my my experience has been life is not the
experience has been life is not the
experience has been life is not the grand equation where things follow in a
grand equation where things follow in a
grand equation where things follow in a very straight methodical rational way
very straight methodical rational way
very straight methodical rational way from the beginning to a conclusion you
from the beginning to a conclusion you
from the beginning to a conclusion you just follow the pattern I don’t think
just follow the pattern I don’t think
just follow the pattern I don’t think that’s the way life works I was reminded
that’s the way life works I was reminded
that’s the way life works I was reminded of this recently
of this recently
of this recently when Professor ishiguro from Osaka
when Professor ishiguro from Osaka
when Professor ishiguro from Osaka University was in Beijing about a year
University was in Beijing about a year
University was in Beijing about a year ago one of the world’s great experts on
ago one of the world’s great experts on
ago one of the world’s great experts on robotics with cotton boy his robot looks
robotics with cotton boy his robot looks
robotics with cotton boy his robot looks pretty real and she really thought she
pretty real and she really thought she
pretty real and she really thought she would go to her head smiled it looked
would go to her head smiled it looked
would go to her head smiled it looked pretty real but the professor said she’s
pretty real but the professor said she’s
pretty real but the professor said she’s a robot
a robot
a robot she’s the machine she will never make a
she’s the machine she will never make a
she’s the machine she will never make a mistake she’ll do what I tell her to do
mistake she’ll do what I tell her to do
mistake she’ll do what I tell her to do 24 hours a day 7 days a week 30 days a
24 hours a day 7 days a week 30 days a
24 hours a day 7 days a week 30 days a month and she’ll never get tired and
month and she’ll never get tired and
month and she’ll never get tired and she’ll never get make a mistake humans
she’ll never get make a mistake humans
she’ll never get make a mistake humans he said are very different you know we
he said are very different you know we
he said are very different you know we get tired sometimes we even get mad we
get tired sometimes we even get mad we
get tired sometimes we even get mad we get sick sometimes we can tell us some
get sick sometimes we can tell us some
get sick sometimes we can tell us some other people and we have a hard time
other people and we have a hard time
other people and we have a hard time working together but we humans have all
working together but we humans have all
working together but we humans have all the creativity and the innovation and
the creativity and the innovation and
the creativity and the innovation and the robots and the machines really have
the robots and the machines really have
the robots and the machines really have none it’s important to remember that now
none it’s important to remember that now
none it’s important to remember that now this is an old old car that my family
this is an old old car that my family
this is an old old car that my family had in the 1950s an old Chrysler
had in the 1950s an old Chrysler
had in the 1950s an old Chrysler Imperial embassy that was a a great
Imperial embassy that was a a great
Imperial embassy that was a a great machine and he must have weighed about
machine and he must have weighed about
machine and he must have weighed about 10 tons when I first came to China 34
10 tons when I first came to China 34
10 tons when I first came to China 34 years ago
years ago
years ago the American government official I was
the American government official I was
the American government official I was cutting around Beijing and one of these
cutting around Beijing and one of these
cutting around Beijing and one of these things a red flag limousine made by the
things a red flag limousine made by the
things a red flag limousine made by the FA W works in Changsha hit was very much
FA W works in Changsha hit was very much
FA W works in Changsha hit was very much the same these were sort of like burrito
the same these were sort of like burrito
the same these were sort of like burrito steel tanks dressed up for a party I
steel tanks dressed up for a party I
steel tanks dressed up for a party I remember in the 1960s but my older
remember in the 1960s but my older
remember in the 1960s but my older brothers got their drivers license and
brothers got their drivers license and
brothers got their drivers license and we found this old Christ were in fifth a
we found this old Christ were in fifth a
we found this old Christ were in fifth a garage and we thought we’d better take
garage and we thought we’d better take
garage and we thought we’d better take it out and see how fast it go and my
it out and see how fast it go and my
it out and see how fast it go and my brother driving you know just about
brother driving you know just about
brother driving you know just about eighteen and nineteen and he got it
eighteen and nineteen and he got it
eighteen and nineteen and he got it going a hundred a hundred and ten miles
going a hundred a hundred and ten miles
going a hundred a hundred and ten miles an hour in 1960 it was just incredible
an hour in 1960 it was just incredible
an hour in 1960 it was just incredible and when I remember about that and what
and when I remember about that and what
and when I remember about that and what I remember thinking about that red flag
I remember thinking about that red flag
I remember thinking about that red flag limousine I first encountered it vision
limousine I first encountered it vision
limousine I first encountered it vision was that it was great going in a
was that it was great going in a
was that it was great going in a straight line but I remember what my
straight line but I remember what my
straight line but I remember what my brother expected turned him a little bit
brother expected turned him a little bit
brother expected turned him a little bit it would start to shiver and shake and
it would start to shiver and shake and
it would start to shiver and shake and you had the sense that if you turned it
you had the sense that if you turned it
you had the sense that if you turned it too far it would just roll over it was a
too far it would just roll over it was a
too far it would just roll over it was a machine designed to go in a straight
machine designed to go in a straight
machine designed to go in a straight line it was not a machine designed to
line it was not a machine designed to
line it was not a machine designed to turn corners and go sideways now to
turn corners and go sideways now to
turn corners and go sideways now to amuse one of my heroes one of my Chinese
amuse one of my heroes one of my Chinese
amuse one of my heroes one of my Chinese heroes the first Chinese to win the
heroes the first Chinese to win the
heroes the first Chinese to win the Nobel Prize for medicine really heroic
Nobel Prize for medicine really heroic
Nobel Prize for medicine really heroic push to achieve what she achieved and
push to achieve what she achieved and
push to achieve what she achieved and she is not a doctor she didn’t have a
she is not a doctor she didn’t have a
she is not a doctor she didn’t have a doctorate and she wasn’t even a
doctorate and she wasn’t even a
doctorate and she wasn’t even a of the Chinese Academy of Sciences well
of the Chinese Academy of Sciences well
of the Chinese Academy of Sciences well that’s a little bit of an interesting
that’s a little bit of an interesting
that’s a little bit of an interesting path and I would improved by some
path and I would improved by some
path and I would improved by some research that was done a few years ago
research that was done a few years ago
research that was done a few years ago about the Nobel Prize winners in science
about the Nobel Prize winners in science
about the Nobel Prize winners in science the ones who win the prizes for physics
the ones who win the prizes for physics
the ones who win the prizes for physics and math and chemistry and medicine and
and math and chemistry and medicine and
and math and chemistry and medicine and the research revealed that they were two
the research revealed that they were two
the research revealed that they were two and a half times more likely to play a
and a half times more likely to play a
and a half times more likely to play a musical instrument than the average
musical instrument than the average
musical instrument than the average person
person
person now that led the researchers to conclude
now that led the researchers to conclude
now that led the researchers to conclude that actually there was a link between
that actually there was a link between
that actually there was a link between music and the creativity and innovation
music and the creativity and innovation
music and the creativity and innovation that led to the Nobel Prize and I see
that led to the Nobel Prize and I see
that led to the Nobel Prize and I see this around this is this is Bob being a
this around this is this is Bob being a
this around this is this is Bob being a student in Beijing there he is doing a
student in Beijing there he is doing a
student in Beijing there he is doing a solo violin in front of a full symphony
solo violin in front of a full symphony
solo violin in front of a full symphony orchestra heading off to Duke at the
orchestra heading off to Duke at the
orchestra heading off to Duke at the pool this is Damon Jenny also from
pool this is Damon Jenny also from
pool this is Damon Jenny also from Beijing a great guitarist he actually
Beijing a great guitarist he actually
Beijing a great guitarist he actually built himself his first bass guitarist
built himself his first bass guitarist
built himself his first bass guitarist and then founded about four or five
and then founded about four or five
and then founded about four or five bands in Beijing I was in high school
bands in Beijing I was in high school
bands in Beijing I was in high school and now he’s just finished his first
and now he’s just finished his first
and now he’s just finished his first year at the University of Virginia well
year at the University of Virginia well
year at the University of Virginia well their lives weren’t so conventional
their lives weren’t so conventional
their lives weren’t so conventional their parents didn’t say to them look
their parents didn’t say to them look
their parents didn’t say to them look it’s Saturday Mac you can’t fill out
it’s Saturday Mac you can’t fill out
it’s Saturday Mac you can’t fill out can’t fill the page
can’t fill the page
can’t fill the page you can’t go out with your friends and
you can’t go out with your friends and
you can’t go out with your friends and you really stay home and study study
you really stay home and study study
you really stay home and study study study we all hear that I’m a parent I’m
study we all hear that I’m a parent I’m
study we all hear that I’m a parent I’m sure I said it many times myself but I’m
sure I said it many times myself but I’m
sure I said it many times myself but I’m not sure that was the right thing
not sure that was the right thing
not sure that was the right thing because these are the students that are
because these are the students that are
because these are the students that are getting accepted in all the great
getting accepted in all the great
getting accepted in all the great schools the students who were a little
schools the students who were a little
schools the students who were a little bit broader and their interests and
bit broader and their interests and
bit broader and their interests and activities and therefore a little bit
activities and therefore a little bit
activities and therefore a little bit more creative and the universities
more creative and the universities
more creative and the universities looked for this now the story of
looked for this now the story of
looked for this now the story of bearings Bank I worked for about 20
bearings Bank I worked for about 20
bearings Bank I worked for about 20 years in London and when I was there one
years in London and when I was there one
years in London and when I was there one of the great old British merchant bank
of the great old British merchant bank
of the great old British merchant bank the oldest block bearings bank went bust
the oldest block bearings bank went bust
the oldest block bearings bank went bust his 1995 a great Bank for the 250 year
his 1995 a great Bank for the 250 year
his 1995 a great Bank for the 250 year old tradition the Queen was a customer
old tradition the Queen was a customer
old tradition the Queen was a customer of bearings Bank and how did bearings
of bearings Bank and how did bearings
of bearings Bank and how did bearings Bank lose their way the full of bearings
Bank lose their way the full of bearings
Bank lose their way the full of bearings is a collapse that made nothing
is a collapse that made nothing
is a collapse that made nothing improbable it was all due to a 28 year
improbable it was all due to a 28 year
improbable it was all due to a 28 year old investor trader
old investor trader
old investor trader based in Singapore and he went well
based in Singapore and he went well
based in Singapore and he went well beyond his legal limit for training and
beyond his legal limit for training and
beyond his legal limit for training and he decided he was smart enough nick
he decided he was smart enough nick
he decided he was smart enough nick leeson to really double the fortunes of
leeson to really double the fortunes of
leeson to really double the fortunes of the bank so he bet big about a billion
the bank so he bet big about a billion
the bank so he bet big about a billion dollars on the stock market allergist
dollars on the stock market allergist
dollars on the stock market allergist and
and
and you know going up he’s studied it very
you know going up he’s studied it very
you know going up he’s studied it very carefully it was a very experienced and
carefully it was a very experienced and
carefully it was a very experienced and successful trader and all of a sudden
successful trader and all of a sudden
successful trader and all of a sudden the averages started to rise but what
the averages started to rise but what
the averages started to rise but what happened they had an earthquake in Tokyo
happened they had an earthquake in Tokyo
happened they had an earthquake in Tokyo and it was a disaster it destroyed a lot
and it was a disaster it destroyed a lot
and it was a disaster it destroyed a lot of the infrastructure the roads some
of the infrastructure the roads some
of the infrastructure the roads some buildings but not too many main
buildings but not too many main
buildings but not too many main infrastructure and what happened the
infrastructure and what happened the
infrastructure and what happened the stock market went dropped and that was
stock market went dropped and that was
stock market went dropped and that was the end of bearings been in doubt and it
the end of bearings been in doubt and it
the end of bearings been in doubt and it was a sad story honestly I don’t
was a sad story honestly I don’t
was a sad story honestly I don’t remember the family Peter baring was a
remember the family Peter baring was a
remember the family Peter baring was a lovely man and they even had to sell the
lovely man and they even had to sell the
lovely man and they even had to sell the old family jewels there’s one of the
old family jewels there’s one of the
old family jewels there’s one of the famous ones and there’s an auction
famous ones and there’s an auction
famous ones and there’s an auction record at Christie’s got about a million
record at Christie’s got about a million
record at Christie’s got about a million and a half dollars for it and that was
and a half dollars for it and that was
and a half dollars for it and that was just one of the things the family had to
just one of the things the family had to
just one of the things the family had to give up in addition to the bank well my
give up in addition to the bank well my
give up in addition to the bank well my point is only algorithms and trading
point is only algorithms and trading
point is only algorithms and trading patterns in the world are great but you
patterns in the world are great but you
patterns in the world are great but you just need to miss one thing like the
just need to miss one thing like the
just need to miss one thing like the earthquake the possibility of an
earthquake the possibility of an
earthquake the possibility of an earthquake and you got no avail we lose
earthquake and you got no avail we lose
earthquake and you got no avail we lose everything so it’s another reason to
everything so it’s another reason to
everything so it’s another reason to think a little bit the messy
think a little bit the messy
think a little bit the messy think sideways think what can happen but
think sideways think what can happen but
think sideways think what can happen but I haven’t thought about another
I haven’t thought about another
I haven’t thought about another interesting thought came to mind which
interesting thought came to mind which
interesting thought came to mind which is all the inventions that have been
is all the inventions that have been
is all the inventions that have been invented by mistake
invented by mistake
invented by mistake we all know the story of plastics it was
we all know the story of plastics it was
we all know the story of plastics it was just a pile of chemicals
just a pile of chemicals
just a pile of chemicals overnight laughs by the state and what
overnight laughs by the state and what
overnight laughs by the state and what they came into morning there was plastic
they came into morning there was plastic
they came into morning there was plastic I think what that means that meant to
I think what that means that meant to
I think what that means that meant to our world you all know what this is
our world you all know what this is
our world you all know what this is microwave oven but you might not know
microwave oven but you might not know
microwave oven but you might not know how the microwave oven was discovered
how the microwave oven was discovered
how the microwave oven was discovered there was that there was a researcher in
there was that there was a researcher in
there was that there was a researcher in one of the old technology companies in
one of the old technology companies in
one of the old technology companies in the u.s. dealing with old-fashioned –
the u.s. dealing with old-fashioned –
the u.s. dealing with old-fashioned – this was before the period of
this was before the period of
this was before the period of transistors before the invention of
transistors before the invention of
transistors before the invention of transistors and one day he was playing
transistors and one day he was playing
transistors and one day he was playing around in the tubes the old tubes and he
around in the tubes the old tubes and he
around in the tubes the old tubes and he realized he looked down and a chocolate
realized he looked down and a chocolate
realized he looked down and a chocolate bar that he had in his pocket
bar that he had in his pocket
bar that he had in his pocket and melted because it was a little bit
and melted because it was a little bit
and melted because it was a little bit too close to the tomb and he was fine
too close to the tomb and he was fine
too close to the tomb and he was fine enough that to realize well if that
enough that to realize well if that
enough that to realize well if that could happen
could happen
could happen I can cook with it in a microwave oven
I can cook with it in a microwave oven
I can cook with it in a microwave oven another one in my own old town this is
another one in my own old town this is
another one in my own old town this is dr. Nelson great back and he discovered
dr. Nelson great back and he discovered
dr. Nelson great back and he discovered that the pacemaker the heart pacemaker
that the pacemaker the heart pacemaker
that the pacemaker the heart pacemaker the healer you get routinely insert in
the healer you get routinely insert in
the healer you get routinely insert in somebody’s chest and it helps with
somebody’s chest and it helps with
somebody’s chest and it helps with movement of the heart and he’s tried and
movement of the heart and he’s tried and
movement of the heart and he’s tried and tried and tried to get it right and one
tried and tried to get it right and one
tried and tried to get it right and one day he was in the lab and he reached
day he was in the lab and he reached
day he was in the lab and he reached into the bag of transistors and by
into the bag of transistors and by
into the bag of transistors and by mistake he pulled out a bigger
mistake he pulled out a bigger
mistake he pulled out a bigger transmission transistor that he thought
transmission transistor that he thought
transmission transistor that he thought and he put it in the pacemaker and put
and he put it in the pacemaker and put
and he put it in the pacemaker and put it in a patient and he noticed all of a
it in a patient and he noticed all of a
it in a patient and he noticed all of a sudden it started to vibrate he’d never
sudden it started to vibrate he’d never
sudden it started to vibrate he’d never had that happen before and that’s what
had that happen before and that’s what
had that happen before and that’s what he was after
he was after
he was after probably ten million the lives of 10
probably ten million the lives of 10
probably ten million the lives of 10 million people have been saved because
million people have been saved because
million people have been saved because he grabbed the wrong transistor out of
he grabbed the wrong transistor out of
he grabbed the wrong transistor out of the box of transistor I lectured a lot
the box of transistor I lectured a lot
the box of transistor I lectured a lot on critical thinking let’s draw a little
on critical thinking let’s draw a little
on critical thinking let’s draw a little bit from that you’ve got to use all your
bit from that you’ve got to use all your
bit from that you’ve got to use all your senses give life and you’ve got to use
senses give life and you’ve got to use
senses give life and you’ve got to use them all the time
them all the time
them all the time gotta use them looking and listening
gotta use them looking and listening
gotta use them looking and listening sideway seeing listening touch taste and
sideway seeing listening touch taste and
sideway seeing listening touch taste and smell you never know where the clue is
smell you never know where the clue is
smell you never know where the clue is going to come from laughs a lot
going to come from laughs a lot
going to come from laughs a lot appreciate the whimsical the incongruous
appreciate the whimsical the incongruous
appreciate the whimsical the incongruous and the unexpected and a little bit like
and the unexpected and a little bit like
and the unexpected and a little bit like the story on the earthquake always think
the story on the earthquake always think
the story on the earthquake always think about the unexpected don’t get o2
about the unexpected don’t get o2
about the unexpected don’t get o2 overwhelmed by what’s predictable and
overwhelmed by what’s predictable and
overwhelmed by what’s predictable and what’s normal and what’s neat and over
what’s normal and what’s neat and over
what’s normal and what’s neat and over don’t hesitate to laugh at yourself a
don’t hesitate to laugh at yourself a
don’t hesitate to laugh at yourself a last drink how to get a child yeah sure
last drink how to get a child yeah sure
last drink how to get a child yeah sure I assume some of you managed to get a
I assume some of you managed to get a
I assume some of you managed to get a job
job
job I remember one job I got I got because I
I remember one job I got I got because I
I remember one job I got I got because I went to a bunch and I sat next to a
went to a bunch and I sat next to a
went to a bunch and I sat next to a stranger and we started talking and we
stranger and we started talking and we
stranger and we started talking and we developed a nice friendship I was at the
developed a nice friendship I was at the
developed a nice friendship I was at the American Embassy in London at the time
American Embassy in London at the time
American Embassy in London at the time he said the Regal David this is really
he said the Regal David this is really
he said the Regal David this is really good fun to talk and we’ll hear finished
good fun to talk and we’ll hear finished
good fun to talk and we’ll hear finished from the embassy you know I hope to
from the embassy you know I hope to
from the embassy you know I hope to continue our conversation and that
continue our conversation and that
continue our conversation and that resulted in an absolute wonderful job
resulted in an absolute wonderful job
resulted in an absolute wonderful job all over the world for ten years with
all over the world for ten years with
all over the world for ten years with one of the international law firms now
one of the international law firms now
one of the international law firms now how do you predict the lunches you are
how do you predict the lunches you are
how do you predict the lunches you are going to go to in five years or ten
going to go to in five years or ten
going to go to in five years or ten years how you didn’t predict the person
years how you didn’t predict the person
years how you didn’t predict the person you sit next to well of course you can
you sit next to well of course you can
you sit next to well of course you can and the story is how much of life
and the story is how much of life
and the story is how much of life actually happens that you cannot predict
actually happens that you cannot predict
actually happens that you cannot predict in advance so the thing that’s important
in advance so the thing that’s important
in advance so the thing that’s important is not predicting it but keeping your
is not predicting it but keeping your
is not predicting it but keeping your eyes open so when it comes along you’re
eyes open so when it comes along you’re
eyes open so when it comes along you’re recognizable and and talk to the person
recognizable and and talk to the person
recognizable and and talk to the person next to you and follow-up and there you
next to you and follow-up and there you
next to you and follow-up and there you go that’s a secret
in closing I just pick up this wonderful
in closing I just pick up this wonderful quote by John Lennon you may remember
quote by John Lennon you may remember
quote by John Lennon you may remember one of the Beatles you probably send a
one of the Beatles you probably send a
one of the Beatles you probably send a lot of the songs at the KTV the life is
lot of the songs at the KTV the life is
lot of the songs at the KTV the life is what happens while you are busy making
what happens while you are busy making
what happens while you are busy making other plans be missing
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