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Who here was a child once? 

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Right, all of us. 

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I bought my nephew a bicycle for Christmas about six years ago. 

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It was the Lightning McQueen bike from Cars. 

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It was metallic. 

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It's like Lightning McQueen. 

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Gold uncle status clearly. 

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And it was, oh you remember 

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when you were a kid, 

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it's all about who's got the biggest Christmas present in the box. 

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So it was a huge box. 

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He brought it out, unwrapped it, 

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tore open the top of the box, 

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took the bicycle out, 

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what did he spend the rest of the day playing with? 

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Why? 

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Could be anything he wanted it to be. 

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It was anything you wanted it to be. 

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It was a fort, it was a castle, 

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it was a rocket ship, it was a Barbie's house. 

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At what point in your life could you now only see a box? 

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From the age of six to the age of whatever you are today, 

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at some point in your life, 

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somebody's pointed a finger at you 

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and told you you're not creative 

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and at some point in our life 

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we actually believe we're not creative. 

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And so one of the creative behaviours 

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I want to cover for a moment is children are very curious 

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and they think expansively. 

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Over time we begin to think reductively 

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because education teaches us to look for one right answer 

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and corporations, our fear of failure. 

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So playfulness is a behaviour I'd like to talk about. 

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I don't expect people to be playful every minute of every day, 

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but I do expect people to be playful 

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when they're looking for big ideas.

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So if I could invite you just to close your eyes for a moment? 

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I'm going to ask you a question. 

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I don't want you to think about it. 

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I just want you to shout out the first word 

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that comes into your head. 

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Where are you and what are you doing usually 

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when you get your best ideas? 

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Shower, 

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walking the dog, 

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bike ride, 

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commuting. 

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What else? 

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In bed. 

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Mountain. 

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On a mountain. 

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Running. 

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So, here's what we haven't heard and it's consistent 

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with the 5,000 people I've trained across the world. 

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Nobody said the following two words: at work.

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Close your eyes again. 

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I'd like you to be as honest with yourself 

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as you choose to be. 

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The good news is you don't have to share it with anybody. 

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I'd like you to picture the last verbal argument 

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you were in with somebody. 

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When you can see the argument, 

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I'll ask you to open your eyes, 

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and for those of you more empathetic people 

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you can open your eyes as well. 

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So the argument is over and you hate Fred. 

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"Fred, I can't believe you blind copy my boss on that email. 

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I'll never ever ever work with you again!" 

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And I storm out of the office, 

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I slam the door, 

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I go over to my local coffee shop, 

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I drive, I get there, I get a cappuccino, I sit down. 

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5 or 10 minutes after the argument is over, 

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I'm more relaxed. 

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What just popped into my head? 

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What popped into your head? 

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Yeah, the killer one-liner you wished 

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you'd used during the argument. 

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The "Oh if I'd have said that! 

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Oh I should have said (that)! 

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Oh that was the perfect line!"