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But Just As Elevators Have Changed The Shape Of Buildings And Cars Have Changed The Shape Of Cities, Bits Will Change The Shape Of Organizations, Be They Companies, Nations, Or Social Structures.

The Wild, The Absurd, The Seemingly Crazy: This Kind Of Thinking Is Where New Ideas Come From ... The People Capable Of Such Playful Thought Carry Forward Their Childish Qualities And Childhood Dreams, Applying Them In Areas Where Most Of Us Get Stuck, Victims Of Our Adult Seriousness. Staying A Child Isn't Easy.

My Advice To Graduates Is To Do Anything Except What You Are Trained For. Take That Training To A Place Where It Is Out Of Place And Stimulate Ideas, Shake Up Establishments, And Don't Take No For An Answer.