STILL HAVE TIME IF YOU HAVEN'T
ORDERED FLOWERS FOR THAT
SPECIAL SOMEONE.
HE IS WELL KNOWN FOR THE
MONTE PYTHON.
HE'S A WORLD OF MOM
DIFFICULT TRAVELS INSPIRING
PEOPLE WITH HIS ONE OF A KIND
STYLE.
THERE'S MORE TOMIUM THAN MANY
OF YOU KNOW.
HE'S IN THE TWIN CITIES
TODAY TO TALK TO STUDENTS ABOUT
BUSINESS SKILL ANDS HE'S KIND
ENOUGH TO STOP BY THE W CC O
STUDIOS.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR COMING IN.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME.
AT LEAST I'M NOT OUT IN THE
COLD.
THAT'S GOOD.
I FLEW HERE FROM THE
CARIBBEAN TWO DAYS AGO.
DID ANYBODY TELEDU IT'LL YOU
WHAT THE WEATHER WAS LIKE HERE
IN MINNESOTA?
THEY SAID IT WAS COLD BUT
NOT COLD.
IT'S HARD TO DESCRIBE UNTIL
YOU FEEL IT.
I'M ESCAPING TOMORROW
BECAUSE I'M GONNA FLY TO
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA.
BUT I JUST DISCOVERED SOMETHING
RATHER SAD THAT I'M GONNA GET
ON A PLANE HERE TOMORROW WHICH
IS THE 13 AND WHEN I ARRIVE IN
SYDNEY, IT'S THE 15 SO THERE'S
NO VALENTINE'S DAY.
IS THAT GOOD OR BAD?
WELL, I DON'T HAVE TO BUY MY
WIFE A PRESENT.
SO THAT'S MIGHT NOT BE THAT
BAD.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF
MINNESOTA.
THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME HERE?
YES, I NEVER HEARD OF IT
BEFORE BUT I GATHER WE'RE IN
THE MIDWEST.
YES.
PEOPLE LIKE TO THINK WE'RE IN
THE ARCTIC THIS TIME OF YEAR
BUT WE'RE IN THE MIDWEST.
I'M TALKING TO THE COLLEGE.
WHAT ADVICE DO YOU HAVE FOR
THEM THAT ARE WATCHING RIGHT
NOW?
REALIZE THAT ALMOST NOBODY
KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE TALKING
ABOUT.
INCLUDING MYSELF.
SO THAT THAT IS THE STARTING
POINT AND I'VE ONLY COME TO
THIS PHILOSOPHY OVER THE LAST
FEW YEARS.
I READ A BOOK CALLED THE BLACK
SWAN AND SINCE THEN I REALIZE
THAT NOBODY HAS ANY IDEA WHAT
THEY'RE DOING BUT THE AWFUL
THING IS THEY HAVE NO IDEA THAT
THEY HAVE NO IDEA THAT KNOW
WHAT THEY'RE DOING SO THAT
GIVES THEM CONFIDENCE.
THE WHOLE PLACE IS A COMPLETED
DISASTER BUT WHAT TOY THINK WE
CAN DO WITH A LITTLE CREATIVITY
BECAUSE IT'S NOT TAUGHT IN
SCHOOL IS IT.
NO.
IN BUSINESS, YOU'VE GOT TO
INNOVATE AND NOBODY IN SCHOOLS
EVER TELLS YOU ABOUT HOW TO DBH
CREATIVE.
HOW DO YOU TEACH CREATIVITY?
YOU TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO
RELEASE IT.
IT GETS INTO HIBERNATION ONCE
YOU GO INTO SCHOOLS.
YOU FIND YOUR INNER CREATIVE
SELF-IN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE
YEARS?
YES, COLLEGE MEANING
UNIVERSITY.
I WAS ABOUT 22.
I DISCOVERED I WOULD MAKE
PEOPLE LAUGH.
DURING THE ENTIRE EDUCATION OF
18 TO 22, NO TEACHER EVER SAID
I WAS CREATIVE.
NO TEACHER TOLD ME A SINGLE
THING ABOUT HOW TO BE CREATIVE.
IT'S SO IMPORTANT IN OUR
SOCIETY.
IT'S EXTRAORDINARY THAT IT'S
NOT ADDRESSED.
IT IS.
ALL THE FOCUS IS PUT ON STEM
SUBJECTS LIKE MATH, SCIENCE,
WHICH ARE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT
BUT NOT ONE OF THOSE IS ABOUT
CREATIVITY.
THAT'S RIGHT.
IT'S JUST EXTRAORDINARY THAT
ANYTHING LIKE THAT CAN HAPPEN
BUT, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE THE
LEFT BRAIN AND RIGHT BRAINING
IS A SORT OF SIMPLIFICATION OF
IT ALL.
THERE'S SOME CERTAIN AMOUNT OF
TRUTH AND WE LIVE IN A LEFT
BRAIN SOCIETY AND THE RIGHT
BRAIN SKILLS ARE SIMPLY NOT
TAUGHT.
HOW CAN YOU COME UP WITH ANY
KIND OF CREATIVE IDEA IF YOU'RE
STUCK IN YOUR LEFT BRAIN.
IT'S GREAT FOR LOGIC AND GREAT
FOR ANALYSIS AND CRITICAL
THINKING.
BUT IT'S HOPELESS AT CREATIVITY
BUT NOBODY SAYS THAT.
WELL, JOHN WE APPRECIATE YOU
JOINING US TODAY.
MATT WAS VERY EXCITED THAT YOU
WERE COMING IN TODAY.
I DON'T GET TO ASK ANY
QUESTIONS AND SAY THANK YOU FOR
COMING IN.
WHERE'S THE CAT?
HE'S OVER THERE.
ONLY CAME BECAUSE I HEARD
THE CAT WAS GONNA BE ON THE
SHOW.
I GOAT POINT ON THE NUMBERS.
THERE'S LITERALLY NOTHING