when innovators grow up

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Oh,  that’s  awesome  dear!  

I’m  making  a  helicopter  train.  

When  you  were  5…  

The  world  was  limitless!  

Hey  boss!  Had  a  few  ideas!  Social  media…    

Well,  we’ve  discussed  it  before  and  we  think  it’s  too  risky…    

But  when  you  were  25…  

You  couldn’t  find  anyone  to  listen  to  your  ideas.  

…and  then  I’m  gonna  build  a  robot  that  makes  cookies  in  its  mouth  AND  cleans  your  room…  and  wouldn’t  it  be  cool  if  the  cookies  glowed  in  the  dark  and  then  when  you  want  a  snack  at  night  you  don’t  

have  to  turn  on  the  lights..      

Those  are  great  ideas,  honey!  

When  you  were  7…  

You  saw  so  many  possible  soluLons.    

I  saw  this  really  cool  project  management  soNware  that  seems  easier…  

Oh  no,  they  aren’t  going  to  go  for  that  idea.  We  have  a  relaLonship  with  the  other  vendor.    

Oh.  Ok.  

But  when  you  were  27…  

You  ran  into  endless  obstacles.  

Kids,  how  would  YOU  solve  world  hunger?  

Have  everybody  mail  seeds  to  poor  

countries!  

We  could  make  a  food  

printer!  

Solar  powered  tractors!  

When  you  were  10…  

Ideas  just  popped  into  your  head  with  ease.  

What  if  we  did  this  instead….?  

We  can’t  do  that!  

It’s  too  difficult,  and  we’re  busy  

enough   I  don’t  really  get  it…  

But  when  you  were  30…  

You  started  being  afraid  of  sharing.    

I  have  an  idea  for  our  

project,  let’s  build  a  

website  for  students  to  connect  with  each  other…    

Cool  idea,  we  could  post  events  and  

how  we  feel…  

When  you  were  20…  

You  dared  to  dream  dreams.  

Yes,  do  you  have  any  ideas  that  would  make  a  lot  of  

money?  

We  would  like  to  put  more  of  an  emphasis  on  innovaLon  

now…    I’m  just  not  creaLve.  And,  anyway,  I  don’t  

have  Lme  to  think  about  this.    

But  when  you  were  40…  

You  forgot  how  to  dream  things  up.  

What  happened  to  all  the  possibili/es,  and  how  do  

we  get  them  back?  

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