A quick show of hands if you have ever clicked on a link, downloaded an attachment or made a post online and soon after that you thought I would have not done that. Oh lot of people look we all have been there including myself. So every time you make a click, you make a post, you respond online, you are making a connection between the biological world of the neurons in our head and the technology world of the computers and that link matters.Let me put that into some context. In year 2024, cyber crime cost $ ...

I am terrified to be here to say these words and to not say others. I'm terrified of having to speak, but even more terrified to stop speaking. And that has to happen in 17 minutes and 32, 31, 30 seconds.Let me be absolutely clear. I'm not here to start a TED talk. I'm here to finish one because well, let's be honest, it's easy to start something, but it is a lot harder to reach the end.So perhaps the only logical thing to do is to begin at the end. The end. Thank you.I am terrified of endings. Things endin ...

Thank you. So, um when you listen to this, that's a common ground. That's we.We're always connected to it. We are always part of it. But first um let's go.It's some 30 years um back to tell you a story of mine. At the time I was on university and um spending the whole day sometimes eight, seven, six, seven, eight hours training my skills on my instruments. First uh studied classical clarinet uh before I switched over to jazz saxophone and um composition.So it was all about training my technical skills, play ...

Who are you friends with and why are you friends with these people. Would you frequently meet someone who has almost nothing in common with you. Today I want to share something that I've learned not from a book, not from a podcast, but from living it.Sometimes less is truly more. And I will tell you three of my own experiences that made that very clear to me. One in sports, one with friends, and one in work.When I founded how a day the social club I host here in Lind, I had one big dream to bring people tog ...

Imagine this hall is a bank and we're in the midst of a bank robbery. There's a scary criminal with a Kalashnikov and he yells, "Get down everyone. We are now hostages." The phone rings. It's the police, a hostage negotiator.The criminal says, "I want $500 million, a plane with a full tank in four hours or everyone in here dies." Can you imagine what that negotiator is up against. They have to convince this dangerous criminal, "Yeah, you're not getting $500 million. You're not getting a plane. None of that. ...

Why do we do this. Why do we go to space at all. What's the whole point. Well, the whole point is to benefit humanity.Let's stop and talk about that for a moment. What's going to happen to humanity as we become a multilanetary species. How do we make sure that the benefits that we experience are equally passed around.In 2020, NASA with seven other countries and the State Department pulled together the Artemis Accords. Now 42 nations strong. The Artemis Accords were originally inspired by Star Trek's Kiddime ...

Frequencies can't be. Have you ever been stressed out and someone came up to you and said, "It's okay. It's about resiliency." Now, imagine hearing that standing underneath an F-16 firing jet, dropping bombs over your head. Still feeling inspired.I'm a leadership coach. I teach concepts born in the western world, taught in airond conditioned boardrooms, helping managers navigate uncertainty. But I'm also from the global south of the world, a region too well defined by war, displacement, and headline news th ...

Let's play a little game. Think of the last time someone asked you, "How are you?" What did you say. I'm fine.Alhamdulillah. I'm good. But if you're really honest, you would say, "I'm tired." Now, let's imagine somebody actually said, "I feel anxious," which I am, lonely, and a little depressed.What would you do exactly. Silence. Here's the thing.We don't know how to talk about our mental well-being. Although our culture is packed with words of care and resilience. Take this one.You say it to your mom and s ...

The doctor tells you you have exactly one minute to live. What do you do. You use every millisecond of that minute to make sure the doctor's wrong.I know this because I lived it. We were 9 days into rowing 5,000 kilometers across the Pacific Ocean, and I'm with my best friends, Ollie, Barney, and Harry, and we see this giant cargo ship bearing down upon us. We're just 60 seconds until our tiny rowing boat is smashed into driftwood.Ollie, GET THE FLARES. BARNEY ON THE RADIO. HARRY, LIFE JACKETS.And me. Wow. ...

Every time I say I'm a brain trainer, everyone looks at me and says, "What's that. " And I say, "I train memory, focus, attention, and other mental skills. I make people smarter." But the funny thing is I'm standing right here looking at all of you and I can't remember my speech. Okay. So before we start, let's just go back to our school days. Can you remember when you were in a classroom with a teacher having a list of facts just written on the board and you have to remember every single word? You were tes ...