CYN Summit 2016 | Future of Leadership

Dr. Connie Reimers-Hild Author

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[00:00:06.403]As Kayla mentioned, my name is Connie Reimers-Hild.
[00:00:08.823]I am the Associate Executive Director
[00:00:10.647]and Chief Futurist at the Rural Futures Institute.
[00:00:13.419]What Kayla asked me to do today
[00:00:15.498]is to really kind of set the stage
[00:00:17.183]for some futuristic thinking around your conversations,
[00:00:20.418]throughout the day and after the event.
[00:00:23.630]We're really excited at the Rural Futures Institute
[00:00:26.126]to host CYN and have that as part
[00:00:28.318]of the Rural Futures family.
[00:00:30.620]We know that you're leading great things
[00:00:32.850]in the state of Nebraska and beyond in this room
[00:00:34.897]and we're excited to be a part of that.
[00:00:38.383]I want to introduce this conversation with a short video.
[00:00:42.500]So I'm gonna turn it over to the Rural Futures team
[00:00:45.140]and have them play it.
[00:00:51.696](melodious orchestral music)
[00:02:16.639]Thank you.
[00:02:18.004]Have any of you heard of Microsoft's HoloLens
[00:02:20.516]or have any of you experimented with anything like that?
[00:02:22.983]If you have, raise your hand for me.
[00:02:25.195]I with the University of Nebraska
[00:02:26.918]Foundation and at UNMC,
[00:02:30.298]a current project in the works is called iEXCEL.
[00:02:32.844]It's virtual reality 3D learning.
[00:02:35.564]So teams, doctors, nurses can go in
[00:02:38.954]and practice essentially a surgery or dissect a heart
[00:02:43.324]in 3D virtual reality before they ever actually go in
[00:02:46.311]and do these things on patients.
[00:02:49.138]It's still in the works, but a lot of virtual reality
[00:02:52.346]glasses like this and other technology is coming into play,
[00:02:57.236]and so, in our role we got to go and play around with it
[00:03:00.506]and sample it, and it's really interesting,
[00:03:02.476]really interactive,
[00:03:04.425]and breakthrough for the university.
[00:03:07.816]Absolutely, thank you for sharing that.
[00:03:09.126]Let's give him a round of applause.
[00:03:10.756]Thank you.
[00:03:11.589](applause)
[00:03:14.756]You know, a lot of us have heard of holograms,
[00:03:17.026]virtual reality, sort of Star Trek-y type things
[00:03:19.956]for a long time, and it's taken a while
[00:03:21.706]for us to really get to the point now
[00:03:24.040]where we're launching applications with this,
[00:03:26.156]we're actually doing it.
[00:03:27.567]This isn't even in the future anymore.
[00:03:29.266]This is happening now.
[00:03:30.373]And so, as we think about the future of rural, urban,
[00:03:34.100]our lives, we need to think about, how can we incorporate
[00:03:37.334]this technology into what we're doing?
[00:03:39.636]And so what I love to see with all these partnerships
[00:03:42.356]that Microsoft is putting together, how do we
[00:03:44.580]at the university have a stronger presence in this?
[00:03:47.269]How do we as the state of Nebraska
[00:03:49.095]have a stronger presence in this?
[00:03:51.155]Because this is transforming our lives.
[00:03:52.801]You're gonna be able to go into Lowe's for example
[00:03:55.427]and rearrange your kitchen using holograms.
[00:03:58.631]You no longer have to take the paint swatch.
[00:04:00.761]Anyone get the paint swatch and take that home
[00:04:02.973]and try to figure out from a little square
[00:04:05.586]what color your room should be?
[00:04:07.921]How many of you have had that turn out really well?
[00:04:10.589](laughter)
[00:04:11.502]Okay, I hear some laughing.
[00:04:12.739]Yeah, I mean, so we've all had that happen, right?
[00:04:14.852]You bring the paint swatch home and you're like,
[00:04:16.412]"Oh, I painted the room, and now I've got to change it up."
[00:04:19.646]I'd much rather be in the middle of a hologram
[00:04:22.573]to see what I can change and do
[00:04:24.821]before I actually make the purchase.
[00:04:26.844]I'd love for doctors and other medical professionals
[00:04:29.435]to be able to experiment with a hologram
[00:04:31.789]before they have surgery,
[00:04:33.521]take that time to take surgery on me.
[00:04:35.728]So these are exciting times that we're living in,
[00:04:38.163]and our communities really need to think about
[00:04:40.554]how they can transform as well, and that's what
[00:04:43.492]we're working on at the Rural Futures Institute.
[00:04:46.211]Many of my colleagues will tell you,
[00:04:47.544]I love to explain the Rural Futures Institute
[00:04:49.800]as the Google of Rural.
[00:04:51.450]So, how do we add to this innovation?
[00:04:53.152]How do we add to this discovery and support that
[00:04:56.101]so we can add to the university's system and our knowledge,
[00:04:59.345]but at the same time, add value to communities,
[00:05:02.140]in Nebraska, nationally, and internationally.
[00:05:06.033]Over 10 years ago, futuring or foresight
[00:05:08.595]was already identified as a critical leadership competency.
[00:05:12.626]So we've known for a long time that leaders
[00:05:14.356]need to start thinking about, what does the future look like
[00:05:17.289]and how can I help shape that?
[00:05:19.083]How can I make a difference?
[00:05:21.301]One of the tools we use at the Rural Futures Institute
[00:05:24.031]to explore this for communities
[00:05:26.288]is looking at megatrends, and megtrends are global shifts
[00:05:30.038]that influence society, the economy, and the environment.
[00:05:34.279]I want to briefly share three of those with you today.
[00:05:37.505]The first is the rise of the gig economy,
[00:05:40.109]the second is living with purpose and meaning,
[00:05:42.731]and the third is the decentralized global marketplace.
[00:05:47.226]So let's take a look at the rise of the gig economy.
[00:05:49.735]How many of you in this room are entrepreneurs
[00:05:51.793]or own a business?
[00:05:54.030]Great, awesome.
[00:05:55.195]How many of you have some sort of side hustle going on?
[00:05:58.690](laughter)
[00:06:01.002]Hey, I think everybody should have a side hustle.
[00:06:03.995]In fact, Chuck and I just talked about that
[00:06:05.599]at dinner last night.
[00:06:06.890]I think it's one of the greatest ways to learn
[00:06:09.480]how to even be better in your job
[00:06:11.510]if you are currently in a career type position.
[00:06:13.926]Side hustles are awesome, and technology is helping us
[00:06:16.982]make this more and more possible.
[00:06:19.113]So think about this.
[00:06:20.278]53 million Americans are participating
[00:06:22.820]in what we call the gig economy, some sort of freelancing.
[00:06:26.138]They have some sort of side hustle going on.
[00:06:28.494]Some people have a side hustle in additional to a job.
[00:06:30.896]Some people are using the gig economy
[00:06:32.868]to support their families entirely.
[00:06:35.164]This adds over $715 billion a year
[00:06:39.322]to the American economy, but we also know
[00:06:42.263]that it's a competitive environment, right?
[00:06:44.141]There's a lot of noise out there on the internet,
[00:06:46.421]or even sometimes in our own communities.
[00:06:48.151]Sometimes it's hard to get found.
[00:06:49.907]So if you're gonna be successful in the gig economy,
[00:06:52.359]you have to build your brand, your influence,
[00:06:54.358]and your audience, and that's why networks like this
[00:06:56.551]are so critically important, right?
[00:06:58.943]If you're networked, if you know people,
[00:07:01.246]it's gonna be easier for you to make a difference.
[00:07:03.618]If you look at the online space
[00:07:05.363]and the most successful online entrepreneurs, guess what.
[00:07:08.644]They have strong networks.
[00:07:10.053]They promote one another.
[00:07:11.159]They promote each other.
[00:07:12.217]They're not doing it alone.
[00:07:15.060]Our communities can benefit from the gig economy
[00:07:17.816]and in great ways, and I think this is something
[00:07:19.983]we need to continue to explore as a state,
[00:07:22.954]because we have to make sure they're connected, right?
[00:07:25.757]We need that connectivity if we're gonna be
[00:07:27.750]powerful in the gig economy, but we also need
[00:07:30.050]to learn to collaborate.
[00:07:31.372]So what can organizations like CYN do around collaboration
[00:07:36.247]so we can compete in this global economy?
[00:07:39.190]Because things are changing
[00:07:40.436]and they're changing very quickly.
[00:07:42.230]We're in an era of rapid change,
[00:07:44.563]and it's getting faster and faster all the time,
[00:07:46.589]so as leaders we need to really think about what that means
[00:07:48.879]and how we deal with it.
[00:07:50.685]So if you look at this map, if we look at the 10 countries
[00:07:54.403]with the world's fastest internet speeds,
[00:07:56.828]of course you can see the U.S. is a huge part of that,
[00:08:00.238]but this map continues to evolve,
[00:08:02.181]so more and more countries are coming online
[00:08:04.174]and getting more powerful all the time and more connected.
[00:08:08.330]Okay, if you have one of these, let's see it.
[00:08:14.084]Yeah, right?
[00:08:15.437]So like, everybody has connectivity in their hand.
[00:08:19.177]Even 10 years ago this wasn't the case.
[00:08:21.655]20 years ago, wasn't the case.
[00:08:24.256]I mean, I'm gonna show my age a little bit here.
[00:08:26.661]So I did age out of CYN a few years ago.
[00:08:29.159]I'll just let you in.
[00:08:30.117]I mean, Oil of Olay does work for me, I know, I get that,
[00:08:32.515]but at the same time...
[00:08:35.706]I've kind of aged out, but you know,
[00:08:37.900]there was a time, and I actually shared this with my kids,
[00:08:41.145]there was a time that this was just a phone.
[00:08:45.230]There was a time that it was only on your wall.
[00:08:48.705]And that when I was in high school,
[00:08:50.258]to get any sort of privacy, our cord ended up
[00:08:52.999]being about the length of this stage
[00:08:55.004]because I had to take the receiver,
[00:08:57.777]I had to go down the stairs to my room
[00:09:00.445]and stretch that cord out.
[00:09:02.439]It was the only way for me to have a private conversation
[00:09:04.981]in a house where I was the second oldest of six kids.
[00:09:07.972]So that's how you had your privacy.
[00:09:09.519]My kids still love going to my dad's house
[00:09:11.963]because he still has a phone on his wall,
[00:09:14.575]and they're just amazed at the fact that it's on the wall
[00:09:16.826]and they can actually touch buttons,
[00:09:18.976]and the only thing it was designed to do
[00:09:20.534]was to be a telephone.
[00:09:22.065]It didn't have apps, didn't have games.
[00:09:23.547]It didn't have these things.
[00:09:25.731]It wasn't that long ago, and it's amazing to see now
[00:09:28.071]how even with Google's new phone
[00:09:30.786]you can get a virtual reality headset,
[00:09:33.061]so that's where we are today.
[00:09:34.466]These things are happening now.
[00:09:36.137]How can we as leaders in our communities
[00:09:37.985]make a difference in our communities
[00:09:39.588]with these technologies and connect with the world?
[00:09:42.710]Living with purpose and meaning.
[00:09:43.992]Purpose, a big theme of the CYN Summit today, right?
[00:09:47.971]But we also know, largely because of this,
[00:09:52.118]things don't just shut off anymore, right?
[00:09:54.386]I mean, we have to try to figure a way
[00:09:55.741]to balance this all out.
[00:09:57.830]So today I'll be in York.
[00:09:59.793]In the morning, this afternoon,
[00:10:01.075]I'm going to be at Conestoga Elementary.
[00:10:04.057]I've got some spider bling on today
[00:10:05.883]because I'll be helping with an elementary Halloween party.
[00:10:08.951]So this is how it goes.
[00:10:10.618]You're zooming, you're going, but I can still be on,
[00:10:12.992]I can still text, I can still answer emails,
[00:10:14.859]and so after that party, I can get back on
[00:10:17.043]and see what happened at the summit.
[00:10:19.292]But that means we have to create
[00:10:20.466]some sort of balance for ourselves,
[00:10:21.714]some sort of rules that we just haven't had to do yet.
[00:10:25.611]And so we're in a new era with some of this,
[00:10:27.744]and that really is one of the reasons
[00:10:29.230]why this quest for greater vitality and meaning
[00:10:32.422]has become so important, because we've realized,
[00:10:34.839]sometimes we need to shut it off.
[00:10:36.821]Sometimes we need to take a moment.
[00:10:39.315]Even companies like Google are really starting
[00:10:41.172]to invest heavily in this.
[00:10:43.302]They have recently launched Calico,
[00:10:45.498]or their California Life Company.
[00:10:48.270]You know, if you're a tech billionaire,
[00:10:49.583]do you think you want to die young?
[00:10:51.630]Probably not.
[00:10:53.279]But not only that, they want to live long
[00:10:54.802]and they want to live well.
[00:10:57.498]They want to be healthy and vibrant,
[00:10:59.092]even as they get into their golden years.
[00:11:03.188]Any of you heard of the Blue Zones Project,
[00:11:05.112]or familiar with Blue Zones?
[00:11:07.128]Raise your hand if you are, if you've heard of Blue Zones.
[00:11:09.995]So, Blue Zones Project really looks at,
[00:11:12.526]how do people live well, to age 100 and even higher?
[00:11:17.533]What are these hot spots or Blue Zones
[00:11:19.358]doing differently than the rest of the world?
[00:11:22.048]One of the Blue Zones is Okinawa, Japan.
[00:11:25.355]In Okinawa, they have determined their ikigai
[00:11:28.593]is actually an essential part
[00:11:30.197]to their health and well-being over age 100,
[00:11:34.703]and their ikigai is their purpose,
[00:11:37.222]and what they do is challenge people to ask,
[00:11:39.246]why do you wake up in the morning?
[00:11:41.707]And that's how they help people find their purpose.
[00:11:44.197]And we actually see this being a big issue
[00:11:46.266]in America as well, but we also know
[00:11:49.040]from research now that if you're clear about your purpose
[00:11:51.885]and you live in your purpose,
[00:11:53.912]it can actually extend your life by over seven years.
[00:11:59.031]So it's not just about exercise.
[00:12:00.898]It's just not about eating well.
[00:12:02.957]It's also being clear about your purpose and who you are,
[00:12:06.321]because it goes to the core of your being
[00:12:08.906]and helps with well-being and longevity.
[00:12:12.514]In the United States we have some work to do on our ikigai.
[00:12:16.445]Several years ago, we found that only 21% of adults
[00:12:19.775]strongly agreed that their life
[00:12:21.032]had a clear sense of purpose.
[00:12:23.615]I also want you to note who did this study,
[00:12:26.303]the Center for Disease Control and Prevention,
[00:12:29.966]which I really find fascinating
[00:12:31.492]now that we're starting to really take a look
[00:12:33.598]at things other than just the food plate, right?
[00:12:38.133]There's more to longevity, there's more to vitality
[00:12:42.168]than what we eat and what we do.
[00:12:44.909]Our habits are important.
[00:12:45.884]Our purpose is important.
[00:12:47.440]So when you have places like the Center for Disease Control
[00:12:49.810]looking at this, it's a good thing for us
[00:12:52.151]to consider as community leaders.
[00:12:54.547]International organizations are actually looking
[00:12:56.848]at well-being and vitality as well.
[00:13:00.175]So we have organizations like the OECD
[00:13:03.002]looking at, what is it like to live in your community,
[00:13:05.953]what's it like to live in your state,
[00:13:07.721]compared to places around the world?
[00:13:10.595]Because they know if you have a high quality of living
[00:13:14.477]where you are, you're more engaged in your community.
[00:13:17.415]You're more vibrant.
[00:13:18.248]You contribute more.
[00:13:19.081]You want to be there.
[00:13:20.503]And you can contribute more because you're healthier.
[00:13:24.272]So, where you live has an impact on your quality of life,
[00:13:27.610]and in return, you contribute
[00:13:29.394]to making your community a better place.
[00:13:32.440]So place is important in that quality of life
[00:13:34.572]where you live is important.
[00:13:36.357]It matters.
[00:13:37.953]Finally, I want to talk
[00:13:38.824]about the decentralized global marketplace.
[00:13:41.727]Businesses and communities are now in the age
[00:13:43.678]of the empowered consumer, right?
[00:13:46.113]I've gone to conferences before
[00:13:47.489]where I woke up in the morning
[00:13:48.592]and I ordered a pair of shoes before I got to the stage.
[00:13:52.593]Busy working mom, these things have to happen.
[00:13:55.551]I couldn't do that even a few years ago.
[00:13:58.737]We're an add to cart society.
[00:14:00.624]I bought my kitchen table online,
[00:14:01.975]delivered right to my door.
[00:14:03.731]It was awesome.
[00:14:04.564]I did not have to go anywhere and actually shop.
[00:14:06.671]Loved it.
[00:14:07.504]It worked well for me.
[00:14:08.485]I know not everybody likes that,
[00:14:09.619]but I'm not much of a shopper, so that was awesome.
[00:14:13.117]But this is really really challenging
[00:14:15.133]and transforming companies and communities.
[00:14:17.465]How do we support our local initiatives,
[00:14:20.843]endeavors, and businesses, but at the same time
[00:14:24.552]be connected and competitive?
[00:14:27.323]How many of you do Stitch Fix, or have heard of Stitch Fix?
[00:14:30.811]Yeah, okay.
[00:14:32.615]So a few years ago I listened to a podcast
[00:14:35.566]with the CEO of Stitch Fix, Katrina Lake,
[00:14:38.190]and it was really interesting to hear
[00:14:39.660]how their company, a, how she got the idea,
[00:14:42.535]and how it's evolved.
[00:14:44.143]And if you haven't heard of Stitch Fix,
[00:14:45.842]I encourage you to check it out.
[00:14:47.267]Basically it's a company that personalizes your wardrobe.
[00:14:51.476]You go online, you fill out a personalized survey.
[00:14:54.172]You actually get a stylist
[00:14:56.408]that will help you with your wardrobe.
[00:14:58.698]Now, I'm not much of a fashionista, so I can use some help.
[00:15:02.129]Actually our team will joke that mostly in my wardrobe
[00:15:04.471]I have all black, and gray is a colorful day for me.
[00:15:08.210](laughter)
[00:15:09.668]So I get up, I put on black, I'm good to go.
[00:15:12.514]I just get out of the house.
[00:15:14.835]But what Stitch Fix has found is that they're able
[00:15:17.786]to compete in this marketplace
[00:15:20.034]because they can learn about their customers.
[00:15:22.015]They can use big data to learn more
[00:15:24.411]not just about you as an individual,
[00:15:26.407]but as women and men in general.
[00:15:29.137]What really needs to happen with the world of fashion
[00:15:32.002]by the information they're collecting,
[00:15:34.082]and they can customize and personalize your wardrobe
[00:15:37.117]based on your feedback.
[00:15:38.974]And she noted that when you walked in to places
[00:15:41.412]like Macy's, other big name stores
[00:15:43.638]that have traditionally held the market share
[00:15:46.091]in consumer goods and women's clothing
[00:15:48.037]and fashion specifically,
[00:15:49.675]they don't know anything about you.
[00:15:51.733]You walk in, they aren't gonna be able to say,
[00:15:54.242]"I know Connie's favorite color is blue.
[00:15:56.762]"I know she always wears black pants."
[00:15:58.884]No, they're not gonna know any of that.
[00:16:01.166]But Stitch Fix does, and every month
[00:16:02.897]they get better and better and better.
[00:16:04.462]At least that's their goal.
[00:16:06.541]So it's interesting how they've been able
[00:16:07.886]to transform and disrupt women's clothing specifically
[00:16:12.086]and moving into men's.
[00:16:13.837]Transportation, big deal around some of this, right?
[00:16:17.582]Okay, so when I was little, growing up
[00:16:19.470]in West Point, Nebraska, if we ordered something
[00:16:21.738]out of the JCPenny catalog, it took about three months.
[00:16:26.797](laughter)
[00:16:27.931]I'm not joking.
[00:16:28.764]I mean, that's serious, to get that in.
[00:16:30.650]And luckily we lived in town so you could walk down
[00:16:33.078]to JCPenny and check to see if your order was in yet.
[00:16:35.901](laughs) I mean, this is what you did, right?
[00:16:38.168]This did exist.
[00:16:40.184]Now I can order something and within a day it's there,
[00:16:43.240]two days.
[00:16:44.166]If it's not there in three I'm frustrated.
[00:16:47.915]I mean, we're expecting this to be faster and faster
[00:16:50.141]and we just saw our drone today.
[00:16:51.515]Pretty soon we may have those deliveries.
[00:16:53.343]I don't know.
[00:16:54.677]It's moving quickly.
[00:16:56.525]But we're able to personalize things,
[00:16:58.087]we're able to transport things quickly,
[00:17:00.409]and we're able to help people realize themselves,
[00:17:03.341]self-actualization, personalization,
[00:17:05.682]people can be who they want to be,
[00:17:07.625]where they want to be, and when they want to be.
[00:17:10.008]That's what technology is giving us today.
[00:17:13.536]Individuals are creating local, national,
[00:17:15.661]and global communities of meaning and change
[00:17:18.402]that are self-selected and self-formed,
[00:17:20.376]and that's exactly what CYN is, right?
[00:17:23.358]You choose to be here.
[00:17:24.474]You choose to be part of this network.
[00:17:26.569]Nobody is making you do it.
[00:17:27.684]You don't have to feel forced.
[00:17:29.364]It's something you want to do
[00:17:30.478]because it holds meaning to you.
[00:17:32.564]Our communities have to learn from this too.
[00:17:34.477]If we want people to be involved,
[00:17:36.477]it may not be in that physical community.
[00:17:38.493]It may be a cause instead, something that people
[00:17:41.494]are passionate about and that they hold dear.
[00:17:44.605]We need to be aware of that.
[00:17:46.831]I wanted to give an example as I close today
[00:17:49.225]about two women who have really helped transform my life.
[00:17:53.486]Now you can see, I put them on the connectivity map.
[00:17:56.376]Victorine Lieske lives in Seward, Nebraska.
[00:17:59.187]Jonathan, I know you're here.
[00:18:01.401]Yeah.
[00:18:02.887]New York Times Bestselling author, indie author,
[00:18:07.790]in Seward, Nebraska.
[00:18:09.417]Now this is a huge deal.
[00:18:10.921]This does not happen easily.
[00:18:12.211]Just to get on the New York Times list is really difficult,
[00:18:15.071]but to do it as an indie author, even more difficult,
[00:18:17.794]and she did this several years ago
[00:18:19.409]and continues to be a bestselling author.
[00:18:22.128]Joanna Penn.
[00:18:22.961]A podcast I listen to almost every day
[00:18:24.794]on my commute to work.
[00:18:26.536]So, these two women are both authors.
[00:18:29.165]They both live in the gig economy.
[00:18:31.035]Joanna's more of a nomad.
[00:18:32.410]She doesn't have any children,
[00:18:33.975]she likes to be able to move around,
[00:18:35.991]but she has this huge following of authors.
[00:18:38.573]Very niched space, right?
[00:18:40.820]These two women know each other.
[00:18:42.448]They talk about each other's work.
[00:18:44.380]These two women have inspired me to be an author,
[00:18:47.938]to bring out that talent in myself
[00:18:50.343]and just to even experiment a little bit.
[00:18:52.979]I first met Victorine through a colleague of mine,
[00:18:55.697]Dennis Call, who is an extension educator in Seward County.
[00:18:59.110]I then met her.
[00:19:00.169]I wanted to meet her live and in person
[00:19:01.743]because Dennis had told me the story
[00:19:03.360]about her being a New York Times Bestselling author.
[00:19:06.530]Well, Chapters Books & Gifts in Seward, Nebraska,
[00:19:10.194]excellent store.
[00:19:11.235]Anybody from there happen to be here?
[00:19:13.724]Yes.
[00:19:14.557]I love Seward.
[00:19:15.718]I love Chapters.
[00:19:16.768]It's so awesome.
[00:19:19.792]They'd have these author panels.
[00:19:21.490]Well I got to serve on an author panel with Victorine,
[00:19:23.663]so it was like meeting my hero, which was very exciting.
[00:19:26.509]But this woman had four children, had a back injury,
[00:19:29.388]was bored, and just decided to write.
[00:19:31.296]She wasn't born an author.
[00:19:33.031]It's not something she always aspired to do,
[00:19:34.489]but she knew she could do it, and she just wanted to try it.
[00:19:36.946]Worked with a community of authors
[00:19:38.775]who helped make her work better over a period of four years.
[00:19:42.743]She dedicated herself four years to publishing that book.
[00:19:45.963]Launched it, became a New York Times Bestselling author.
[00:19:48.732]She and Joanna now exchange, what?
[00:19:51.022]Information on how to continue to grow as authors
[00:19:54.024]and to continue to grow a business around authorship.
[00:19:58.138]And they've inspired me.
[00:19:59.821]I wrote a book.
[00:20:00.654]Did I expect to become a bestselling book?
[00:20:02.224]No, but I did it.
[00:20:03.224]Why?
[00:20:04.057]Because I could, because it's possible.
[00:20:06.165]I wrote a second book with my colleagues
[00:20:07.684]at the Kimmel Education and Research Center,
[00:20:09.434]it's part of Nebraska Extension, and guess what.
[00:20:12.064]Just found out this week that the Kimmel Foundation
[00:20:15.192]would like to invest more into the Happy Orchard concept
[00:20:18.474]because they know it can provide an experience.
[00:20:20.461]We have an app, we have an activity guide and book,
[00:20:24.151]and we'll soon have another children's book
[00:20:25.874]around this education, but it's because it's networked.
[00:20:28.653]We want to build in some virtual reality into this concept
[00:20:32.263]and move it to the next level.
[00:20:34.714]Now only that, Seward continues to be connected
[00:20:37.298]and continues to help people in ways they don't even know,
[00:20:40.442]and this is how the world works,
[00:20:41.702]because we're all so networked.
[00:20:43.839]Dav Pilkey.
[00:20:45.416]Anyone go to this from Seward here lately?
[00:20:48.482]Partners with the college in Seward.
[00:20:51.418]Do we have some college kids here from Seward today?
[00:20:54.521]Anyone from Concordia?
[00:20:55.711]Okay.
[00:20:58.468]They're defying the odds of what people would think
[00:21:01.692]a rural community could do.
[00:21:03.064]As we live in a time of a lot of bookstores closing,
[00:21:05.705]and at one time it was cool to go there and drink coffee
[00:21:07.857]and hang out, we see a lot of them closing
[00:21:10.065]because more and more people are buying online.
[00:21:13.827]But Seward, Nebraska, is bringing global leaders
[00:21:18.847]in author space to Seward to do book signings,
[00:21:22.137]to help other authors.
[00:21:23.223]They've built a community around this.
[00:21:25.527]It makes no sense, but that's what they decided to do,
[00:21:29.225]and they're doing it amazingly well.
[00:21:32.404]Here's what I want to close with
[00:21:33.568]as you get into those coffee shop discussions.
[00:21:36.307]We already know you're leading.
[00:21:37.568]We already know that you're doing great things
[00:21:39.597]in communities, and we appreciate and value that work.
[00:21:43.408]You are the future of leadership.
[00:21:44.877]The people sitting in this room today
[00:21:47.024]will experience change we will not see in another lifetime.
[00:21:51.832]It's happening so quickly.
[00:21:53.968]You can change the way you see the world,
[00:21:55.806]so as you get into those discussions
[00:21:57.040]I would challenge you to think differently
[00:21:58.928]and challenge you to think big and bold,
[00:22:00.539]much like Chapters continues to do in Seward.
[00:22:04.379]We need you to change the world you see.
[00:22:06.688]We need you to change what we do in Nebraska
[00:22:08.953]and help us evolve and innovate
[00:22:11.208]into something even bigger than we are now.
[00:22:13.419]We're a great state, absolutely, but our future is bright
[00:22:16.805]and we need you to help us get there.
[00:22:19.126]Be the change that you want to experience.
[00:22:22.429]And with that, I'll bring Kayla back up
[00:22:25.440]and we will get into our coffee shop discussions.
[00:22:28.888]Thank you.
[00:22:29.721](applause)

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