Everything is Amazing, Nobody is Happy

February 28, 2009 / Braden Kelley /

I saw this Conan O’Brien interview with Louis CK a while back, and it is hilarious.

I came across it again today and I thought I would post it on my blog because it is also something worth pondering at a deeper level. We too often take the innovations in our lives for granted, but if we reclaim that sense of wonder, we are actually more likely to create new innovations, not less.

The 20th and 21st century have been times of amazing innovation, that has quickened in pace and changed our lives for the better, forever. It is definitely worth the time investment. Check it out:

Everything's amazing, Nobody's happy

What do you think?

How can you make the world even more amazing (even in a small way)?

@innovate

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Braden Kelley

Braden Kelley is a Design Thinking, Innovation and Transformation Consultant, a popular innovation speaker and workshop leader, and helps companies use Human-Centered Change™ to beat the 70% change failure rate. He is the author of Charting Change from Palgrave Macmillan and Stoking Your Innovation Bonfire from John Wiley & Sons. Braden has been advising companies since 1996, while living and working in England, Germany, and the United States. Braden earned his MBA from top-rated London Business School. Follow him on Twitter and Linkedin.

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