So I've been sifting through a bunch of public speaking videos of my boss in order to create a demo reel for future public speaking opportunities. She really is a fantastic public speaker and I've included a couple links to her stuff here - but you can watch at your own risk (most of them are classroom settings and kinda slow - but excellent advice for entrepeneurs). ANYWAY, a point she keeps emphasizing is that we should never consider our brilliant ideas too stupid to make realities. So, with all this indoctrination in my head I started watching Star Wars again last night and it's amazing how the stuff we do/think about in our day permeates into everything we do. I was wapped upside the head with the thought "how crazy would this concept sound?"
"Um...it's a story about a space farmer who wants to go to the space academy with his friends and discovers he's one of the few survivors of a long line of space knights - who use swords called light sabers to fight against lasers and a mysterious power simply called "THE FORCE"."
I know, we all think - THAT'S BRILLIANT now. But what about pitching that in the 1970s when there was no Star Wars - what a kakamamee idea! But, what incredible execution - and there's the rub. My boss uses a bunch of examples to point out that execution turns the bizarre into the brilliant including the book "Everybody Poops", the web business Laser Monks, doggles for dogs, and the Wovel (a must see). I quickly realized that I was not the only one who had recognized this bizarre success story:
George Lucas in Love
Robot Chicken (there's some language in this one :( but it's really funny) ()
etc.
Isn't it funny how crazy ideas make such killer products? (Wii...ahem)
edit: Thanks for pointing out that I didn't add these Mom. Here are the links to my boss' presentations:
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=3401672
http://ebusiness.byu.edu/video/Winter2008/amy_rees_anderson_27_feb_2008/flash/index.html Feb. 27, 2008
Did you put your boss's stuff on here? I think I missed it.
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