[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(OFF) Thanks very much... Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(David Price) This is the \N........ - shrinking (check) presentation. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was originally 25 minutes,\Nlast night it was 23, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now it's 22. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've got a 45-minute presentation,\NI'm just going to speak twice as quickly. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, I'm only kidding, it's only \N20 -- 22 minutes. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I've got to think of the time \Nto make sure I don't go over. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,About four moths ago, I was diagnosed\Nwith cancer of the colon. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what was it? Seven weeks ago,\NI had the operation Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which kind of went OK, \Ngot rid of the tumor, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when the colon got reconnected,\Nit sprung a leak Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I got a thing called sepsis, \Nwhich I later discovered, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is fatal in 60% of the cases. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What essentially happens with sepsis is Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the organs start to pack in, \None after the other, so Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my heart was fibrillating, I lost --\Nkidneys stopped working, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lungs stopped working, so they\Npumped me on a ventilator. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my wife Claire (check)\Nwho is here somewhere Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was told to bring the family around, \Nbecause they didn't expect me Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get through the week-end. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As you can see, I survived, and this is\Nactually the first talk I've given Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since I was in intensive care. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was in intensive care for a week. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, when a sick -- no, no honest\N(Applause) Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when I say I'm delighted to be here,\NI'm not just being polite. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(laughter) Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm talking existentially \Nrather than conversationally. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I wanted to start with that story\Nbecause, in that process of the journey Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from diagnosis to operation,\NI met with some remarkable people: Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on forums and ingress (check) groups,\Nbut I also visited and interviewed people. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I interviewed some people \Nin the Netherlands Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are treating their loved ones,\Nwho've got end-stage cancer. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are lay people, computer technicians Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who, frankly, conventional medicine\Nhas given up, they're stage 4, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they said there is nothing more we can do, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they're administering \Nendovenous cocktails of drugs. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of which are approved, \Nsome of which are off-patent, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of which are off-label (check). Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I visited a clinic, here in Germany,\Nwhich I can't name, because Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they kind of operate in the shadows\Nin fear that they'll be closed down. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what it seemed to me,\Nonce I looked beyond health Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that this is a phenomenon \Nwhich is happening Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in all kinds of areas of public life. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That we're seeing what I call \Npeople-powered innovation. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think it's a real challenge for\Ninstitutions and organizations. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, why is it important? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it's important because it's\Nkind of a natural consequence Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the issues I talk about \Nin my book "Open". Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where, now that we're able to share\Nand exchange knowledge, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're now at a point where \Nwe want to do something about it, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we want now to be more in control\Nof our own lives. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I think it's particularly important\Nfor the people who are in this room today: Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,educators and human resource people. 3:05