For those of you who spend any time with me in the “real world”, you’ll know that my Big Dream is to open a “school for the future” in South Africa.

So when I came across this video of Ken Robinson at the last TED conference, I felt as if he was speaking directly to me. Even if you have no interest in education, I suggest you watch this video for the sheer mastery with which this man commands the stage. It seems so effortless.

From the TED website:

Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining (and profoundly moving) case for creating an education system that nurtures creativity, rather than undermining it. With ample anecdotes and witty asides, Robinson points out the many ways our schools fail to recognize — much less cultivate — the talents of many brilliant people. “We are educating people out of their creativity,” Robinson says.