10. Dear Hong Kong - Diversity
Ilya and Oskar are drinking tea and talking about "Dear Hong Kong," project: culture, perseverance, and diversity that made Hong Kong. We start slow, but speed up in the middle and digress into discussing the role of complexity in entrepreneurship and education.
Dear Hong Kong. Even Hongkongers often do not realise how big of a role diversity of cultures played in developing Hong Kong.
113 Bonham Tea Shop project. The noises that we did at the beginning are noises of the joy of drinking delicious Chinese tea. We poured red, white, and puer during the conversation.
Do what you do well. Perseverance, consistency, and presence.
Focus vs diversity of a personal journey. Value of seeing the links between different domains.
Three dimensions of "Dear Hong Kong," project: 1) Learning about Hong Kong soul. 2) Learning about the world – travelling around the world. 3) Learning about ourselves.
In conversations, you can emphasize. A story from Eritrea.
Your situation does not define who you are.
Freedom to choose your work.
We can learn from our opposite.
Right and wrong places.
Failure is a way to learn.
Mother's Choice. Consistency of kindness for 40 years.
Impact Hong Kong. 185 friends housed.
What makes somebody local?
Expat vs Immigrant.
Capacity to face the complexity of the world leads to better solutions.
Less is more. Yes is more.
Making tea.
Focus on a problem: while the problem still exists you still have a good reason to continue.
Life wants to grow.
The Mythical Man-Month by Fred Brooks, released in 1975.
Agile. A sapling needs to be alive.
To be a teacher you have to have hands-on life experiences.
It is so easy to build castles in our brain.
If you want to achieve something in life, do not chase it.
Education system might create people who live in their brains.
Accepting diversity is redefining how to learn.
Comfortable in not knowing.
Innovation and Education are structurally the same. (We end up organising a meetup on this topic and developing a workshop for educators on how to leverage Design Thinking).
Interview with Grant Williams, a traditional investor.
There are many valid realities.
Forget about the ego.
Respect for others translates to acceptance of yourself.
Hong Kong is an incredible place where you can grow.
GalleriesGal – Contemporary Art in Hong Kong.
The soil of a place.
A journey of connections.
FromAFuture – improbable conference.
Plant a seed and let go of your vision. Step back.
A person who disagrees with you could help you learn.
Our guest Oskar Valles, founder of Dear Hong Kong.
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