The last lecture

By

Prof. Waswa Balunywa, PhD

The last lecture given by RANDY PAUSCH, a

professor of Computer Science at Carnegie

Mellon University in the U.S

Now a book, one of the best selling books

The lecture entitled, “Really achieving your

childhood dreams”

Pausch was diagnosed with terminal

pancreatic cancer

This made him prepare for his last lecture

Given three to six months to live in 2007

He died in July 2008 at the age 47

Survived by his wife Jai and three children

Dylan, Logan and Chloe

Lecture was made in 2007Translated into 48

languages

The book talks about what he wanted to do

, was about the things he wanted to do for

his family

Was about what to do when you have 3

months to live

How to live and achieve what you dream

The lecture was transformed into a book

One of the best selling books according to

New York times

Books sold over 5 million copies

Translated into 48 languages

??You need to read it

It is about what we don’t teach you at the Business School

Its about how to be different

Its about orchestrating the right change in your life

Its about how to dream and live your dream by orchestrating the change you want to see in your

life

What did you think about when you were

young?

What did you want to be in your life

Where is that now?

Have you got another dream

It doesn’t matter anyway, you need a new

dream

This is how

Free imagination

Everything is possible

Think long term

Use technology

Be creative

Think 10 years ahead and work backwards

the present

Manage the future from the present

Be practical

I am not a creative person

Follow all the rules

Don’t be foolish

To make a mistake is wrong

Avoid ambiguity

That is not logical

I cannot do that

That is not the right answer.

Have a long term focus

Have a mission

Develop a passion

Discover knowledge

Be efficient

Identify people to work with

Be different where possible be radical

Don’t be greedy

Don’t be arrogant

Don’t be negative

Be cautious, negative envy always gets back

to you

The Pill

The Disposable Nappy

Biometrics

The Fax Machine

The Internet

The Email

Just in Time Management

VHS

The Walkman

The PC

The Post-it note

The Compact Disc

The Digital

Camera

The Tablet

The Smart Phone

The Search Engine

What do they teach you at the Business

School

What they don’t teach you at the Business

School

What you must do to achieve the dream

Only what you hear in class is what is get.

So you know what happens when you don’t

attend?

You are supposed to be taught

How to think,

How to analyze situations,

How to take decisions

How to manage money

How to manage people

Read a book by

Philip Delves

Broughton

How to live life

How to earn a living

How to make more money

How to gain control over money

How to succeed in your career

How to live your dream

How to be a leader

Read a book by Mark

McCormack

Create and don’t simply manage change

Know what you want

Try something different

Don’t be a number

God doesn’t make junk

o Tomorrow Will Never Look Like Today

o Change Is The Only Constant

o Change Of The Status Quo

o You Either Change Or You Die

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o Vision

o Develop your leadership abilities

o Develop your interpersonal skills

o Apply knowledge

o Focus on customers

o Adopt technology

o Reinvent yourself

o Reinvent the organisation

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The obstacle is you

Remember David and Goliath, nobody

thought it would be possible

Expect to be disrupted by negative people

Dream big, start small

An army of lions led by sheep is worse than

an army of sheep led by a lion

You must be able to lead to get ahead

Leadership can be learnt, learn it

Only leaders create a compelling vision of

the future

Only leadership inspires others

Empowering others gets back to you

Listen to people

Have empathy

Be able to communicate

Create winning teams

Manage conflict

Avoid being egoistic

Read, read, read

Think, think, think

Relate, relate, relate

Act, act, act

Know who you work with or who you work for

If you are an organisation, know who your

customers are

Connect with the customers

Anticipate what they want

Create products they would love

Case of the I-Mac

Create a unique business model

Follow technological trends

Be an early adapter

Try out things

Watch out for the latest technological

developments:

Mobile technology, laser technology,

distributed computing, the internet

When did you study

What did you study

What is current in your field

Don’t become obsolete

Note: Analogue Vs Digital technology

Ordinary Vs Endoscopic surgery

1. See the new big picture

2. Think ten years out and plan back to the future

3. Build change in plan

4. Past success is your worst enemy

5. Focus on your customer future needs

6. Build a better path to the customer

7. Learn to fail fast

8. If it works, its obsolete

9. Upgrade technology and upgrade people

10. Re-become an expert

11. Find out what the other guy is doing and do something else

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Have a vision, mission and passion

Gain knowledge

Learn to relate to people

Be different