I think part of it with childhoods is that if you have a very difficult or traumatic childhood, it releases you from being normal. So you're much more likely to take huge risks and I think that really helps you. And the other thing that I wonder about is mobile phones and technology and how we get the attention span back for our children. The qualities of a successful city can, to some extent, be replicated in a successful office. In cities there's an organic sense of bumping into each other, of imperfect corners, of slightly jumbled up streets. We're all attracted to the artistic quarters of Paris,. It was in the back streets of Brennes-ence Florence that all

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