Human creativity, creative thinking, and the power of imagination: Sir Ken Robinson explains why cultivating these human evolution skills is our generation's highest strategic priority.
Nobody predicted the world we live in today, and nobody can predict the next one.
We are no longer dealing with business as usual. Imagination is the exact power that carried humanity from caves to conference halls, and from eating carrion to cuisine. It has driven every single masterpiece, scientific breakthrough, and leap forward in human history.
Sir Ken Robinson believed this isn’t a talent reserved for the few—it is a natural human power inside every single one of us. Yet, our current systems continue to diminish it instead of making it flourish. Cultivating this gift systematically in our schools, our businesses, and our communities is the defining challenge of our generation.
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"A quest is a journey you undertake whose outcome is not certain."
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Sir Ken Robinson (1950–2020) was a legendary voice on creativity, education, and human potential.
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