I’ve learned something recently which is likely not news to you. When respected economists talk, people pay attention. Now that they are talking about Human Potential, there’s a chance the people factor will count in high level decision making. Happiness economics speaks to human potential. It emerged in the early 1970s’ when economist Richard Easterlin …
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What if we could redefine chaos and uncertainty? The modern idea of chaos—something totally without order and seemingly disruptive by nature—was formed during Roman times. Writer/philosopher Ovid in Metamorphosis, called it “a rude and undeveloped mass, that nothing made except a ponderous weight; and all discordant elements confused, were there congested in a shapeless heap.” …
There’s a great opportunity to take part in a global creativity event and plant idea seeds for your World Creativity and Innovation Week celebrations April 15 – 21, happening in nine months. How serendipitous that this door is opening now, inviting you to use new ideas and make new decisions to give birth to an …
To help you start planning for World Creativity and Innovation Week April 15 – 21, 2011, here’s a copy of the presentation Tom McMillian, Megan Mitchell and I made at the World Futures Conference in Boston on July 10 entitled World Creativity and Innovation Week April 15 – 21: Sustaining the Global Human Spirit. We’d …
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The Creativity Crisis – Newsweek. Just in case you haven’t seen this yet. Worth reading. For the first time, research shows that American creativity is declining. What went wrong—and how we can fix it. About 10 years ago, a similar headline appeared in Canada’s National Post newspaper, and, as a result, World Creativity and Innovation …
Off to the World Futures Conference in Boston for the next few days to learn and contribute to what’s happening in the future, this year’s theme: Sustainable Futures, Strategies and Technologies. Sparked by the notion that the future really depends on the people who make it happen, we’re presenting two sessions to emphasize the importance …
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