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Sir Ken Robinson: Why Should You Care About Creativity?

61 points by gatsby 16y ago

jessor 16y ago
I love this man. Highly recommended: http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_crea... (2006) http://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_bring_on_the_revolution.html http://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_bring_on_the_revol... (2010)
- derwiki 16y ago
  He also has a book: http://www.amazon.com/Element-Finding-Passion-Changes-Everything/dp/0143116738/ http://www.amazon.com/Element-Finding-Passion-Changes-Everyt...
- zeraholladay 16y ago
  Thank you. That was great. Insightful and funny.
civilian 16y ago
I wish his voice wasn't so annoying...
iampims 16y ago
Probably the most interesting mixergy interview so far. Great job Andrew.
- michaelhart 16y ago
  Not probably, it definitely is. Sir Ken Robinson is amazingly brilliant, and his value for creativity is revolutionary. Creativity defines the world we live in. He defines creativity as "the process of coming up with original ideas that have value." Just think about that. Everything in the world that we use and take for granted is the result of some creative person somewhere taking a risk. The importance of creativity is the most undervalued characteristic of people in the world. We focus more on SAT and ACT scores, both of which are only a fraction as important.
  - derefr 16y ago
    It's not under-valued, it's non-valued. As in, it's impossible to attach a value to someone's creativity, because, as far as anyone has been able to determine, it's not quantifiable. You can't hire with "creative" as a criteria unless you can create some sort of test that will accept creative people and reject non-creative people. Since there is no such test, we don't bother to look for it when hiring, and thus don't build businesses that depend on their employees to be creative, because they haven't been filtered as such.
    - michaelhart 16y ago
      The ultimate test? Work with them.
JonathanFields 16y ago
Love Robinson's insights about creativity being a process, not an event, and it being available in different formats to everyone. Also, the notion that we each tend toward certain creative roles, using the example of Keith Richards creating opening riffs, then handing off the melody, speaks to the sometimes highly-compartmentalized nature of the process and maybe even the existence of certain innate creative preferences. Very cool interview. Robinson's book is a great read, too.

61 points by gatsby 16y ago

I love this man. Highly recommended: http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_crea... (2006) http://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_bring_on_the_revolution.html http://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_bring_on_the_revol... (2010)

derwiki 16y ago
He also has a book: http://www.amazon.com/Element-Finding-Passion-Changes-Everything/dp/0143116738/ http://www.amazon.com/Element-Finding-Passion-Changes-Everyt...
zeraholladay 16y ago
Thank you. That was great. Insightful and funny.

civilian 16y ago

I wish his voice wasn't so annoying...

iampims 16y ago

Probably the most interesting mixergy interview so far. Great job Andrew.

michaelhart 16y ago
Not probably, it definitely is. Sir Ken Robinson is amazingly brilliant, and his value for creativity is revolutionary. Creativity defines the world we live in. He defines creativity as "the process of coming up with original ideas that have value." Just think about that. Everything in the world that we use and take for granted is the result of some creative person somewhere taking a risk. The importance of creativity is the most undervalued characteristic of people in the world. We focus more on SAT and ACT scores, both of which are only a fraction as important.
- derefr 16y ago
  It's not under-valued, it's non-valued. As in, it's impossible to attach a value to someone's creativity, because, as far as anyone has been able to determine, it's not quantifiable. You can't hire with "creative" as a criteria unless you can create some sort of test that will accept creative people and reject non-creative people. Since there is no such test, we don't bother to look for it when hiring, and thus don't build businesses that depend on their employees to be creative, because they haven't been filtered as such.
  - michaelhart 16y ago
    The ultimate test? Work with them.

JonathanFields 16y ago

Love Robinson's insights about creativity being a process, not an event, and it being available in different formats to everyone. Also, the notion that we each tend toward certain creative roles, using the example of Keith Richards creating opening riffs, then handing off the melody, speaks to the sometimes highly-compartmentalized nature of the process and maybe even the existence of certain innate creative preferences. Very cool interview. Robinson's book is a great read, too.