Creative Intensive

On February 21st 2006, Malcolm Gladwell gave a great talk about creativity. The event was part of the New Yorker Nights, a series hosted by the Columbia University Arts Initiative and The New Yorker. Gladwell is the author of:

The Tipping Point and Blink

Here, […]

Here’s a great speech on creativity by education guru and the author of Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative, Sir. Ken Robinson from TED conference 2006:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4964296663335083307
And an interview with Robinson about the importance of nurturing innovative solutions in the classroom from
BusinessWeek, Feb 23, 2006
By Jessie Scanlon
How do you define creativity?
Ultimately […]

Richard Florida is a professor of public policy at George Mason University.

He is best known for his work in developing his concept of the creative class and its ramifications in urban regeneration. He received a PhD from Columbia University in 1986 and taught at Carnegie Mellon University from 1987 to 2005. He is the […]