Creative Economy – Recorded LIVE!

20 Apr 2008 — 1 min read

Recorded live April 4, 2008 at the Business Alliance Bootcamp for Growing Companies and Entrepreneurs …

Change is something we may try to stop but never will. From the agriculture economy to the manufacturing economy to the knowledge/information economy to that of the creative economy … where wealth creation is dependent upon the capacity of a nation to continually create ideas. In short, a nation without a vibrant creative labor force does not possess the knowledge base to succeed in the creative economy, and must depend on ideas produced elsewhere.

The creative economy is a new a world in which people work with their brains instead of their hands. A world in which innovation is more important than mass production. A world in which investment buys new concepts or the means to create them, rather than new machines.

In this new world … ideas are the new global currency…

Link to the slides: PPT for Creative Economy

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Phil McKinney is an innovator, podcaster, author, and speaker. He is the retired CTO of HP. Phil's book, Beyond The Obvious, shares his expertise and lessons learned on innovation and creativity.