education
August 16th with Paul Zane Pilzer
Paul Zane Pilzer is an economist, social entrepreneur, professor, public servant, and the New York Times bestselling author of ten books and dozens of scholarly publications. Pilzer completed Lehigh University in three years and received his MBA from Wharton Business School in 15 months at age 22. He became Citibank’
Be Unreasonable And Change The World S11 Ep19
Download Be_Unreasonable_And_Change_The_World_S11_Ep19.mp3 "The reasonable man adapts himself to the conditions that surround him... The unreasonable man adapts surrounding conditions to himself... All progress depends on the unreasonable man." George Bernard Shaw This weeks show was broadcast live from the Unreasonable
Game Changing Inventions from our Kids
Our collective future is based on our kids being ready to compete in the creative economy. Looking for some inspiration? Here are a few game-changing inventions that all started with kids asking themselves “why not“. Jake Evill, of the United Kingdom, at twenty-one years old has invented a new lig
Biennial of the Americas: Innovating Education So Our Kids Can Compete In The Creative Economy
So what is the Biennial? The Biennial of the Americas is an international festival of ideas, art, and culture hosted in Denver, Colorado, that provides a nonpartisan platform for leaders in business, government, civil society, and the arts to examine the significant issues impacting life in the Ame
8 Conditions of Technology Development
I was recently going through some old files and notebooks and came across a paper I wrote during my sophomore year in college (Spring 1980). The paper was for a course on the history of technology that I titled, Conditions of Technology Development. The professor, who happened to be the Assistant
How to teach kids to be more creative (video)
With the transition from the information/knowledge economy to the creative economy, it’s more important than ever to make sure our kids are ready to compete in the workforce. The reality is that the schools are not preparing them so it falls on the community (parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, et
Ideas generated in the Killer Innovation workshop on education
On May 6th 2011, 11 people volunteered their time to participate in a Killer Innovations workshop to “Innovate Education”. The following video shows the “grouping exercise” for the ideas generated during the workshop. On YouTube | Subscribe in iTunes The major groupings that emerged were: Teacher
Help Create The 12 Killer Questions To Innovate US Education
I’ve been asked (more like challenged) to create a dozen or so killer questions that could be used by teachers, schools, districts, state education agencies, federal agencies, etc. to help innovate the educational system in the US. I took up the challenge as a “pay it forward” project to help the
Are you ready to compete in the creative economy?
Just do a quick comparison of the market value to the book value for public U.S. companies over the last two decades and you will see the dramatic upward rise in value attributed to intangibles – ideas, innovations. In this new world, wealth creation is dependent upon the capacity of a nation to con
What is the role of government to encourage small business innovation?
Since the beginning of time, it’s been entrepreneurs that drive the creation of innovation. True breakthroughs have been the result of an individual or small team who had an idea and the determination to see it through to fruition. In many cases, ignoring the advice of friends and the lack of what
