I’m excited to be on this new list of top innovation books, at http://www.medium.com: Explaining Creativity by Keith Sawyer If innovation were a religion, then creativity would be its clergy and this textbook, which collects all the latest scientific research on the topic, its bible. Sawyer does a masterful job of dispelling many myths surrounding… Read More Top Books on Innovation
To prepare for my keynote talk on Thursday at the Global Leaders Forum in Seoul, I did some research on innovation in Korea. I was impressed to learn that Korea tops many international indices of innovation. In 2013, Korea was first in the European Union ranking: And again in 2014, South Korea topped the EU… Read More Innovation in Korea
I’m in Seoul, Korea, giving the closing talk at the 3rd annual Global Leaders Forum. They know me here because two of my books have been translated into Korean (see the cover photos below). This year’s theme: Creative Code, 6 Revolutions Change Korea! My closing keynote is “Education Revolution, Creative People Change the World.” In 2014,… Read More Sawyer Keynote at Korea Global Leaders Forum
“Creativity does not actually exist at all.” –Monica Reuter I just read Monica Reuter’s new book on creativity (Palgrave, 2015). She makes the provocative argument that creativity doesn’t comes from individuals; it comes from groups, and from large networks distributed through society. Creativity is always defined by influential people in society, and its definition changes depending on… Read More Does Creativity Exist?
The Creativity Guru 