A Creative Town is a Healthy Town

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Scott Noppe-Brandon

In Imagination First, Eric Liu and I state our conviction that “it’s in the collective arena that imagination can do the most” (200). One of our main goals in the book is to help the reader turn his or her community—whether that means the home or the workplace or the town—into “an ecosystem where good [...]

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For a Limited Time Only: “Fleeting Youth, Fading Creativity”

Posted on February 22, 2010 by Linda Miles

During the 19th century, mathematician Adolphe Quetelet documented the waxing and waning of productivity among playwrights. Contemporary research confirms and extends Quetelet’s “inverted U curve” theory. For example, UC-Davis psychologist Dean Simonton argues that, after young professionals—who start out willing and eager for novelty—spend a few years immersed in the conventions of their fields, their [...]

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Video Interview: Eric Liu

Posted on February 19, 2010 by Linda Miles

During a speaking engagement and book-signing event in Seattle this past Wednesday, Braden Kelley, founder of the firm Business Strategy Innovation and correspondent for Blogging Innovation, caught up with Imagination First co-author Eric Liu. Video Interview, Part 1 Video Interview, Part 2 You can also see the full interview and read Kelley’s comments about Liu’s [...]

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The Wider Possibilities of Invention

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Scott Noppe-Brandon

In Imagination First, Eric Liu and I discuss “‘challenge awards’” that “spur the creation of what does not yet exist” (171). The Ansari X Prize, for example, awarded $10 million in 2004 to the brilliant minds behind the first nongovernmental manned space flight of a reusable craft. Such challenges are exciting, to be sure, but [...]

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How to Succeed in Business by Really Trying (and Imagining)

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Scott Noppe-Brandon

A few weeks ago, I wrote about a New York Times article that discusses the ways in which several graduate business schools are attempting to integrate creativity and critical thinking into their curricula. We can now happily add the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business to the list! An article by Terry Kosdrosky for [...]

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Emerging Issues Forum Brings Creativity in Education into Focus

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Scott Noppe-Brandon

In “More Creativity in the Classroom,” an opinion piece written for The Huffington Post, former North Carolina governor Jim Hunt expresses a vision for education with which I heartily agree. It is strikingly similar to the one embodied by  the imaginative learning model of Lincoln Center Institute. “Creative thinking fuels innovation,” Hunt asserts. It leads [...]

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The Wisdom of the Pack Rat

Posted on February 9, 2010 by Scott Noppe-Brandon

Our culture prizes neatness. We try our best to avoid clutter—in our homes, in our workplaces, and, most importantly, in our minds. We coin pejorative names for people who don’t toe the party line, labeling them “pack rats.” Many of us can’t even begin to work on a project until we feel that our office [...]

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Redesigning the American Classroom

Posted on February 2, 2010 by Scott Noppe-Brandon

In a recent blog entry on graduate business schools, I mentioned “design thinking,” a term that may be unfamiliar to many readers. In a fascinating January 20 interview with Public School Insights, a blog of the Learning First Alliance, professor and business innovator David Kelley provides satisfying answers to anyone in the dark about what [...]

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