Jonah Lehrer Writes New Book on Creativity

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Scott Noppe-Brandon

Imagine: How Creativity Works, the new book by Jonah Lehrer, the best-selling author of 2007’s Proust Was a Neuroscientist, will be published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt on March 19. No, it’s not a sequel to Imagination First, which Eric Liu and I wrote in 2009, although it very well could be. “Creativity is not magic,” [...]

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Changes in the Education Systems of East Asian Countries Look to the West

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Christopher St. Clair

Success carries its own need for change Since World War II, East Asia has had the fastest-growing economy in the world. Japan was rapidly joined by China, Singapore, South Korea, and other nations seemingly swept along by each other’s successes in the marketplace. From the beginning of its post-war ascent, East Asia has made education [...]

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The Imagination Network

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Scott Noppe-Brandon

What do Disney, the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ), and the U.S. Army have in common? Representatives from all three organizations appeared at America’s Imagination Summit, the education event that Lincoln Center Institute (LCI) hosted in New York City this past July. Their presence was not arbitrary; rather, I believe that [...]

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New Imagination Conversation Videos are Online

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Scott Noppe-Brandon

For those of you who haven’t been able to attend any Imagination Conversations, there are, fortunately, many recordings of these events available online. Since 2009, 36 Conversations have taken place across the U.S. We can now add to the list of those that have been recorded the Los Angeles and Florida Conversations.

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Imagination: The Greatest Problem Solver

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Christopher St. Clair

When hurricane Irene hit, we instinctively looked to the individuals and organizations whom we admire for their imaginative strength to do something practical, something that would instantly come to the aid of those in need, without speeches, without philosophical observations, without ideological investment in the future. Something practical—now.

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Good Sportsmanship—Win to Win

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Scott Noppe-Brandon

An enhanced edition of Imagination First, the book I wrote with Eric Liu in 2009, was published in paperback on April 26th. Watching it go out into the world a second time has prompted me to revisit the question: what kind of impact would I like the book to have? A brief, breezy personal anecdote [...]

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Imagination First Comes Out in Paperback

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Christopher St. Clair

In their 2009 book Imagination First: Unlocking the Power of Possibility, Imagination Now contributors Eric Liu and Scott Noppe-Brandon debunked a few myths, took imagination off its lofty pedestal, and made their premise clear: everyone has imagination! It is an essential cognitive skill that this society needs in large supplies if it is to meet [...]

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The “ICI Continuum”: Imagination, Creativity, and Innovation

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Linda Miles

I noticed recently that a number of readers had arrived at the Imagination Now site hoping to learn more about the imagination-creativity-innovation continuum, something that Scott Noppe-Brandon speaks about often and something that comes up frequently as a topic of discussion during the Imagination Conversations happening around the country. To help satisfy that curiosity, here [...]

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Council of School Supervisors & Administrators: Embracing Imagination, Fostering Creativity

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Linda Miles

On November 13th, 2010 the Council of School Supervisors & Administrators will convene for their annual educational leadership conference, this year centering on the theme “Embracing Imagination, Fostering Creativity.” Lincoln Center Institute is co-sponsoring and will present several sessions at the event, including an Imagination Conversation moderated by Sade Baderinwa, WABC news anchor. Today CSA [...]

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Catch an Interview with Scott Noppe-Brandon on BlogTalkRadio!

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Linda Miles

Scott Noppe-Brandon, Lincoln Center Institute’s Executive Director and co-author of the book Imagination First: Unlocking the Power of Possibility, will appear on the show Creativity in Play, hosted by Steven Dahlberg and Mary Alice Long, Ph.D., and produced by the International Centre for Creativity and Imagination. Catch the interview live on Wednesday October 20th at [...]

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