I am thrilled to see an economist and policy adviser frame wealth creation in Canada in terms of creativity, and not commodities. What Creates Wealth? According to Todd Hirsch and Robert Roach, Economic wealth isn’t created by oil and gas molecules in the ground, nor by an auto assembly plant.
Read more →How does an economy get creative? By Todd Hirsch and Robert Roach The Creativity Riddle Over the past several years, economists and politicians in North America have linked economic growth and creativity. Management gurus and business schools wax on about the imperatives of innovation and creativity. Entire volumes have been
Read more →How do you make life and work a work of art? How we choose what we do, and how we approach it…will determine whether the sum of our days adds up to a formless blur, or to something resembling a work of art. —Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Sometimes it seems that my
Read more →I am honoured to be featured in this story today: The Creativity Gap How budget cuts could kick-start creativity in the public sector ERIN MILLAR The signs were clear. A staggering deficit. A probable Conservative majority. Funding cuts to the arts were certain. Two questions remained: How significant the cuts?
Read more →Adobe Uncovers Global Creativity Gap Adobe has just published a global study on creativity. The research shows 8 in 10 people feel that unlocking creativity is critical to economic growth and nearly two-thirds of respondents feel creativity is valuable to society, yet a striking minority – only 1 in 4
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