Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative

Code	KA
Seminar Date	Wednesday 21 September
Start Time	10:30
Duration	1 hour
Seminar Description	Ken Robinson continues to challenge the environment we live in. In this keynote address he will make you wonder why we insist on sustaining an education system that is narrow, partial, entirely inappropriate for the 21st century and deeply destructive of human potential when human beings have so much to offer. He will demonstrate how our latent creative ability is vital for personal and professional success through an uncanny knack of sharply focusing something which up until now you have not seen in all its simplicity and brilliance. Even the most conservative of thinkers will be tempted out of their box by Ken's ideas, theories and speculations.
Speakers	Sir Ken Robinson, Senior Adviser to the J Paul Getty Trust in Los Angeles
Speaker biography	Sir Ken Robinson is an internationally recognised leader in the development of creativity, innovation and human resources. He was previously Professor of Education at Warwick University in the UK and is now Professor Emeritus. In June 2003 he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his outstanding achievements as a leader, writer and speaker in creativity, the arts and education. Sir Ken has worked with and advised public and commercial organisations in Europe, Asia and the USA including the European Commission, UNESCO and the Council of Europe. He has been adviser to a range of governments including Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Singapore and Hong Kong. In 1998 he was appointed by the UK Government to chair a national commission on creativity, education and the economy. The resulting report, All Our Futures: Creativity Culture and Education (The Robinson Report) was published to wide acclaim in 1999. His latest book, Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative, is described by Director magazine as 'a truly mind opening analysis of why we don't get the best out of people at a time of punishing change'. Professor Howard Gardner calls it‚ 'the best analysis I've seen of the disjunction between the kinds of intelligence that we have traditionally honoured in schools and the kinds of creativity that we need today in our organisations and our society'.
Further information	This keynote presentation will be interpreted into British Sign Language. Due to contractual restrictions, the video of this seminar is no longer available.
Pathway	Keynotes
Venue	Clyde

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