The Element

Sir Ken Robinson returns to the RSA to share new thinking on ‘The Element‘ – the point at which natural talent meets personal passion.

When people arrive at the element, they feel most themselves and most inspired and achieve at their highest levels.

It explores the components of this new paradigm: The diversity of intelligence, the power of imagination and creativity, and the importance of commitment to our own capabilities.

The Element shows the vital need to enhance creativity and innovation by thinking differently about human resources and imagination.

It is also an essential strategy for transforming education, business, and communities to meet the challenges of living and succeeding in the twenty-first century.

You can buy the book “The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything” at: Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, or Amazon.co.uk

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wald0
Man this guy has some really great and unique ideas about education. He is so right when he says the system is set up as if life was a linear process in which we can easily and accurately predict the future. The reality is that people are more reactive, they interact with and respond to their environment and the oppurtunities it provides. This is how they find their talents and passions and education should be about creating a diverse environment and presenting as many oppurtunities for experience to the student as possible. Of course it should inform but more than that it should inspire.
dewflirt
The value of creativity in thinking, wish it had gone a little deeper into creative teaching :)
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A good primer for people to realize their standards are not standard. However, for people who have been indoctrinated into the idea that standardization is god, a lecture with more clearly defined ideas needs to be given out. Simple, easy to understand words and ideas that slowly lead these fixated minds away from the darkness of their ideology.
My experience with fixated ideological corporate administrators is exasperating and often unsuccessful since they seem to need to have it all explained as if it was the first day of school teaching the alphabet. I simply don’t have that much time and energy to train them to do their job and do my own job…and providing small hints and ideas simply don’t work.