Sir Ken Robinson: Do Schools Kill Creativity?

From TedTalks on YouTube, Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity. Watch and comment! [20 minutes]

Russell Simmons' Creative Business Plan Contest

Entrepreneur Russell Simmons understands the spiky nature of the creative economy and has launched a new creative industries, ‘bplan like’ contest called the The Race to Be: The Creative Entrepreneurship Contest. The event is the centerpiece of this year’s Global Entrepreneurship Week (Nov. 17- Nov. 23)

The contest has three categories: film, fashion, and music. Applications can be submitted online and the finals of each categories will take place on site in spikes of industry/artistic excellence: film in LA, music in Austin, and fashion in NY. Read more on Campus Entrepreneurship.

Do Schools Today Kill Creativity?

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