Thursday, 24 January 2013

Maths or theater?

What is more important for an innovative economy of the future? More attention towards natural sciences and math skills to be paid in education, or more focus on arts, creativity and theater? Almost all politicians say the first, Pasi Sahlberg, from the Finish ministry of Education thinks the last. To beat Asians you have to get good at what they can't do, which is creativity. This is also what our economy needs. See for the whole article about quality education (in Dutch) here

Wednesday, 23 January 2013

Lovely video about "the art of innovation" by Dimis Michaelides

Wednesday, 21 November 2012

Innovation, Creative Class and Immigration

A real nice article by Christopher Newfield in the Huff Post, discussing immigration & innovation and also the difference between focusing on engineers & start-ups and creative class people. Read here