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Our Future Lies in Intelligence, Creativitiy and Flexibility
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Posted at Apr. 10, 2008 09:01 AM CST | | | | Greg Douglas, Managing Director, Media & Entertainment | | | I’ve concluded a three-day journey across the multi-world and back here in Miami. And now shortly after everything involving this unique annual event has been said and done, and reflecting above and beyond the concrete, over-riding reality that the multi-polar world is the most important global economic transformation in many years, I came to a new realization. Which is that thriving in this new world boils down to individual human beings believing that they are intelligent and creative, and, more importantly, that maximizing these assets, rather than allowing any doubts about these capabilities get in their way, will be the key differentiating attributes of people and companies in this interdependent multi-polar world. | | | There is no question that people are intelligent and creative as was emphasized by the final speaker of the day, Sir Ken Robinson, a world-renowned expert on innovation. The winners in the multi-polar world will be those who maximize their intelligence and creativity, unleashing inhibitions and doubts and seize control of their ideas about how to make customers—the ultimate decisions-makers—always much more than merely satisfied. | | | This conference had its great moments when speakers from various companies talked about their roles and views about the multi-polar world. Great stuff, no doubt. But what made this event unforgettable, inspiring beyond any I can remember, were the sessions during which teenagers and young entrepreneurs sat in front of the 450 business professionals in the audience. Poised, confident and self-assured, these members of the younger generation are going to ultimately be key drivers of the multi-polar world. | | | Their cravings for flexibility in how they want to live their professional lives, their desires to grow and explore and experiment, their innate abilities to multi-task, their desires to constantly learn and—as they said, make a difference not just make money—gave me real hope and excitement that the multi-polar world is a treasure chest of substantive, meaningful life opportunities for individuals and groups who work together in a supportive and inspiring way. | | | | Comment on this post |
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Michele
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April 14, 2008 10:50 AM CST  | Brent, you can read a summary of Sir Ken Robinson's thoughts around how to increase innovation on the summary of proceedings GCF page (http://www.accenture.com/Global/About_Accenture/GCF/SirKenRobinson.htm). However, my abiding memory of his speech was rethinking how we educate our children. He said when we brainstorm as adults, we call that collaboration but when we do that as children, we call that cheating. It was a powerful image. |
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Brent Barbour
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April 10, 2008 02:30 PM CST | Mr. Douglas is right on point, and I applaud him for highlighting the difference between innovation that betters the world from innovation that betters the individual.
Not having been at the conference, I'm interested to know if Sir Robinson identified any techniques for maximizing creativity and making ideas a reality. Is there any additional information available? |
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Colleen
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April 10, 2008 01:03 PM CST | I'm extremely appreciative of the comments around people maximizing their intelligence and creativity. All of the technology in the universe will never match up to the unique abilities within all of us. We have the opportunity to contribute these assets daily to our world, both on a professional level and on a personal level. There are many factors that will continue to enhance our world, but we will always be the driving force behind them. |
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