Have we yet entered the Creative Age?
Progress is not dead. The Earth is not flat. And history is not at an end.
Progress has changed. The Jet Age, the Petro-Chemical & Computer Age are not the drivers. Now perhaps it is, the Creative Age.
It is, the artists’ turn.
Daniel Pink posited it in Harvard Business Review, in saying that the MFA (Master of Fine Arts) is the new MBA. Well judging by enrolments, we’re not quite there yet. So Pink is ahead of the curve.
When Financial analysis frameworks are taught everywhere – and after (or during) a global financial mess – perhaps the true Innovation source is Arts & Culture. This is likely to be a hindsight observation for many.
Design is one aspect of arts. As a former Graphic designer, I see design everywhere. Everything you buy has been intentionally designed. And Sustainable design is emerging as the big challenge & big opportunity.
And it is Opportunity that will lift us out of Economic Crisis.
Not massive top-down thinking. Not more Wal-Marts. No. Wal-Mart was once Sam Walton, and the next Wal-Mart will be another Sam Walton. Or Jobs & Wozniak. Or Hewlett & Packard.
It’s 2 guys or gals in a garage building the next Apple, HP, maybe. But ever more insidiously, maybe not.
Decentralized Studios.
Maybe it’s a series of decentralized nodes. A small series of studios, all inter-linked collaborating & ideas & connected from Budapest to Bucharest to Curitiba to Paris to Johannesburg to Adelaide to Detroit to Winnipeg.
It is not where you are, it is what you see, what you share & how creative you are.
Keep innovating,
Christopher Hire
Executive Director
Author: Christopher Hire (197 Articles)
Executive Director of Innovation, at 2thinknow. Innovation analyst. Based in Melbourne, Australia.