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Creativity New Deal: America’s Creative Economy Evolution 

Creativity New Deal: America’s Creative Economy Evolution 

The Creativity New Deal (CND) is a bold vision for America’s future. A CND builds and shapes America’s creativity skills infrastructure for the next century, enabled by AI and other modern tools.

The CND is grounded in three evolutions already underway:
(1) Reframing creative industries as infrastructure. (2) Cultivating creativity skills at the heart of organizations. (3) Evolving the role of cities and innovation districts.

Main points discussed: (1) The creative industries are a key driver of economic growth and social wellbeing. (2) The shift from viewing the creative industries as standalone sectors to recognizing them as fertile grounds for cultivating critical future-of-work skills.(3) By investing in our creativity infrastructure, we can reclaim a legacy of wonder, create new jobs, boost economic growth, and improve the lives of all Americans.

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Wonder Out Loud Is a Powerful Thing

Wonder Out Loud Is a Powerful Thing

A Culture Futurist™ Explores Emerging Leadership Opportunities in America’s Nonprofit Arts Sector     By Theo Edmonds JD,MHA,MFA Theo Edmonds, Culture Futurist™ |...

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When Hurt Gets in the Way of Hope 

When Hurt Gets in the Way of Hope 

The emergence of this new entrepreneurial archetype—grounded in creativity, contemplation, and cultural foresight—promises a future where businesses are not just financial ventures but catalysts for societal transformation. We stand on the cusp of redefining the nature of entrepreneurship, steering it toward a landscape where innovation harmonizes with human flourishing.

Getting there, however, requires something more evolved than is currently offered in our training and development systems. It requires entrepreneurial development to be a Venn diagram of training as creatives, contemplatives, and culture futurists.

These are not generalities. These are active skill sets to intentionally mold, infusing our entrepreneurial spirit with a renewed sense of wonder driven by the integration of arts, science, and business. Herein lies our path to expansive human potential.

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LOVE: THE LANGUAGE OF INNOVATION

LOVE: THE LANGUAGE OF INNOVATION

IN THIS ARTICLE:Working together over the next decade, #artists and #scientists will ignite a new wave of transformational #creativity in #business#innovation. But first, we need...

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Human Being Here

Human Being Here

IN THIS ARTICLE ✨ Has the American enterprise lost its sense of #wonder?🧠 What’s going on with our #SocialBrainCapital?🗣️ Is #poetry the fingerprint of...

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CREATIVE TENSION: Ghost in the Machine

CREATIVE TENSION: Ghost in the Machine

Working together over the next decade, artists and scientists will ignite a new wave of transformational creativity in corporate America. But first, we will need to climb over...

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How Cities Can Boost Brain Capital

How Cities Can Boost Brain Capital

Photo: Andriy Blokhin_AdobeStock This is an article written by Harris A. Eyre, MD, Phd; Shuo Chen, JD; Rym Ayadi, PhD; Upali Nanda, PhD; Agustin Ibañez, PhD; Theodore Edmonds,...

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Wonder-full Cities of the Future

Wonder-full Cities of the Future

This is the first of several thought pieces Imaginator Academy will post as we prepare and experience the Cities Summit of the Americas in Denver, Colorado. WONDER WORKS ...

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Lonely Genius

Lonely Genius

One of the deepest longings of the human soul is to be seen. ― John O’Donohue Throughout history, we have been captivated by the idea of the “lone genius” - a brilliant...

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The A.I.R. Innovation Breathes

The A.I.R. Innovation Breathes

Artists Can Help Higher Education Build Creativity Infrastructure “Science is needed to seek the truth of something. Art is needed to seek the truth of everything." - Theo...

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