Here is a short but powerful video on the creative mindset of children versus adults. Children are willing to take risks, make mistakes, and fail, which allows them to explore freely and creatively. Adults, however, bound my social norms and how they think they should appear, are uncomfortable making mistakes and failing. The result: creativity suffers.
For Sir Ken Robinson, the transformation from childhood to adulthood and the wounding or outright death of our natural creative capacities is due, in large part, to the way we are educated. Sir Ken is doing his best to make changes to the way children are educated to preserve our natural creativity worldwide. In a world yearning for new creative solutions and innovations to pressing problems, Sir Ken’s work is invaluable.
For more of Sir Ken’s presentations, go to sirkenrobinson.com