By Ken Robinson
Viking hardcover, Penguin paperback
Sir Ken Robinson travels the globe working with Fortune 500 corporations, educational systems, governments, and organizations. In a world that’s changing faster than ever, he shows the vital need to enhance creativity and innovation by thinking differently about human resources and imagination. He is in high demand as a speaker with a unique talent for conveying profoundly serious messages with humor, passion, and wit. His landmark speech at the 2006 TED Conference has been downloaded more than two million times. Now, in this book, he builds on his global message to present an empowering new view of human ability.
The Element is the point where your natural talents meet your personal passions. When people reach The Element, they feel most themselves, feel most inspired, and achieve at their highest levels. The Element draws from leading edge research and moving original interviews with celebrities such as Matt Groening, Meg Ryan, Ridley Scott, and Mick Fleetwood, artists like Faith Ringgold and Don Lipski, writers like Arianna Huffington, and Susan Jeffers, and others, including business leaders and athletes. It explores the living components of this new paradigm: the diversity of intelligence, the power of imagination and creativity, and the nature of personal passion and commitment.
With a wry sense of humor, Ken Robinson looks at the conditions that can cultivate The Element in all of us, and those that can stifle it. He shows that age and occupation are no barrier to The Element and the powers of transformation it can unleash. Discovering The Element is vital for personal fulfillment. It’s also a revolutionary strategy for transforming education, business and communities to meet the real challenges of living and succeeding in the 21st century.
An interview with Author Magazine:
http://www.authormagazine.org/interviews/interview_page_robinson.htm
Ken Robinson at TED 2010