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Day 2 at Ringling’s AI & Creativity Symposium: From Tools to Powers ai creativity expression ideas imagination reflection risk tools Oct 14, 2025

Day 2 at Ringling’s AI & Creativity Symposium: From Tools to Powers

By 9 a.m., the mood had shifted from Day 1’s big questions to Day 2’s lived practice.

The halls buzzed less about which model to try and more about who we must become to use any model well.

If yesterday asked what...

Reflections: Day 1 at Ringling’s AI and Creativity Innovation Symposium ai art and design creativity design design education ringling college tools Oct 13, 2025

Reflections: Day 1 at Ringling’s AI and Creativity Innovation Symposium

I had the wonderful opportunity to attend the AI and Creative Innovation Ringling College of Art and Design: Advocating for Artists and Designers Symposium. It wasn’t the typical conference about technology instea

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A Rebuttal to Clay Shirky New York Times Article: Thinking Beyond Blue Books, Rethinking AI, and the Future of Learning ai clay shirky future of learning new york ties rethinking ai Sep 11, 2025

A Rebuttal to Clay Shirky New York Times Article: Thinking Beyond Blue Books, Rethinking AI, and the Future of Learning

Clay Shirky is right about one thing: higher education is not in the information transfer business. But where he sees salvation in a return to medieval blue books

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From Pilgrimage to Platform: A TEDx Reflection ai barcelona creativity d.school ideo spain speaking speech ted talk tedx Jun 02, 2025

I walked the Camino to remember something I had forgotten: That the heaviest burdens aren’t in our backpacks… They’re in our minds.

And this weekend, at TEDx ESEI International Business School Barcelona, I walked another kind of path, one made not of dirt and stone, but of stories, movement, meanin...

Innovation Whisper: Cuteness as Innovation ai d.school ideo maven mba school section Apr 24, 2025

We often view innovation through the lens of disruption: bold, loud, and assertive.

It’s the radical invention, the groundbreaking technology, the daring idea that commands attention. Think of Meta's metaverse launch.

In business, in leadership, and culture, power is often associated with force,...

AI Didn’t Kill Creativity — It’s Expanding Human Expression ai creativity d.school design future of work ideo maven section Apr 17, 2025

There’s a familiar tension echoing through our feeds right now.

It's a big fear.

Specifically, the fear that AI is erasing artists, replacing creators, and turning craftsmanship into code.

And I get it.

As someone who’s spent years researching the intersections of innovation, creativity, and...

Innovation Leadership and Collective Flow

Hacking Innovation Leadership: Creating Collective Flow Through Improvisation, Creativity, and Innovation ai collective creativity d.school decision making design design thinking flow group ideo individual maven mba professional developement section Mar 25, 2025

In a world awash with constant change, the essence of learning and leadership is evolving. The skills needed to lead in the new world have changed. Many are being left behind.

Last week, we embarked on an extraordinary voyage through the lens of improvisation, transforming the traditional paradigms...

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