Unknown Origins

Blessing Sibanyoni has spent over 20 years blending the art and science of his craft as a strategist, futurist, and innovator by anticipating future trends inspired by industry developments, culture, and aesthetics that connect to emotions and imagination. Blessing is an authentic leader who has envisioned, designed, and brought to life go-to-market growth strategies and disruptive business models that have accelerated innovation for some of the world's most famous and influential brands.

Blessing provides perspective on creativity in the technology innovation process, what it takes to succeed, pitfalls to avoid, keys to success as a technology innovator, and his vision for the future of technology.

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Professor José Teunissen, Dean of the School of Design and Technology at London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London (UAL), and Professor of Fashion Theory,  provides perspective on the importance of creativity in the fashion industry, her creative process, what it takes to succeed, and the industry's future. 

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Dr. Mariana Amatullo is an Associate Professor of Strategic Design and Management at Parsons School of Design, and serves as Vice Provost for Global Executive Education & Online Strategic Initiatives, at The New School in New York. Mariana is the President of Cumulus, the global association of art and design education and research.

In addition to teaching at Parsons, Mariana currently spearheads new curricular initiatives and global partnerships in the innovation space of executive education, and online degrees and non-degree certificates.

Mariana has an esteemed international educational background in design, management, and creative arts and is a recognized thought leader in Design For Social Innovation. She is one of the editors of the upcoming Design for Social Innovation: Case studies from around the World (Routledge, November 2021) and shares with us here her perspective on creativity.

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In 2016, Creative Review voted George Lee as one of the top 50 Creative Leaders globally, alongside Jude Kelly, Björk, and Paul Smith. She co-founded the pioneering social enterprise, The Age of No Retirement, championing a society where age doesn't define people. Before that, she was Director of the multi-award-winning design studio, This is Real Art.

She is a highly respected disrupter and innovator in the age space, leading the way in showing how cross-generational innovation is central to social and economic impact. Her background and deep interest in psychology still inspire her work, but it is her belief in the power of design— making things work better for more people of all ages — that is her driver. With a design career spanning over 25 years, she has been responsible for multi-award-winning design campaigns worldwide.

In 2020 she set up a specialist design research consultancy, The Common Land, to help businesses understand the outdated and economically limiting conventions of age and innovate products and services that work for all ages. She has recently joined the Design Age Institute, part of the Royal College of Art, as Community Lead bringing together healthy aging champions from all sectors to create real change and action — business, industry, academia, technology, the creative industries, government, and of course people of all ages.

She is on the BSI working group looking into age-inclusive standards, the ISO working group on intergenerational workforces, and a Trustee of the Do It Foundation, a social enterprise whose technology helps people do good and feel healthier happier.

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Larry Asher is the director of the School of Visual Concepts (SVC) in Seattle, a role that was the inevitable result of saying "why not?" when asked in the 1990s if he'd like to teach a writing class. In the years since, Larry has led the expansion of the School's offerings into corporate professional development workshops, multi-month certificate programs in User Experience Design, and UX Writing & Content Design. In addition to leading the charge at SVC, Larry also teaches copywriting, case-study writing, presentation skills, creative briefing, and brief writing. 

As if wearing the SVC hat wasn't head-covering enough, Larry also runs Worker Bees, a marketing communications consultancy serving the healthcare industry. This work builds on Larry's career as an advertising creative director. His contributions to the world of creativity were honored by the American Advertising Federation, which bestowed their Silver Award for lifetime achievement on Larry just a few years ago.

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Roger L. Firestien, Ph.D., has trained more people to lead the creative process than anyone else in the world. He is Senior Faculty and Associate Professor at the Center for Applied Imagination at SUNY Buffalo State. As president of Innovation Resources, Inc., he consults, creates training programs, runs Breakthrough Labs, and has created a series of courses for Open Sesame. He is the author of Create in a Flash: A leader's recipe for breakthrough innovation and Why Didn't I Think Of That?: Better Ideas & Decision Making At Home And At Work. 

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Pamela Chiriboga is the founder of Pyramide Productions, a corporate video production company with clients including; Microsoft, Amazon, Expedia, Starbucks. Pamela is also the founder of PCHP Investments, a real estate investment company located in Seattle, WA. She is also the CEO of an export business in Ecuador.

Before this, Pamela worked as a Producer and Director on several independent films, marketing at the Cannes Film Festival, and production manager at USA International Networks. Where she created Public Service Announcements for the Award-winning Anti-Discrimination & Ecology campaigns, which earned the "Latin American UNICEF Award," the "Argentinean Award" declared by the Prime Minister, and the "Mexican Award" proclaimed by the State Secretary.

Pamela provides perspective about creativity as an Entrepreneur and Creative Director in the Media Production industry.

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From mainstreaming. metrosexuals as a columnist at the late lamented, details magazine, to developing the illusion of reality, as part of the creation team of The Real Housewives franchise, through pioneering content, supported ecommerce at Polo, Ralph Lauren, and the maker movement as the Managing Director of the iconic This Old House, Scott Omelianuk, now the Editor in Chief of Inc and Inc.com, he has built a reputation for defining the culture and using it to the advantage of clients and the benefit of consumers. Honored with the Ad Age A-list, its Idea of the Year award, and a Media Vanguard award, Scott is known as a marketing and branding expert, and champion of entrepreneurial thinking within small business on the enterprise.

A professor of marketing and innovation and an entrepreneur in residence at a U.S. News & World Report; World Report “Top 25 Innovation School,” the Stevens Institute of Technology, Scott was chief strategy officer for HumanConsult.io, a consultancy that helps companies perfect their purpose, master their narrative and strengthen their pitch for stakeholder and consumer alike. An author, investor, founder, and patent holder, Scott has been profiled or served as an expert source for The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Ad Age AdWeek, CNN, the BBC, NHK, NPR, CNBC, MSNBC and dozens of other newspapers, blogs and broadcast outlets around the world.

Scott provides perspective on building purpose-led mission-driven brands for the greater good.

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Bankrupt at 16. Thrown out of college at 18. Joined Saatchi and Saatchi at 21. Had a ball. Left advertising to go back to Wales. Started Howies in 1995. Sold it to Timberland. Left. Started The Do Lectures, which was voted one of the top 10 ideas festivals globally by the Guardian.

And in 2012 started a company making jeans called The Hiut Denim Co in his hometown of Cardigan. A town that used to have Britain’s biggest jeans factory. Its purpose is to get 400 people their jobs back. As of today, it now employs 24 people.

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Understanding and adapting to different learning styles, especially in the earlier years of learning, can significantly impact an individual's ability to learn and be empowered to live a happy and fulfilled life by gaining meaningful and positive experiences along the way.

Roy Sharples and Gary Burt provide perspective on a manifesto for education delivery to drive a "learning without frontiers" sensibility and approach. Instilling creativity and innovation within the core academic curriculum, the way it is delivered and taught.

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