Unknown Origins

Learning is critical to human existence. As water and food nourish our bodies, so too do information and knowledge fuel our minds. Everyone is capable of learning—anyone and everyone—is influencing a person’s learning journey. People have different learning styles and preferences, which take on various forms instead of fitting into one specific pattern. It is essential to be aware and adaptive within the learning process to minimize exclusion and optimize for the best learning experience and outcome. 

Many people who evolved into creative pioneers did so off their backs, not because their education system enabled them along that journey. It discouraged and ignored their difference and potential. Creativity is the core of humanity. Breaking rules is what creativity involves, and the rebellious nature of the mind is a catalyst to create. That does not mean breaking the law; it means questioning the status quo and treating what you do as a blank canvas to self-express and provide an alternative.

Roy Sharples and Gary Burt discuss their manifesto for educators to drive a learning without frontiers sensibility and approach for instilling creativity and innovation within what they teach and how.

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Alan McGee is a music industry entrepreneur, record label owner, and artist manager. He founded Creation Records in 1983 and nurtured multiple influential artists, including The Jesus & The Mary Chain, Primal Scream, My Bloody Valentine, and Oasis, and brought them to the masses.   Alan provides perspective on his approach to creativity as an entrepreneur, artist and label manager.

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John Rooney is a Senior Teaching Fellow in Graphic Design and Visual Communication at the University of Leeds, dedicated to Typography, Type design, Graphic Design for the creative arts, and Image-making. 

John previously ran his own design consultancy that spanned a diverse range of clients in the creative arts sector.  This included a 12-year creative commission with Tate Gallery Liverpool. He worked with the curators to produce award-winning art books, exhibition newsletters, international gallery and artist advertising campaigns, web design work, and motion graphic projects.

His Ph.D. practiced exploring the relationship between autobiography, place, situated knowledge, and known practice methods in developing a distinctive location informed creative identity.  

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Dr. Mathew Isaac provides a perspective on research as a creative process.

Dr. Isaac joined the Marketing faculty of the Albers School of Business and Economics at Seattle University in 2011. His research focuses primarily on consumer judgment and decision-making, examining how contextual and motivational factors influence product evaluations and purchase intentions. His work has been published in a number of leading scientific journals, including Psychology Today, Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Marketing, Journal of Consumer Psychology, and Journal of Advertising Research, and widely featured in business and popular press, including Harvard Business Review, Time, Forbes, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Men's Health, Women's Health, and Fast Company.

Dr. Isaac obtained his Ph.D. in Marketing from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and his MBA, with concentrations in Finance and Strategic Management, from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Before entering academia, Dr. Isaac worked as a Consultant and Manager for Bain & Company and ZS Associates, where he advised media, healthcare, and private equity clients on issues related to sales and marketing.

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Hugh Forrest is the Chief Programming Officer for South by Southwest (SXSW), where he oversees content for the SXSW Conference and the SXSW Music Festival, the SXSW Film Festival, and SXSW EDU.

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Roy Sharples, is Founder and CEO of Unknown Origins,  and author of "Creativity Without Frontiers: How to make the invisible visible by lighting the way into the future."

He reads its first chapter from his inaugural book, "Philosophy in the Bedroom," about what creativity is, why it matters, and what difference it makes. Aspire to be as great as the things that are influencing you. Aim not to be like them, but to be as influential by defining your own unique structure and style. Constraints, barriers, principles, and standards are critical to expressing yourself through what you are, what you are not, and appreciating the differences.

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Roy Sharples, is Founder and CEO of Unknown Origins, and author of "Creativity Without Frontiers: How to make the invisible visible by lighting the way into the future." 

He provides perspective about what this book is, why it matters, what difference it makes, and its contents.

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From forming the Human League, Heaven 17, and British Electric Foundation to record producer, Martyn Ware is a musical pioneer who has featured on recordings totaling over 50 million sales worldwide.

Martyn founded Illustrious Co. Ltd. with Vince Clarke to exploit the creative and commercial possibilities of their unique 3DAudioScape immersive sound technology in collaboration with fine artists, the performing arts, and corporate clients worldwide.

He is a Principal of Tileyard Education and curates an extensive range of world-class arts events, a Visiting Professor at Queen Mary College, University of London, a member of BAFTA, and a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts, an Honorary DSc at the University Of London and is the first ambassador for In Place Of War, and an international activist who helps to fight for the rights of creators and underrepresented people worldwide.

Martyn provides perspective on creativity and his creative process for music-making throughout a career that spans over four decades.

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Cherry Valentine is a Performance Artist and an influential voice in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Queer, and Transgender community and provides perspective on creativity by combining life experience, curiosity, comedy, and satire into performance art.

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Bestselling Fashion Designer, Deborah Lewis, provides perspective on creativity and entrepreneurship in the fashion industry, establishing her own venture, noname design, and currently, mentors start-up sustainable fashion brands to design, make, and produce saleable garment collections.

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Attitude. Imagination. Execution. 
Create Without Frontiers.
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