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Hey everyone Claude Sigmund here. Long time reader, first time poster for Mikes Blog.... I really love Pink. His book is sort of window into the world and what we need to do to teach towards it. Remember the video " Shift Happens " Pink takes that video and talks about the concepts contained within that video. The economic, social and human consequeses that we face on a daily basis. He helps us understand that creativity is not just art. That decisionmaking and problemsolving is a kind of creativity. Science is creative... but not how it is presented or often taught. How do we change the standard way of thought. How do we teach for our future... not for the present? A book worth reading and a conversation worth having. Cheers

Daniel Pink was the keynote speaker at this years TIES Technology Conference . Creative Minds Collaborating for a Web 3.0 World is the title of this year's conference. I had heard Pink speak at the University of Minnesota last spring in a conversational setting , and was interested to hear a more direct message and whether he had any new things to share. He started by talking about "What makes a Good Speech?" Brevity Levity Repetition! He said the repitition comes from a teacher he had 30 years ago, Mrs. Path, who said, "Repetition is an effective form of emphasis!" She told him over, and over and over! His focus today was on education and the economy. While not an educational expert, he said that his ability to focus on systems gives him . The purpose of education in America is not to deliver employees to buisiness, it's about helping kids reach their potential, civic responsibility, and well informed citizens. We must win that argument if we want to do we...