creativity and empathy: skills for the future (geneva, 2014)
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Skills for the future
Creativity
Empathy
are gifts that only a few people have
Creativity
Empathy
People think that…
are basic skills of our specie
Creativity
Empathy
The truth is…
are useful only for people that work directly with it
Creativity
Empathy
People think that…
are tools to solve problems
Creativity
Empathy
The truth is…
Problem Solution
are spontaneous, can’t be controlled
Creativity
Empathy
People think that…
are optimizable, you can boost them
Creativity
Empathy
The truth is…
are basic skills to solve problems
and can be optimizable
Creativity
Empathy
So…
Why they are the skills for the future?
creativity
Process
Feedback
Input
Output
Connect ideas
Value feedback
See the world
Accept failure
Comedy Thinking™
See the world
What’s the difference between a woman and a gun?
• Logical
• Rational
• Real
• Adult
Concrete Thinking
• Analytic
• Specific
• Exact
• Direct
• Metaphorical
• Paradoxal
• Generic
• Childish
Abstract Thinking
• Ambiguous
• Guessing
• Dreamy
• Crazy
Connect ideas
See the world
Connect ideas
Value feedback
See the world
Accept failure
creativity
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Program elements: Global Grand Challenges
empathy
Empathy is a powerful version of sympathy
Empathy is sympathy on steroids
Sympathy is
caring about people’s
feelings
it’s all about feelings
Empathy is
feeling people’s
feelings
Sympathy
makes you connect to
people
Empathy
makes you connect with
people
it’s all about feelings
Sympathy:
“I feel so sad/happy
about them”
Empathy:
“I know what they are
feeling”
it’s all about feelings
Empathy
See what they see
Think what they think
Feel what they feel
Observe Engage Immerse
Empathy: how to
Hear? See?
Think and feel?
Pain? Gain?
Say and Do?
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Empathy
See what they see
Think what they think
Feel what they feel
Empathy
See what they see
Think what they think
Feel what they feel
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Empathy
See what they see
Think what they think
Feel what they feel
empathy creativity
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Problem Solution
tools to solve problems
empathy
Program elements: Global Grand Challenges
GSP Academic Structure
future
Biotechnology Nanotechnology
Artificial intelligence Robotics Artificial intelligence Robotics
#1
Creativity
Empathy
skills for the future
Creativity
Empathy
Recreational Therapist
Entertainers
So, I’m “safe”!!!
Who else is “safe”?
How much empathy and creativity does your job require?
Empathy Creativity
Social Innovation
You are “safe” too!
Congratulations to you!
