"Making Creativity Count"- How to create a richer bottom line
John Howkins
On June 15, the man who wrote the book on this subject, John Howkins, was in Providence to discuss with Rhode Islanders how to address this question. See below for the media presentation of his talk and pictures from the June 15th session. A transcript of the presentation will be posted on 6/19/06 to download. If you are interested in learning more about our programs and activities please Send us an email
John Howkins & New Commons in a community forum
John spoke about:
The shape of the global creative economy in 2006
What are the real opportunities for places like Rhode
Island?
He also met with Providence civic and social leaders and Pawtucket leaders to discuss application of what makes creative communities.
Thank you to our sponsors for making John's visit to Rhode Island possible:
The RI Economic Policy Council
Rhode Island School of Design
The Rhode Island Foundation
More information below
More about John Howkins
John Howkins has been writing about creativity and the creative economy well before it was seen as a powerful driver of economic wealth.
In 2001 John authored The Creative Economy - How People Make Money from Ideas which contributed to the significant change in the business and economic landscape in the UK. Today the creative economy is acknowledged and treasured as one of the UK’s primary natural advantages. John’s message has spread far and wide gaining credence in many countries including the world’s hot bed of business and economic growth – China. Most recently John has been appointed Vice Dean of the School of Creativity, Shanghai, and he also consults to the Chinese government.
John’s background in the Creative Economy is not primarily academic, but drawn from a wealth of direct experience. He was associated with Home Box Office (HBO) and Time Warner from 1981-1996, setting up companies to make and distribute TV programming. Through ITR he has advised numerous organizations and corporations including Accenture, BBC, Coopers & Lybrand, European Commission, IBM, KPMG and Sky TV. He has worked for the Governments of Australia, Canada, China, India, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Poland, Singapore, UK, USA and 15 other countries. He has also worked widely in Eastern Europe.
He is currently Chairman of Tornado Productions Ltd, a London-based web casting company and director of Equator Group plc, Television Investments Ltd, EveryIdea Ltd and World Learning Network Ltd. He is also the author of several books, including Understanding Television (1974); Communications in China (1982); New Technologies, New Policies, (1983); Four Global Scenarios on Information (1997), translated into French (1997) and Spanish (1998); and The Creative Economy (2001).
