| |
SIR KEN
ROBINSON—PROFILE
Sir Ken Robinson Ph.D.
Exclusively Represented by the Washington Speakers
Bureau 
Sir Ken Robinson is an
internationally recognized leader in the development of creativity,
innovation, education and human resources. Now based in Los Angeles,
he has worked with national governments in Europe and Asia, with
international agencies, Fortune 500 companies, not-for-profit
corporations and some of the world’s leading cultural organizations.
They include the Royal Shakespeare Company, Sir Paul McCartney’s
Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, the Royal Ballet, the Hong
Academy for Performing Arts, the European Commission, UNESCO, the
Council of Europe, the J Paul Getty Trust and the Education
Commission of the States. For ten years he was Professor of
Education at the University of Warwick in England and is now
Professor Emeritus.
In 1998, he led a national
commission on creativity, education and the economy for the UK
Government bringing together leading business people, scientists,
artists and educators. His report, All Our Futures: Creativity,
Culture and Education (The Robinson Report) was published to
huge acclaim. The London Times said: “This report raises some of the
most important issues facing business in the 21st
century. It should have every CEO and human resources director
thumping the table and demanding action”. He was the central figure
in developing a strategy for creative and economic development as
part of the Peace Process in Northern Ireland, working with the
ministers for training, education enterprise and culture. The
resulting blueprint for change, Unlocking Creativity, was
adopted by politicians of all parties and by business, education and
cultural leaders across the Province. He was one of four
international advisors to the Singapore Government for its strategy
to become the creative hub of South East Asia.
Sir Ken is in high
demand as an inspirational speaker with a unique talent for
conveying profoundly serious messages with enormous humor and
passion and wit. He speaks to audiences throughout the world on the
creative challenges facing business and education in the new global
economies. His book, Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative
(Wiley-Capstone) is described by Director magazine as “a truly
mind opening analysis of why we don’t get the best out of people at
a time of punishing change.” John Cleese said: “Ken Robinson writes
brilliantly about the different ways in which creativity is
undervalued and ignored in Western culture and especially in our
educational systems.” In 2005 he was named as one of
Time/Fortune/CNN’s ‘Principal Voices’. In 2003, he was
knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to the arts.
Back to Conference
|