Creating Innovators

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From a prominent educator and founder of Harvard’s Change Leadership Group comes a provocative examination of why innovation is crucial in today's world and what young people require from parents, teachers, and employers to become future innovators. This groundbreaking work by education expert Tony Wagner presents a compelling case for fostering an innovation-driven economy. He emphasizes the roles of parents, teachers, and employers in nurturing young people's innovative capacities. Through profiles of inspiring young innovators like Kirk Phelps and Jodie Wu, Wagner illustrates how supportive adults can cultivate creativity, resilience, and a willingness to learn from failure. He identifies a pattern where creative play in childhood leads to profound interests that evolve into purposeful career and life goals in adolescence and adulthood. The forces of play, passion, and purpose drive these young innovators. Wagner offers insights for educators and parents to enhance learning experiences, especially in the face of inadequate schooling. He showcases progressive schools and workplaces that prioritize collaboration, interdisciplinary problem-solving, and intrinsic motivation. This timely manifesto not only reshapes our perspective on education and work but also provides a roadmap for developing tomorrow's change-makers. The book includes over sixty original videos featuring interviews with innovators and thought leaders, accessi