Trends affecting Creative Industries

Last year I had the pleasure to take part in a project that investigated developments related to the Creative Economy. A presentation with some of the results has been published now.

Trend Pulse For Creative Industries

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The most obvious result has been maybe that the Creative Economy has started to unfold already. And there is no going back. Looking at the amount of studies on Creative Industries that result is certainly not a surprise anymore.

What became increasingly clear is that the professional inside the creative economy is a different animal than the professional of the age of industrialized mass-production. This has implications for education, work organization, measuring success etc. These implications are also obvious, but nevertheless have mostly not led to conscious changes of educational systems or organizational structures. Indeed, changes seem hard to implement, because they require more than just a few add-ons or adjustments to the existing economy. They require to make decisions from a different mind set.

Or do they? What became clearer to me after the study finished was that mind sets evolve as well, even if there is no intention to change, simply because we're all witnessing the paradigm shift around us. Yes, mind sets evolve too slow to avoid a certain level of friction and dissatisfaction, but nevertheless...

Connecting to Urban Space

Connect To Urban Space

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Recently I had a look at trends and developments that are related to the creative industries. And there was a aha!-moment for me when I realised that for many of the creative professionals, who often have a message that they are passionate about, the street is the place to go. It is not the gallery and not the virtual world in the first place.

And as we know, also activist movements and flashmob activities use the web as a tool to interact but the "place were things happen" is the street, the public place, the city.

At the same time it also seems to be true that cities can have a deadening effect: The urban environment is a post-natural environment which gives us the impression that we as humans stand outside nature. This may be one of the reasons why people find it hard to act about environmental issues. The environment seems to be a place far away that has little to do with everyday life.

So, to sum things up, I came to the conclusion that the urban space is one of the hottest interactive platforms that we have for social transformation, but many people feel not connected. So I created this fun presentation which suggests various ways to develop a relationship to the wild nature that even the urban space still has, ways that at the same time also work to strengthen one's own creative muscles.

Tony Robbins: Why we do what we do, and how we can do it better

Great presentation about the art of fulfilment and the "invisible forces" that motivate everyone's actions (Certainty, Uncertainty, Significance, Connection, Growth, Contribution). Also a look into the mind (and heart) of a model "Socialpreneur"...


Oh ...and Robbins high-fives Al Gore in the front row
Source: TED