Focusing on the importance of creative thinking, this Creative Capital Expert Speaker event introduced Perth to two influential creative thinkers: Charles Leadbeater and Mark Kingwell.
Leadbeater is a senior research associate with Demos, and has also worked as an adviser to the Downing St Policy Unit and the British Government's Department of Trade and Industry, regarding the rise of the Internet and a knowledge-driven economy. He has drafted reports and White Papers on economic development, science, education and the cultural sector, and has also advised leading British companies such as Channel Four Television and British Telecom as well as The Inland Revenue, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Victoria & Albert Museum.
To Read Charles Leadbeater's essay commissioned by FORM: The Mass Innovation Era, click here.