China's creative imperative - starting to read
Image via Wikipedia In my quest for interesting new angles and possible speakers for the China Speakers Bureau I have started to read a book I received yesterday from the publisher Wiley "China's Creative Imperative: How Creativity is Transforming Society and Business in China"
by Kunal Sinha, working for Ogilvy, a company some of you might hear off.In terms of topic, it is an excellent choice: the swap China is making from a low-end producing of cheap good to a service-focused, developed economy is really a topic that will keep us busy over the coming years.
Chinese creativity - or in the Western perspective - the lack thereof has always kept me busy, since the Chinese tend to be much more creative and more inclined to out -of-the box thinking compared to many (not all) of the Europeans I know.
Has anybody already read the book? Thoughts about it? Please let me know.
The China Speakers Bureau has already a range of speakers who can address the issue of innovation. Do have a look here if you are interested.
![Reblog this post [with Zemanta]](http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=344c1c34-dc94-4e5d-9783-ddd82cc5eb9d)
posted by Fons Tuinstra at
5:51 PM
1 Comments:
It's so true. This idea--Chinese people are not creative--where did it come from?
Maybe architecture. In my south China city, the complex of housing for government workers is 12 identical apartment blocks, with 40 identical floors, and a slight embellishment at the top. But it's not really different from cookie-cutter development in America.
Or maybe just the old oriential despotism thing--unchanging societies where everyone is instructed what to think, art is endlessly reproduced without innovation, etc. etc.
Whatever the case, "the Chinese lack creativity" is a serious myth that's yet to be systematically challenged.
Post a Comment
Links to this post:
Create a Link
<< Home