Innovative Studies: Changing Minds for a Changing World

Innovative studies programs are being looked at, developed, and tested. This article is full of pointers to case studies and innovating organizations:

The difficulty for our existing educational systems in a new global playing field is not only in teaching students to think in different ways and ask different questions, but also in learning how to do so ourselves. Everyone beats the drum of thinking outside the box, but what does it truly mean to think differently? How do we cultivate innovative thinking as organizations? Can we redesign, rearrange, or rethink our organizational boxes so we don’t have to work so hard to think outside of them? If “innovation will be the single most important factor in determining America’s success through the 21st century,” as the Innovate America report and so many other pundits maintain, how do we nurture creativity and innovation during the education process Colleges and universities around the world are beginning to address such queries by creating programs aimed squarely at teaching expertise in innovation, most commonly linked to business and technology.