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Imagination Trumps Knowledge | Lefty Parent

Imagination Trumps Knowledge | Lefty Parent

magination Trumps Knowledge

I am heartened to read in Business Week the results of a recent survey of 1500 chief executives, which I believe validates the need for many diverse educational paths for youth including the Rodney Dangerfield of educational pedagogies, “Unschooling”. Frank Kern, senior vice-president of IBM Global Business Services, reported in the May 10 edition, “What Chief Executives Really Want”

There is compelling new evidence that CEOs’ priorities in this area are changing in important ways. According to a new survey of 1,500 chief executives conducted by IBM’s Institute for Business Value (NYSE: IBM – News), CEOs identify “creativity” as the most important leadership competency for the successful enterprise of the future.


Since IBM is a big time purveyor of consulting services, they have marketing self-interest in maybe teasing out and publicizing such results. But still, it validates Einstein’s quotes, “Imagination is more important than