The What, Why and How of Imagination — Advocacy in Action!

Eric Liu speaking at the Washington State Workforce and Economic Development Conference

When you get the advocates for workforce development and advocates for economic development working together, notes Imagination Now featured blogger Eric Liu, what you get is a combined effort that is greater than the sum of its parts—non-zero math where 1 + 1 = 3. Last week Eric delivered the keynote address at the Washington State 2009 Workforce and Economic Development Conference, discussing the primacy of imagination within the Imagination > Creativity > Innovation continuum and responding to participants’ questions. Breaking innovation down to the “what,” “why,” and “how,” this discussion made a great springboard for the conversations, both formal and informal, that took place over the next two days.

Watch a video of the opening session, which includes Eric’s keynote (time signature 29:33).