4min chapter

The Presentation Boss Podcast cover image

73. Speech Breakdown: TED Talk by Sir Ken Robinson "Do schools kill creativity?"

The Presentation Boss Podcast

CHAPTER

The Importance of Creativity

I believe passionately that we don't grow into creativity, we grow out of it. We're now running national education systems where mistakes are the worst thing you can make. And in pretty much every system, too, there's a hierarchy within the arts. Art and music are normally given the highest status in scores than drama and dance. There isn't an education system on the planet that teaches dance every day to children the way we teach them mathematics. At the top, while mathematics and languages, then the humanity isn't at the bottom of the arts, everywhere on Earth. You think it can be otherwise, but it isn't.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode