Orbiting the Giant Hairball
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- IDEO's General Manager Kelley, Tom relays a tale about artist and author Gordon MacKenzie. In his book, "Orbiting the Giant Hairball", MacKenzie asks school children from kindergarten through sixth grade if they consider themselves to be artists. While the enthusiasm for creative free expression seems to run freely for the youngest children, the author notes some attrition from the idea starting with the second graders, and full-blown shame for artistic expression by the time he speaks to the sixth grade. The take-away from this exercise, says Kelley, is that we are all born with a high level of innovation, but it is the cultural norm to have these aspirations and pleasures flattened at a surprisingly young age. Kelley assures his audience that it is, indeed, OK to be an artist.
Description
Type of resource | moving image |
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Extent | 1 digital video file |
Place | Stanford (Calif.) |
Date created | November 12, 2008 |
Language | English |
Digital origin | born digital |
Sound content | sound |
Color content | color |
Creators/Contributors
Speaker | Kelley, Tom, 1955- |
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Subjects
Subject | Entrepreneurship |
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Subject | Business |
Genre | Filmed lectures |
Bibliographic information
Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/gz950qr2723 |
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Location | SC1209 |
Repository | Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- The materials are open for research use and may be used freely for non-commercial purposes with an attribution. For commercial permission requests, please contact the Stanford University Archives (archivesref@stanford.edu).
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2008 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved.
Collection
Stanford Technology Ventures Program, Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Seminar, videorecordings
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