February 2018 | Issue 1
“The advantage of a mindset is that it can be learnt and adopted”

A recent study published by the European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship found that an entrepreneurial mindset is not a personality trait, which is relatively fixed, but can be learned and adopted. After studying successful entrepreneurs, the journal defines the entrepreneurial mindset at a high level while breaking down the key components behind it.
Featured Article
“Social transformation flows from personal transformation”

According to The New York Times, the challenge of our time is to make people changemakers - individuals who see problems and organize responses to solve them. And, making agency a universal quality in people will provide them with some sense of control in their lives.
Featured Paper
“Only 62% of global human capital is developed”

The World Economic Forum defines human capital as the “knowledge and skills people possess that enable them to create value in the global economic system.” It is dynamic, going beyond formal education and training to growth and development over a lifetime. And, how nations develop their human capital will be the single most important factor to their success.
Featured TEDTalk
“You don’t think about Edison as creating the creepiest doll ever, you remember that he invented the lightbulb”

Listen to Adam Grant’s TEDTalk to understand how it takes a lot of bad ideas to get to a good idea, how being quick to start and slow to finish can boost creativity, and how the first mover advantage is a myth (improvers have a lower failure rate).
Featured Book
“An urgent call for radical re-imagining of American education”

In a system that was engineered a century ago, education continues to produce a workforce for a world that no longer exists with graduates lacking the competencies needed to be thoughtful, engaged citizens and compete in the new world of work. Dr. Tony Wagner's Most Likely to Succeed presents a new vision of American education, one that puts wonder, creativity, and initiative at the very heart of the learning process, preparing students for today’s economy.

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