E2C - Brent Gregory | Future Universities, Networks & Creativity

Brent and I discuss the future of Universities, the importance of soft networks and clusters of competence, creativity and the 6 thinking hats. New music in the introduction by Supakarn Nakavisut (@BARE MUSIC - https://bit.ly/33ZtIh8) 00:00:43 – Intro (Music by Supakarn Nakavisut) 00:01:25 – Specialising/decentralising Universities? 00:04:45 – Future of Universities 00:08:10 – Purpose built cities/communities 00:13:08 – Implementing the change despite pushback? Improving quality of life. 00:19:15 – Importance of teams and networks 00:23:58 – What recruiters say about networking skills 00:27:50 – Work hrs vs pay research (correlations) 00:32:01 – The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People 00:33:20 – Six Thinking Hats 00:37:35 – Creativity and Innovation – “The literature of life is something we shouldn’t devalue” 00:45:22 – Accelerated Learning 00:48:31 – Tools and Drills for creativity? 00:50:52 – Clusters of Competence 00:53:43 – The impact of the coffee shop 00:54:25 – The Manhattan Project (20 Nobel Laureates) 00:55:14 – Gambling with Maths cluster; Silicon Valley; Musical crossovers 01:00:02 – What is the causal factor? What aren’t we measuring? 01:02:00 – Accounting is about making things visible 01:05:40 – Find Brent at ResearchGate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Brent_Gregory Intro Music by Supakarn Nakavisut (https://kaensupakarn.wixsite.com/bare-music/music) Outro music by Kasimir Gregory (http://anionthefuture.com/) SMArt  - "Butterflying" by Kasimir Gregory (http://anionthefuture.com/category/smart-codes/)