Author: The 99U Team / Source: Adobe 99U
When we set the theme for our 2019 conference — The Creative Future — we imagined a future where creative skills are more pervasive and prized, and how that might reshape the world around us. As we prepare for the event in May, we’re asking our speakers to share a skill they think is important for all creatives to navigate what’s to come.
After a 25-year career at Disney that included a role as head of innovation and creativity, Duncan Wardle now spends his time coaching companies on how to increase their capacity for creativity. Duncan will be at the 11th Annual 99U Conference taking place May 8-10 in New York City.
Q. What’s a skill or characteristic you’ve cultivated in your career that you find to be futureproof?
A. This one’s easy—the ability to draw on the traits we are all born with. It sounds simple, but it’s true. We are all born creative (remember how, as a kid, you’d play with that box your birthday gift came in?). We all have an amazing imagination (remember that crazy dream you had last week?). We were all curious once (you may not remember, but you probably spent your childhood asking “Why, why, why?”). And we are all naturally intuitive (like it or not, we make most of our decisions as consumers by going with our gut). These are the skills that will continue to push you forward in the future.
Q. Why will these skills be so important in the future?
A. Because they are the four skill sets…
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