Presentation on Culture of Creativity for HAN ISS INternational Week Challenge your Borders 2013

1. A Culture of Creativity
What makes mutual self-reliance work?
Roy van Dalm
16 January 2013 Nijmegen ISS International Week

2. A short introduction
• Senior lecturer Urban Identity and
Creativity HAN
• Richard Florida Creativity Group
• journalist Het Financieele Dagblad

3. Slimme Steden book
• 7 authors
• 18 months
• 80 European cities
• 50 in a book

5. Pekka Himanen & Manuel Castells

7. Culture of Creativity
1. Confidence
2. Community
3. Creativity

8. The essence:
Creative ideas and innovation come
out of an enriching community
the members support each other to
achieve the common goal.
Such a community can only be based
on openness and trust.

9. Examples from other sectors:
• The People’s Supermarkt
• Blikwisseling
• Future City Game

15. Do it like gardening:
You cannot make tulips grow
by pulling at them.
Instead, improve the growing
conditions to increase chances for
new ideas to occur

16. So………
Give chance a piece
Design: Montse Hernandez i Sala