CREATIVITY FUTURIST, KEYNOTE SPEAKER: HOW TO SPARK INNOVATION AND GROWTH

Here are some potential ways that experts see creativity evolving in the future:

• More interdisciplinary creativity – Combining ideas from art, science, technology, business, etc. Cross-pollination between fields can spark new creative thinking.
• Rise of collaborative creativity – More co-creation and collaboration enabled by digital tools and global connectivity. Individual and group creativity interplaying.
• Creativity augmented by AI – AI assisting creators with generative design, idea exploration, data insights and recommendations.
• Focus on creativity in education – Educational systems emphasizing creative skills like problem-solving, imagination, and comfort with ambiguity.
• Applying creativity to human issues – Using creative problem solving to address societal issues like sustainability, inequality, health, and more.
• Creativity in more job roles – Creativity becoming a required skill across industries and roles dealing with complex, ever-changing challenges.
• New paradigms and mediums – New creative paradigms, structures, and mediums emerging, expanding the canvas for creativity. For example, new artistic genres.
• Diversity driving creativity – Greater diversity in the creators, perspectives, and cultures that are empowered fostering new creative expression.
• Creativity in immersive environments – AR, VR and mixed reality enabling more immersive, perceptually-stimulating creative experiences and art forms.
• Backlash against standardized creativity – Pushback against formulaic, data-driven creativity in favor of radical creative expression.

While technology will continue to complement human imagination, the future of creativity will be driven by empowering creative humans across all fields and mediums. The full potential of human creativity is yet to be unlocked.