WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.553 --> 00:00:02.970 (calm music) 2 00:00:13.296 --> 00:00:16.380 The imagination is the only infinite resource 3 00:00:16.380 --> 00:00:17.563 that businesses have. 4 00:00:18.800 --> 00:00:20.190 Yet too many companies, 5 00:00:20.190 --> 00:00:22.470 in pursuing scale and profitability, 6 00:00:22.470 --> 00:00:25.510 have lost the ability to imagine. 7 00:00:25.510 --> 00:00:28.750 What is this seemingly mysterious capacity? 8 00:00:28.750 --> 00:00:30.990 How does imagination work? 9 00:00:30.990 --> 00:00:34.500 And how can organizations reignite imagination, 10 00:00:34.500 --> 00:00:35.810 keep it alive, 11 00:00:35.810 --> 00:00:37.653 and harness it systematically? 12 00:00:38.510 --> 00:00:40.680 We'll explore these themes and more 13 00:00:40.680 --> 00:00:42.373 in the Imagination Machine. 14 00:00:44.380 --> 00:00:48.820 Every great company was founded on an act of imagination, 15 00:00:48.820 --> 00:00:52.030 an idea going against conventional wisdom of the time 16 00:00:52.030 --> 00:00:55.363 which introduced something new and important to the world. 17 00:00:56.640 --> 00:00:59.600 The Imagination Machine lays out six strategies 18 00:00:59.600 --> 00:01:02.770 based on the emerging science of imagination, 19 00:01:02.770 --> 00:01:05.220 in-depth case studies from business, 20 00:01:05.220 --> 00:01:07.190 and lessons from neuroscience, 21 00:01:07.190 --> 00:01:09.750 philosophy, and technology 22 00:01:09.750 --> 00:01:13.070 on how to build an imaginative organization. 23 00:01:13.070 --> 00:01:14.370 But why is that important? 24 00:01:15.280 --> 00:01:17.800 line:15% In today's unpredictable fast moving world 25 00:01:17.800 --> 00:01:20.360 line:15% where competitive advantage decays rapidly, 26 00:01:20.360 --> 00:01:23.110 line:15% companies need to harness the capacity of imagination 27 00:01:23.110 --> 00:01:24.020 more than ever 28 00:01:24.020 --> 00:01:27.180 to continually reinvent and rejuvenate themselves 29 00:01:27.180 --> 00:01:30.083 in the face of disruption and change, in order to grow. 30 00:01:30.930 --> 00:01:33.600 Join us in exploring the life cycle of ideas 31 00:01:33.600 --> 00:01:34.450 as we discover 32 00:01:34.450 --> 00:01:37.840 how business can manage and harvest imagination 33 00:01:37.840 --> 00:01:42.090 to create world-changing, industry-disrupting ideas. 34 00:01:42.090 --> 00:01:43.800 For more on imagination, 35 00:01:43.800 --> 00:01:46.400 including organizational diagnostics 36 00:01:46.400 --> 00:01:48.860 and our imagination game workshop, 37 00:01:48.860 --> 00:01:50.113 visit us online.