A call to action that pulls together all of Sir Ken Robinson's key
messages and philosophies, and that challenges and empowers readers to
re-imagine our world, and our systems, for the better.
Sir Ken Robinson changed the lives of millions of people. The embodiment
of the prestigious TED conference, his TED Talks are watched an average
of 17,000 times a day--a figure that Chris Anderson, Head of TED, says
is the equivalent of selling out the Millennium Dome every night for
fifteen consecutive years. A New York Times bestselling author, Sir
Ken's books have been translated into twenty four languages.
In his final years, Sir Ken was working on a book that would serve as
his manifesto. This book was being written for both new and dedicated
audiences alike as a coherent overview of the arguments that he
dedicated his life to, and as a pivotal piece of literature for the
education revolution he began. When Sir Ken received his cancer
prognosis in August 2020 he asked his daughter and collaborator, Kate
Robinson, to finish writing this manifesto and continue his work.
At its core, Sir Ken's work is a love letter to human potential--a
celebration of what we as a species are capable of doing, and of being,
if we create the right conditions. It is a rallying cry to revolutionize
our systems of education, and the ways in which we run our businesses
and structure our social systems, so that they bring out the best in
each and every person. Sir Ken often observed that what separates us
from the rest of life on Earth is our power of imagination: the ability
to bring to mind things that are not present to our senses. It is
imagination that allows us to create the world in which we live, rather
than just exist in it. It also gives us the power to recreate it.
