**A New York Times-bestselling breakthrough book about talent,
passion, and achievement from the one of the world's leading thinkers on
creativity and self-fulfillment.
The Element is the point at which natural talent meets personal
passion. When people arrive at the Element, they feel most themselves
and most inspired and achieve at their highest levels. With a wry sense
of humor, Ken Robinson looks at the conditions that enable us to find
ourselves in the Element and those that stifle that possibility. Drawing
on the stories of a wide range of people, including Paul McCartney, Matt
Groening, Richard Branson, Arianna Huffington, and Bart Conner, he shows
that age and occupation are no barrier and that this is the essential
strategy for transforming education, business, and communities in the
twenty-first century.
Also available from Ken Robinson is Imagine If, a call to action that
challenges and empowers us to reimagine our world and our systems for
the better, through a compilation of Sir Ken's key messages and
philosophies.