Creativity: The future of work

About this episode

This episode discusses the importance of creativity in the workplace and how to develop essential creative skills for the future of work.

Creativity has regularly featured in the top 10 key skills required for the workplace, yet most people still say and feel that they aren't creative. What does this mean for the future of work, and how can we fix it? HR Consultant Karen Kirton joins the Creativity: Uncovered podcast to discuss what creativity in the workplace means, why it's important and how everyone can develop these essential skills. Tune into this episode of Creativity: Uncovered to hear about: The top emerging skills required in the workplace World Economic Forum "The Future of Jobs Report" Creativity as an essential workplace skill Leveraging AI as a workplace skills Creativity and innovation Human resources and creativity Karen's workshop, "Creativity in the Workplace" Karen's book, "Great People, Great Business" Karen mentioned some great resources in this episode, which you can access here: Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert Great People, Great Business by Karen Kirton (her own book!) Happy listening! xo Abi P.S. For more information about this episode and our guest, head to: https://crispcomms.co/podcast-episodes/creativity-the-future-of-work/ Creativity: Uncovered is lovingly edited by the team at Crisp…

People in this episode

Host: Abigail Gatling

Guest: Karen Kirton

Topics covered

• creativity in the workplace
• future of work
• emerging skills
• human resources
• AI in the workplace

Keywords

• creativity
• workplace skills
• innovation
• HR
• AI
• future of jobs
• emerging skills

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: World Economic Forum

Books & works: Big Magic, Great People, Great Business

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