Gene says: “Here are my favorites”

Ben Dunlap
Ben Dunlap tells us via the story of Sandor Teszler what one man’s courage to stand up for what is right, can do to make this world a better place to live. To have unshakeable resolve when the bullies of this world force you to sell out is the shoe we need to step into and wear and walk with.

JK Rowling
Rowling teaches us that success and failure are not absolute. In the end it is us that decides what failure or success is. I loved it when she said that those who willfully refuse to imagine actually see more monsters. I am set free again when she mentions that we have the power to imagine better. Think about it – “the power to imagine better.” Oh the things we could do with that thought in our hearts.

Sir Ken Robinson
Because it is now more than ever the time to rethink how education is being done in our schools. If imagination is key in innovation and creativity but we have educational systems that limit if not kill these then all we will have to offer are at best rehashed ideas that have been overused and have lost their power.

Gene is part of the organizing team for TEDxFortBonifacio