... analysis. Practical implications It offers post-secondary leaders’ insights into ways in which institutional values and community needs inform policy-making, operations and innovation in education. Social implications KPU’s domestic and international student constituencies are complex and required...

...Andy Hines; Juan Suarez Purpose This paper aims to provide the rationale for the Students Needs 2025 & Beyond study. Its key purpose was to support the development of an organizational innovation function and to identify potential disruptions or surprises. Design/methodology/approach...

.... Natalia Larraz can be contacted at: nlarraz@unizar.es © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Higher education Cooperative learning Innovation Teacher training Transversal skills Social changes require new skills and demand...

... on continuous creativity, invention, design and innovation. Design/methodology/approach – The principle of requisite variety is presented as the basis for a structured schema that incorporates trends and developments in anticipatory behaviors, systems thinking, creativity, design and innovation to produce...

...Tom P. Abeles Purpose – This paper aims to discuss the shifting purpose of the post-secondary institutions since the first-century founding, the fundamental changes in the mid-nineteenth century and the various factors pushing for competitive innovations and alternatives to the current...

..., which can offer individualized learning, often in contrast with formal education. Such an approach, he argues, allows for active learning and outcomes that have enhanced value for the individual. Knowmad society Innovation Educational change Context work Value creation Change management...

... and Samsung. Findings After a revision of different perspectives to identify and categorize the key skills of the twenty‐first century, the study describes seven non‐technical cognitive and social key skills called soft skills for innovation. Research limitations/implications After...

... leadership quality, according to CEOs. Standouts practice and encourage experimentation and innovation throughout their organizations. Creative leaders expect to make deeper business model changes to realize their strategies. To succeed, they take more calculated risks, find new ideas, and keep innovating...

... the fabric of the organization, making continual learning part of business as usual (Edmondson, 2008). Learning organizations Future Learning Innovation Change management A growing number of managers and executives are aware of the need for these qualities in their own employees...

... it and uses it on two illustrative futures studies examples. Findings The proposed research opens a new method for designing futures based on the C‐K theory that has the intrinsic capacity of constructing radical innovations for futures scenarios. While setting clear departure from, for example...

...Gaoming Zhang; Yong Zhao; Jing Lei Purpose In recent years, innovative and entrepreneurial efforts have flourished in China's education sector to meet the rising demand of an increasingly wealthier population and a nation determined to transform from a labor‐intensive economy into one powered...

... when such insights may light up the brain. But we are not closer to know if those moments or insights should be or could be an epiphany or a new pea soup recipe. Creativity Problem solving Brain function Imagination Brain research Intelligence Innovation For many who have followed...

... of these strengths. This paper seeks to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach This paper provides an overview of educational innovation in a broad cross section of US museums, citing selected examples. Findings There is an emerging consensus that whatever the new educational era...

...Tom P. Abeles Purpose This editorial aims to introduce the special issue on the theme of complexity, and to discuss the situation in education, in terms of current issues such as knowledge, innovation and the Chinese example, whilst looking ahead to influences that might dictate...

... with this daunting task: making information spaces visible, context‐aware systems, and user awareness and control. Additionally, it describes three tensions, which provides a backdrop for discussing opportunities for technology innovations in support of future knowledge workers. These tensions are: information does...

... of education, in particular. Design/methodology/approach The approach takes the form of an editorial. Practical implications The innovative alternatives to the traditional post‐secondary institutions will continue to increase their market share and challenge the intellectual hegemony...

...Heiko Duin; Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge; Klaus‐Dieter Thoben Purpose Ideation, which is the generation of ideas, is the most crucial step in the early stage of innovation projects. Creativity methods can be applied for ideation purposes. Here, the paper aims to present a concept for combining...

...Michael Feldstein; Michael Staton Purpose This paper seeks to describe the evolution of the web outside academia and the Academy's struggle both to adapt and to cope, and to recommend policy changes vis‐à‐vis the barriers to innovation in the higher education market. Design/methodology...

..., especially with regard to their self‐identified future professional development needs, and particularly in relation to their adoption and sustainable use of educational technologies. Findings The authors believe that successfully engaging with the goals of innovation and sustainable futures...

... specialized skills for professions. Currently, the system confronts a set of issues, unsatisfactorily resolved. These range from a student's personal independence to choices of a major, as well as the basics of graduating and finding a job based on the earned degree. Education Standards Innovation...