Author: claire-taylor

PRESS RELEASE | Starting 16 November, THNK will work with teams of experts, users and leading designers and architects to prototype an important part of its new program; the Challenge. The theme of this Challenge Pilot: “Dealing with excess vacant office space in Amsterdam”.

BOOKS | Being disorganized has its advantages. It gives historian Charles Mann the patience to “go down unproductive rat holes for quite some time before I find something good.” And helps him achieve his goal of connecting the disconnected stories of history.

PRESS RELEASE | Esther Wojcicki – award-winning educational maverick, journalism and English teacher at Palo Alto High School, vice chair of the Creative Commons and journalist for The Huffington Post – has joined the advisory board of THNK, the Amsterdam School of Creative Leadership.

PEOPLE | We knew he was ill, we knew it would happen one day. But the passing of Steve Jobs still hit us like a block – and transformed the Internet into a global memorial for one of the world’s great creative leaders.

PRESS RELEASE| Today we sent out our first official press release, announcing the starting date of the THNK Creative Leadership Program: 18 March 2012. Our groundbreaking curriculum targets professionals from around the world, with the goal of orchestrating innovation that really matters. We are currently accepting applications for our 2012 program.

PEOPLE | JFK, Buckminster Fuller, Bill Gates… Some of the world’s greatest creative leaders didn’t have the patience to earn their degree. They dropped out. When you’re super smart and want to learn – or simply don’t fit the mold – what other choice do you have?

NEWS | Nothing at THNK is etched in stone. Except our vision of a future improved creative leadership. Introducing THNK 2.0. It’s not bigger, it’s better – with a new structure so the THNK program can be more easily combined with career responsibilities.

BOOKS | Many discoveries seem so logical… after the fact. In 18th century London, laughing gas experiments were the talk of the town. But it took another generation of suffering before someone took advantage of the numbing effects of nitrous oxide.

NEWS | After months of rampant creativity, insightful meetings, heady opinions – and the occasional touch of chaos, we are delighted to introduce THNK’s new dynamic visual identity and website, created together with three of Europe’s leading agencies, Lava, LBi and STBY.