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Who owns the Moon? Forum with Michael Laine

During each module at THNK, participants have a chance to engage with experts, disrupters, and leaders around topics of relevance in unique interactive sessions called Forums. Following is a blog by current participant ...
Natalia
June 14th, 2013
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THNK Team F2K Sensing for M2M Technologies

PEOPLE  | Kaz Brecher is a current participant in THNK’s Creative Leadership Program, in the second founding class.  She recorded this video together with teammates, Francisco Almendra, and Felix von Coerper as a ...

Kaz
February 20th, 2013
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News

Jon Gosier wins Knight News Challenge

PARTICIPANT NEWS  | We are proud that for the second year in a row, THNK participant Jon Gosier‘s Abayima has won the Knight News Challenge in the mobile category. Abayima is a non-profit organization ...

Gina
January 18th, 2013
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Open Innovation & the Intractable issues of our time

ONLINE TALKS | In the last years the world has witnessed a perfect storm. An unprecedented combination of interlocked global crises took place: an environmental and energy crisis about to cause serious climate ...

Gina
August 6th, 2012
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The radicalization of 21st-century humans

TAKE A STAND | The French philosopher, Michel Serres, outlines five ways 21st century humans will radically differ from the way we’ve lived since the beginnings of recorded history. How can we create ...

Karim
February 1st, 2012
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Press release

Vodafone participates in first Creative Leadership Program

PRESS RELEASE | Amsterdam, 23 January 2012 – Vodafone Netherlands will be among the first companies to actively participate in THNK, the Amsterdam School of Creative Leadership. The agreement allows Vodafone to enter ...

January 23rd, 2012
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Award-winning educator Esther Wojcicki joins THNK Advisory Board

PRESS RELEASE | “Maverick educator and Creative Commons vice chair valuable addition to THNK team.”

Amsterdam, October 20, 2011 – Esther Wojcicki – award-winning educational maverick, journalism and English teacher at Palo Alto High ...

Gina
October 20th, 2011
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Farewell Steve Jobs

PEOPLE |Today, websites, blogs, Facebook Timelines and Twitter feeds all over the world look like one big obituary – a giant worldwide register of condolences. Although it didn’t come as a real surprise, ...

Gina
October 6th, 2011
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Björk, buzzcar and a green kick in the butt

INITIATIVES |For the past 5 years, creative and curious people from around the world have been coming to the annual PICNIC festival for some of the most inspiring discussions and workshops. What better ...

Gina
September 22nd, 2011
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How did we ever live without….

BOOKS | From the discovery of gases lighter than air that lifted the minds of the world’s first balloonists, to the invention of a safety lamp that saved coal miners’ lives, and shed ...

Gina
August 25th, 2011
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How soon is now?

BOOKS | Lynda Gratton advises us not to waste time trying to figure out what the future of work will look like. She believes that it is already here and happening right ...

Gina
July 19th, 2011
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Michelle Khine: Using a childhood toy for diagnosing diseases

PEOPLE | THNK is publishing a series of creative leader profiles to draw attention to inspiring people who have championed breakthrough innovation. This week, Michelle Khine (Founder of Shrink Nanotechnologies) is in the ...

Gina
June 27th, 2011
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