Sir Ken Robinson is one of the leading thinkers on the the topic of education (and how it relates to creativity amongst other things) and how we may have got it wrong. An inspirational public speaker and author, Sir Kens new book is out now, called The Element – on How finding your passion changes everything. Here he is on PSFK talking about elements from The Element..

PLUS: Reddit & TedBlog crowd sourced a whole bunch of questions to ask Sir Ken… and he answered them… what a lovely chap

Sir Ken: The basis of my argument is: creativity isn’t a specific activity; it’s a quality of things we do. You can be creative in anything — in math, science, engineering, philosophy — as much as you can in music or in painting or in dance. And you can certainly be involved in the arts in ways that are especially creative. And so it’s important to emphasize that it’s not about creating some small space in schools where people can be creative, and particularly not if that means just tacking on some art programs on a Friday afternoon. It’s about the way we do things.

PLUS PLUS: If you haven’t seen his original TED talk YOU MUST. Best. Ted. Talk. Ever.