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Page 1: Living in a Creative Ecology, Howkins. Bali 08

Living in a Creative Ecology

John HowkinsBali December 2008

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global competitionin a creative economy

is not$ vs RMB

butideas vs ideas�

© vs ©

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orideas ~ ideas

© ~ ©

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in creative economies

decisions on ideas and IPare more important than

decisions on interest rates

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copyright is a currency,and

national IPOs are Central Banks and WIPO is the world’s new World Bank

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the creative ecology

people are creative

creativity needs freedom

freedom needs markets

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the creative ecology

“creativity needs freedom”

diversitychangelearning

adaptation

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the creative ecology

input: ideasoutput: ideas

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the creative ecology

we continually…look use

re-useborrowchangeadapt

make better (or worse)

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the creative ecology

and often…we copy

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the choice

Bill Gates, 1975Tim Berners-Lee, 1989

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the choice

John Sulston, 2000Craig Venter, 2000

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“the objective of a country’s IP policyis to

maximise national welfare”

Zhang Qin, SIPO, China, 2008

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Adelphi Charter

copyright should regulate theownership of ideasin the public interest

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creative ecologies

strategies

1. diversity2. change3. learning

4. adaptation(adaptive efficiency)

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creative ecologies

strategies

1. ambitionscalescope

the challenge

2. research3. action

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‘There seems to be a growing disparity between what we know about our human predicament and our

ability to act on that knowledge.” Soedjatmoko, 1978

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Thank you.

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www.bop.co.uk


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