It seems like the perfect storm has been approaching in regards to creativity & innovation education. Two major articles have hit the news. The first is a Fast Company article about an IBM study that identified creativity as the most important leadership skill for the future, a skill we need to cultivate in a wide variety of individuals. Next, Newsweek had an important article entitled “The Creativity Crisis” about how research is showing that American creativity is declining. More specifically the article highlights that creativity scores are dropping for American students. Creativity is one of America’s core competencies so this is concerning news. There is an increasing need and passion to improve education so that students develop the important leadership skill of creativity…and because there are important challenges at hand in our society, action is needed. Creativity in action is innovation. I am more passionate than ever about innovation education and wanting to do something about it at the widespread national level. I believe this is critical for our society.