Merely sending your child to the “right” schools and ensuring that they get
good grades are no longer guarantees of success. More than a third of all recent
college graduates are living at home today – either unemployed or underemployed.
It is increasingly clear that young people who have developed a capacity to be
innovative and entrepreneurial – who have the interest in and capability to
create their own jobs – will have the most satisfying lives and rewarding
careers in the future. Innovation is the skill in greatest demand in the
workplace today and is the one least likely to be outsourced or automated
. In his book
Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will
Change the World education expert Tony Wagner provides a
powerful rationale for developing an innovation-driven economy. He explores what
parents,
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