Innovators, Arts + Solutions Podcast Series
A Production of Creativists in Dialogue 
New episode with Dr. Jessica Hunter and Kris Stanec of Creativity & Innovation at Colorado College

"In Part 1 of our interview with Dr. Jessica Hunter and Kris Stanec of the Colorado College’s Creativity & Innovation Initiative, we discuss the College’s rich history of innovation from its founding in 1874 as a coeducational institution open to all races to the establishment of the Block Plan in 1970 to, more recently, its campus-wide Creativity Initiative. Then, we discuss in detail the Initiative’s four building blocks of creativity: tolerance of ambiguity, openness to experience, willingness to risk failure, and, lastly, the ability to find unexpected connections between distinctly different concepts across domains and disciplines.

In part 2 of our conversation with Dr. Jessica Hunter and Kris Stanec of the Colorado College’s Creativity & Innovation Initiative, we discuss the Initiative’s innovative programs, from the Creativity Lab to the Creative Confidence Projects to student-initiated projects. We also talk about their impact on the College’s culture."

- Elizabeth Bruce & Michael Oliver, 2023