Levi awarded $40,000 Thatcher Hoffman Smith Creativity in Motion Award

Creativity can be taught and history can help leaders manage the future.  These two fundamental beliefs are the foundation of the 2005 Thatcher Hoffman Smith Creativity in Motion prize winner.

Steven C. Levi, a freelance writer, poet, teacher and historian who is developing an interactive software program that stresses the importance of history to solve problems creatively is the second recipient of the $40,000 prize.  Levi was honored April 10 at the Full Circle Bookstore in Oklahoma City.

Levi’s winning proposal, “Thinking Outside of the Box,” is a software tutorial and supplement to his book, Use History Like a Tool: An Unconventional Guide to Reading the Past and Managing the Future.  The software is designed to teach students how to solve problems creatively through the use of historical references.

“I developed my ‘Outside the Box’ concept because I felt my students were learning the wrong thing in history classes,” Levi said.

“Creative thinkers are not born; they are made.  The purpose of the project is based on the belief that everyone has the ability to become a creative thinker.  It’s just a matter of learning the techniques to turn problems into opportunities.”

Levi's Web site can be found at www.parsnackle.com.

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