What the Ancient Greeks Can Teach Us About Innovation
Armand D’Angour in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On
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In this episode, Andrew is joined by Armand D’Angour, the translator and editor of the new collection How to Innovate: An Ancient Guide to Creative Thinking, to discuss what we can learn about fostering innovation and creative thinking from some of the most inventive people of all times—the ancient Greeks.
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Armand D’Angour is professor of classics and a fellow of Jesus College at the University of Oxford. He is the author of Socrates in Love: The Making of a Philosopher and The Greeks and the New: Novelty in Ancient Greek Imagination and Experience. He has lectured widely on innovation at business schools and he managed a family manufacturing business before becoming a classics professor. He lives in London.
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