Abstract:

Tadanori Nagasawa, president of Musashino Art University, has considerable experience in art design and art teaching. In September 2018, he presented a keynote speech on "New Challenges on Creative Innovation and its Leadership" at the Summit Forum of Art and Design Education held in Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts. In the speech President Tadanori Nagasawa said that Musashino Art University will found an Institute of Creative Thinking, which will combine the three disciplines of human value, business and technology. And after the international conference, President Tadanori Nagasawa made his answers to the purpose of the new institute, the resistance it may encounter and the expectations for the future in the exclusive interview with Shanghai Vision.

Key words: creative thinking, creative innovation, creative leadership