Carkhuff and associates present the greatest "Turnaround" in history for a city in the 20th century. Labeled "The Springfield Miracle," these outcomes relate to the requirements for a Generativity Civilization" in the 21st century: 100% college preparation and 100% employment and zero recidivism for community citizens. Billions of dollars in cost savings and productivity improvements. City-wide benefits for transitioning to the 21st "Information Age" requirements. National models for Human Relations, Human Resource Development, and Human Technology movements. The issues of outcome are the...

In the 20th Century, if you could read, write, and perform basic computations (The Old 3Rs of Reading, 'Riting, and 'Rithmetic), you had the basic skills you needed. You had the skills for "learning." In the 21st Century, you need more. You need skills for "thinking." Learning what other people have done is still important but it is not enough. You need to be able to "innovate" and "generate" new ways of doing things. It is new ideas that are the basis of competitive advantage in the 21st century marketplace. It is new ideas that give birth to new businesses and new opportunities. We call...