Enabling Creative Process

Matthew Barnes is a professional parkour athlete and is currently pursuing his Master's of Structural Engineering at Purdue University. In this captivating and entertaining Matthew Barnes keynote address, the professional freerunning athlete describes his vision of dynamic innovation and the need for collaboration during creative development processes.

Barnes passionately relates his interest in the sharing of ideas for the purpose of enriching and enabling the creative process. Barnes maintains that for every good idea, there is likely someone on the same campus with the skills or tools to take that idea from conception to reality.

In this funny and inspiring talk, Barnes elaborates on his path to innovation in three simple steps: do something new everyday, be humble and break free.