ABSTRACT
Entrepreneurial vision is seeing a need and filling it, seeing an opportunity and seizing it. Academic disciplinary divides result in silo-thinking which migrates into organizations, working against futuristic and holistic thinking. Our challenge in today’s world is how to arrive at that innovative point. This chapter argues that the eighteenth-century approach to teaching the humanities disciplines is due for restructuring. In re-purposing how these disciplines are presented and applied, as a useful means to innovation, they transform the story of the human condition into insightful, visionary tools that position entrepreneurs on the cutting edge. The author advocates for framing the humanities as a fresh, exciting, and productive garden of ideas to nurture lasting, transformative thought. Industrial revolutions and their far-reaching impact are nothing new. Understanding that we are not standing on virgin ground provides entrepreneurial creative, innovative insight. It’s called thinking through the humanities.
