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The Leonardo da Vinci Society for the Study of Thinking

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Mission
Annual Honorees and the da Vinci Medallion
External links

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The Leonardo da Vinci Society for the Study of Thinking was founded in 2005 to promote excellence in thinking and the teaching of thinking skills. The Society was conceived by Dominic Pistillo, founder and former President of the University of Advancing Technology (UAT) in Tempe, Arizona.

The da Vinci Society is a not-for-profit foundation. The goal of the Society is to help create a better tomorrow by fostering better thinking and the teaching of thinking skills globally. The Society’s Board of Directors identifies the world’s greatest thinkers, whose contributions to society deserve widespread public attention, and engages them in the creation of new knowledge in the study of thinking. To nurture tomorrow’s leaders, the Society encourages scholars and young people in the study and development of thinking skills.

Mission

To promote excellence in thinking by developing an honor society for the world’s greatest living thinkers
To establish scholarship programs (in the names of da Vinci awardees/members) to encourage young thinkers
To establish named and funded Professorships in Thinking
To develop a world class Thinking Curriculum and demonstration projects to promote the teaching of thinking at the collegiate level
To perform thinking research to develop and publish new knowledge in the field of thinking

Annual Honorees and the da Vinci Medallion

Nominees are evaluated for their unique and significant contributions to the fields of Thinking by a selection committee within the Society. A thinker is chosen each year by the selection committee to be honored during an invitation-only awards luncheon, inducted into the da Vinci Society and is awarded the prestigious The da Vinci Medallion. The annual luncheon attracts community intellectual, political and commercial leaders from Arizona and around the globe.

Nominees have included those in the fields of physics, psychology, organizational effectiveness, invention and evolutionary biology. Selection criteria for new inductees include positive works in the community and recognized evidence of revolutionary thinking.

While visiting the University of Advancing Technology to be honored, inductees provide feedback on curriculum, speak to UAT students regarding how thinking influences innovation, and collaborate with da Vinci committee members to develop new ways to improve and expand the skill of thinking in daily practice.

In 2005, the inaugural chair was awarded to Professor Edward de Bono, for his work in the field of creative thinking and in the direct teaching of thinking as a skill.

Award recipients include:

2005 Inaugural Chair – Edward de Bono
2006 Member – Dr. Margaret J. Wheatley
2007 Member – Fritjof Capra
2008 Member – Michio Kaku
2009 Member – Ray Kurzweil
2010 Member – Lynn Margulis
2011 Member – Edgar Mitchell

External links

Homepage of Leonard da Vinci Society

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