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Alexa Clay (born March 21, 1984 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) is a writer, public speaker and researcher with a focus on subculture, informal economy, and new economic thinking.〔WNYC Radio Interview, "Icons and Infamy," Innovation Hub, http://www.wnyc.org/story/a88120e58a3f5aabbfa38e6a/〕 Clay is the co-author of ''The Misfit Economy'', a book published by Simon & Schuster〔The Misfit Economy (Simon & Schuster, 2015). Preview here: http://books.simonandschuster.com/The-Misfit-Economy/Alexa-Clay/9781451688825〕 in 2015, that examines the role of creative thinking and ingenuity among society's "misfits."〔"What Criminals Can Teach us About Creativity," TIME Magazine (June 18, 2015)〕 ''The Economist'' called the book "a peon to the quirkier members of society."〔"In Praise of Misfits," The Economist (July 4, 2015). Available online here: http://www.economist.com/news/business-books-quarterly/21656630-paean-quirkier-members-society-praise-misfits〕 The book was named a top business book to read by ''The Telegraph''〔Elizabeth Anderson, "Top Business Books to Read in 2015," The Telegraph (Jan. 15, 2015)〕 and the World Economic Forum.〔Adam Grant, "15 New Books All Leaders Should Read," World Economic Forum (Jan. 7, 2015)〕 ''The Misfit Economy'' has also been reviewed by ''The Financial Times'',〔Emma Jacobs, "Review: The Misfit Economy," The Financial Times (May 17, 2015).〕 Salon.com,〔http://www.salon.com/2015/06/27/violence_is_contagious_stopping_its_transmission_became_the_mission_of_the_man_whod_fought_tb_and_cholera_in_somalia/〕 ''The New Statesman,'' and the BBC.〔http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20150814-lessons-from-villains〕 Clay has appeared in Dazed Digital,〔http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/18636/1/what-we-can-learn-from-hackers-pirates-drug-dealers-misfit-economy〕 VICE,〔http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/i-drank-moonshine-and-camel-milk-with-black-market-legends〕 on NPR's Marketplace,〔http://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace-tech/marketplace-tech-monday-july-6-2015〕 The Takeaway,〔http://www.thetakeaway.org/people/alexa-clay/〕 Australia's morning show Weekend Sunrise〔https://au.tv.yahoo.com/sunrise/video/watch/29574646/lessons-in-creativity-from-crooks-and-criminals/〕 and the Laura Flanders Show. ''The Misfit Economy'' loosely inspired the NatGeo show Underworld Inc, for which Clay was a consulting producer.〔http://www.imdb.com/name/nm7251125/〕 Clay has been active in the fields of social business, technology studies, and social change.〔Interview in New Statesman. Link here: http://www.newstatesman.com/business/2015/07/why-business-needs-misfits〕 〔 http://kernelmag.dailydot.com/issue-sections/features-issue-sections/13916/hacking-and-the-misfit-economy/〕 She has been an advocate for "inclusive innovation," examining the ways in which entrepreneurs in the black market and informal economy are given access to economic opportunity.〔"Why Using Ex-Convicts Could Give Startups an Edge," in WIRED UK. Link here: http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2015/08/ideas-bank/startups-and-ex-cons〕 Formerly, Clay led work focused on scaling social innovation at Ashoka〔"Open Innovation: A Muse for Scaling," Stanford Social Innovation Review (Fall 2012).〕 and co-founded the League of Intrapreneurs, a network focused on scaling the movement of social intrapreneurship.〔"The Rise of the Intrapreneur" in Fast Company. Available here: http://www.fastcompany.com/3046231/the-new-rules-of-work/the-rise-of-the-intrapreneur〕 Along with John Elkington and Maggie de Pree she was the co-author of The Social Intrapreneur: A Field Guide for Corporate Changemakers, a report sponsored by the Skoll Foundation.〔The Social Intrapreneur: A Field Guide for Corporate Changemakers. Available online at: http://www.echoinggreen.org/sites/default/files/The_Social_Intrapreneurs.pdf〕 In 2013, Clay started performing as "the Amish Futurist," an alter ego she developed to bring more existential reflection into the tech scene.〔Die Zeit "Performance Artist Engages Technology Cult", available here: http://www.zeit.de/video/2014-07/3704253580001/sinnfrage-performance-kuenstlerin-greift-technologie-kult-an & see "Can Monasteries be a Model for Reclaiming Tech Culture for Good," The Nation (August 27, 2014)〕 The Amish Futurist has performed at SXSW, re:publica, Tech Open Air Berlin, and the DEAF Biennale.〔The Amish Futurist at re:publica: https://re-publica.de/en/session/amish-futurist-and-power-buttermilk〕 Clay grew up the daughter of two anthropologists. She has written about her experience growing up with psychiatrist and alien abduction research Dr. John E. Mack for Aeon Magazine.〔A. Clay, "Growing Up Alien," in Aeon Magazine. Link here: http://aeon.co/magazine/psychology/childhood-and-adolescence/wasnt-i-special-enough-to-be-abducted-by-aliens/〕 Clay received her BA from Brown University and an MSc. in Economic History from Oxford University.〔Bio for Alexa Clay by The World Affairs Council. Link here: http://www.worldaffairs.org/event-calendar/speaker-directory/alexa-clay〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alexa Clay」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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