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Linda Naiman

Linda Naiman is a Corporate Alchemist, and founder of Creativity at Work. She is recognized internationally for pioneering arts-based learning as a catalyst for leadership and team development, creativity, collaboration, and cultivating environments that foster innovation.

Clients include American Express, The US Navy and the University of British Columbia.

A context for arts-based learning.

Consulting, Coaching, Training and Development:

Creativity at Work is a consulting, coaching, and training alliance at the forefront of creating transformational change in organizations.

Here's how we can help:

Training and development in Leadership, collaboration, creativity and innovation.

Life and Business Coaching

Arts-based Dialogue

Design Thinking

Culture Change initiatives

Speaking at your conference

Off-sites and Corporate Retreats

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Cycles of Creativity Spiral of Transformation

Understanding the cycles of creation will help us thrive in change, rather than fear it. We have forgotten that time is cyclical. Nature itself is an example of constant birth, growth, death, and renewal.
— Linda Naiman, Creativity and the Meaning of Work

Now is the time to experiment, learn, create and grow.

Design Your Future Artfully

What phase(s) of the transformational spiral are you experiencing right now?

The economic future of an organization depends on its ability to create wealth by fostering innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship.

Take the time now to experiment, learn, evolve, and reflect. Seed new ideas and harvest solutions. Design your future artfully and be prepared for the next economic upturn.

Make it safe for people to experiment, dive into the unknown, to have conversations that matter, and generate creative solutions.

You CAN prosper in a recession.

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Artful leadership
Meeting Facilitation
Creativity Skills Training
Culture Change through Appreciative Inquiry

Design Thinking

We believe in positive psychology and the philosophy of Appreciative Inquiry (AI): People and organizations flourish when they focus on human ideals, achievements, and best practices.

The intersection of art, design and AI create a potent catalyst for transformation.

Design Thinking & Appreciative Inquiry
Meeting Facilitation
Arts-based Dialogue

Coaching

Is it time to revitalize or
reinvent your career?

Have you lost your job? Been promoted? Looking for meaning and purpose in your life beyond your career?

Find inspiration, renewed confidence, and the empowerment to make positive changes in your life, through the alchemy of Life and Business Coaching

See also: Creativity and the Meaning of Work

Out of the box creativity

Short Takes

Linda Naiman speaks about creativity, innovation, and leadership through the lens of art and design. These highly visual, interactive presentations are designed to inform, inspire and ignite creative thinking.

Consider hiring Linda to speak at your next meeting.

Orchestrating Collaboration at Work

Orchestrating Collaboration at Work: Using music, improv, storytelling and other arts to improve teamwork.

By Arthur B. VanGundy and Linda Naiman.

Orchestrating Collaboration at Work is an activity book for trainers, comprised of 70 arts-based exercises and activities to develop teamwork, collaborative leadership and creativity, Details.

Corporate Alchemy: Crucible

Corporate Alchemy: Art is a catalyst
for creativity, collaboration, and transformational leadership.

Some of the greatest difficulties leaders face today revolve around the need to instill passion, mobilize teams toward achieving a common vision, and motivate change in employees. 

The mark of authentic artful leaders in any organization is how well they are able to continually nurture the creative relationships and conversations between all stakeholders; in order to produce successful immediate value and long term viability.

Since all great art pushes boundaries beyond established norms, it can teach us about aesthetics, ambiguity, diversity, chaos, change, courage, and complexity.

The arts (painting, poetry, improvisation and storytelling) take us on adventures in creative expression that help us safely explore unknown territory, overcome fear, and take risks.

Arts-based processes create a crucible for learning and experimentation while containing the chaos of creativity and allowing self organization to occur. We can transfer these learning experiences to the workplace.

Artful leadership
A context for arts-based learning.
Meeting Facilitation
Wake Me Up When the Data is Over

Articles about Creativity and Innovation

Creativity at Work TM is a rich resource for developing personal creativity and organizational innovation in the workplace. Explore the thinking and perceiving skills of artists, scientists, inventors, leaders and visionaries through the articles on this site.

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Creativity at Work Newsletter

The Creativity at WorkTM Newsletter provides overviews of new research in creativity and innovation, 'best practices' of leading organizations, links to new or relevant websites and an array ideas and techniques from innovation experts. This free newsletter is published monthly via email and your privacy is respected.

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