About Us
Creativity at Work (TM) is a consulting, coaching and training alliance at the forefront of transformational change, through creativity and innovation.
We work at the intersections of art, business, and science — helping organizations generate breakthroughs in business performance, through coaching, training and consulting. Our focus is on developing creativity, innovation and collaborative leadership development to accelerate business growth.
We also collaborate with experts from across North America and Europe to provide you with world-class resources for keynotes, corporate retreats, conference presentations, and consulting. Clients range from Fortune 500 companies, to government agencies and small enterprises.
Creativity at Work is a division of Linda Naiman & Associates Inc,
based in Vancouver BC Canada.
Who We Are
Linda Naiman
Linda Naiman, founder of Creativity at Work, is recognised internationally for pioneering arts-based learning as a catalyst for developing creativity, innovation, and collaborative leadership in organizations.
Linda's work has been documented in several books: Artbased Approaches: A Practical Handbook to Creativity at Work (Chemi 2006), Wake Me Up When the Data Is Over: How Organizations Use Stories to Drive Results (Silverman 2006), and Artful Creation: Learning Tales of Arts-in-Business (Darsø 2004). Her work has also been featured in The Vancouver Sun, The Globe and Mail, and on TU Danmark TV. Interviews by the media include Canadian Business Magazine, CMO, Profitguide.com, CBC Radio, and National Public Radio.
Linda is an associate business coach at the University of British Columbia, and an adjunct faculty member of the Banff Centre Leadership Lab. She works with corporate and public sector organizations, in North America, Europe and Asia. Details
Fellow collaborators include:
Ian Rose
Ian Rose consults with major companies across North America, Europe, S.E. Asia, Africa and the Middle East, to help solve their organizational problems, and to develop their human resource management and development strategies. He designs and conducts seminars on recruitment and selection, training, management development, creativity and innovation, knowledge management and employee motivation. He also researches and implements world-wide "best practices" in maximizing human potential.
Arthur VanGundy, Ph.D
Arthur B. VanGundy has designed or facilitated brainstorming retreats for over 20 years. He is considered a pioneer on idea generation techniques and has written eleven books including: Techniques of Structured Problem Solving, Idea Power, and Brain Boosters for Business Advantage. He wrote the creativity training program for the American Management Association and the creativity chapter for The American Marketing Association’s Marketing Encyclopedia. He is the co-author with Linda Naiman, of Orchestrating Collaboration at Work.
Marilyn Hamilton
Marilyn Hamilton, BA, CGA, PhD is Founder of www.integralcity.com, and TDG Global Learning Connections. Marilyn is a Founding Member of the Integral Institute and Integral-Ecology, Canadian Constellation Node of Spiral Dynamics in the Integral Age, a Certified Spiral Dynamics III Facilitator, and Certified Cultural Transformation Tools Consultant. She has 25+ years of multi-sector, international organization development experience. Marilyn is Alumna of the Foundation for Community Encouragement and Past-CEO/Chair of Consulting Resource Group International Publishers. Marilyn teaches and/or supervises graduate research at Royal Roads University, SFU, California Institute of Integral Studies and Adizes Graduate School.
Rev. Alisdair Smith
Rev. Alisdair Smith has practiced for over 15 years in transition management, training, coaching and performance development with high-profile telecommunications and financial services corporations. As National Learning Facilitator for CUSOURCE, Credit Union Knowledge Network, he is a trusted practitioner, advisor, and trainer for all levels in the areas of leadership, management, communications, change and transition, teamwork, ethics and governance. He challenges and provokes people with respect and humour and provides immediately relevant skills and knowledge.
As a Trainer with The Vancouver TheatreSports League, he has worked extensively with innovative teams (and teams struggling with innovation) helping them build respectful, healthy and fun working environments. As Business Chaplain with Christ Church Cathedral in Vancouver, B.C., he works with individuals and groups helping them explore Spirituality and Wisdom in their individual and corporate lives.
