The interplay of business, art and science
Posted in Events on May 25th, 2009
In these fluctuating economic times, the opportunity to start a business, raise capital and thrive still exist.
Organized by the Simon Fraser University’s TIME (Technology, Innovation, Management and Entrepreneurship) Ventures Incubator, this 2 part series provides a road map for building and financing a small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) that is worthy of seasoned investors’ support. [...]
Posted in CREATIVE ECONOMY on May 25th, 2009
I am inspired by the values and aspirations of Michael Ignatieff’s speech accepting the leadership of Canada’s Liberal Party, earlier this month.
We know that economic recovery cannot be purchased at the price of leaving anyone out in the cold. We know that economic recovery means unlocking the creativity of every citizen. … To unite our people, to [...]
I’m amazed you can create art with an iphone:
From the New Yorker Magazine:
Jorge Colombo drew this week’s cover using Brushes, an application for the iPhone, while standing for an hour outside Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum in Times Square.
“I got a phone in the beginning of February, and I immediately got the program so I could entertain myself,” [...]
When I was in the SF Bay Area in Feb I asked all the artists I met, how the recession was affecting them. They told me “Now is a good time to be creative.” What else is there to do?
I’ve been using this time to learn and experiment with things I personally find interesting, and [...]
Posted in Artful Leadership, Creativity and Innovation, Home, arts-in-business on May 15th, 2009
This post is part of the Blogging Marathon: 24 Hours of Innovation:
We are living in the midst of a seismic shift that calls for us to redefine the way we live and work. This is not a time to hunker down and wait for the turbulence to subside. This is the time to mitigate fear, [...]
Posted in Alchemy of Coaching: Working with Wisdom, Home on May 14th, 2009
Linda Naiman, a business and life coach, offers people who have recently been laid off a complimentary 30-minute coaching session [until June 30, 2009] to help spark the process of creative transformation. She suggests considering the following exercises:
Posted in Creativity at Work Newsletter, Home on May 12th, 2009
This newsletter is dedicated to Arthur (Andy) VanGundy who passed away May 5, 2009
Dr. Arthur (Andy) VanGundy, was a pioneer in business creativity, a friend, colleague, and my co-author of Orchestrating Collaboration at Work. He died May 5, following heart surgery. I posted some of my memories of Andy on my blog and would love [...]
Posted in Creativity and Innovation, Events, Home on May 11th, 2009
I have been invited to join “My Half Time Pep Talk for 2009,” a collection of posts about innovation as part of the Board of Innovation’s 24 Hours of Innovation event, May 15-16, 2009.
I have been asked to contribute a blog post about anything innovation-related from the state of innovation so far in 2009 to cool new [...]
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