The interplay of business, art and science
Replenish your creative stock In the The Artist’s Way, Julia Cameron contends that, “In order to create, we draw from our inner well. This inner well, an artistic reservoir, is ideally like a well-stocked fishpond… If we don’t give some attention to upkeep, our well is apt to become depleted, stagnant, or blocked… As artists, [...]
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“Help!” says a new client, “I recently got promoted to a management position at work. How do I find the balance between leading and being in control, without being a control freak?” As a former prima donna, I’ve been on both sides of the fence on this issue. When I was a design consultant, many [...]
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Journal of Business Strategy, Volume 31 issue 4, has published a special issue on creatively intelligent companies and leaders: Arts-based learning for business Guest edited by Harvey Seifter and Ted Buswick Here is an excerpt : For about 20 combined years, a large part of our professional energies and personal passions have been engaged by [...]
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The Dean of Pixar University explains what schools must do to prepare students (and themselves) for new models in the workplace. He makes a compelling case for arts-based learning to develop 21st century thinking skills
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photo credit: lucamascaro Why do people hate brainstorming so much? If the same people who work with the same problems everyday meet and discuss these problems using the same language and procedures the outcome is always predictable. Sameness breeds more sameness. Seeing the world with old eyes only helps produce old ideas. —Arthur VanGundy, PhD [...]
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This excerpt is from the autobiographical documentary Buenos Aires, meine Geschichte (1998) by German Kral, an Argentinian filmmaker. As he neared the end of his life, Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine author and poet (1899 – 1986), expressed his thoughts on the “task of art:” The task of art is to transform what is continuously happening [...]
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photo credit: jonny goldstein Consider creativity, framing in negotiating Recalling a fellow student from law school days, Latz noted the student framed issues differently from the professor and most other law students. As an art-history major in college, he was not accustomed to linear, logical analysis and thought. Instead, he viewed things in a more [...]
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Linda Naiman is a creativity and innovation consultant, coach, speaker and co-author of Orchestrating Collaboration at Work: Using Music, Improv, Storytelling, and Other Arts to Improve Teamwork
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