About Linda Naiman + Media Clips
Apr 2nd, 2007 by Linda Naiman
Linda Naiman is a creativity and innovation consultant, coach, speaker and author, based in Vancouver, BC, Canada. She is founder of Creativity at Work, and is recognised internationally for pioneering arts-based learning as a catalyst for developing creativity, innovation, and collaborative leadership in organizations, and refers to her work as Corporate Alchemy.
Linda is co-author with Arthur VanGundy of Orchestrating Collaboration at Work: Using Music, Improv, Storytelling, and Other Arts to Improve Teamwork, an activity book for trainers, coaches, mediators and facilitators, who want to use the arts to create transformative learning experiences in organizations. Full biography here.
Media clips
In the Media:
- Interview about Creativity and Leadership, on “The Winds of Change” JoyTV Feb 6, 2010 (see above)
- Workplace creativity shrivels on the vine, Globe and Mail, Feb 19, 2010
- Portrait of the artist as a business science student, Business Today, South Africa April 26, 2010
- Career resilience: Midlife prompts many to act on career aspirations, The Globe and Mail, Oct 22, 2009
- Managing a Mid-Life Makeover, The Globe and Mail, May 14, 2009
- Creativity at Work featured in “Igniting a spark of creativity“ New Zealand Herald. March 31, 2007
- “Can We Talk?” Canadian Business Magazine interview. Sept 11-14, 2006
- Interviewed about workplace productivity in The Globe and Mail (Canada), July 13, 2005
Contact Linda Naiman for coaching, consulting or to speak at your event
Corporate Alchemy: How art can be used as a catalyst for transformation in organisations from Linda Naiman on Vimeo.
Hi Linda: I’d like to reference your site on my internal work blog at Boeing. Is that all right? In particular, I’d like to link to your creativity test and information. I’d also like permission to use this image in the posting. http://www.wherecreativitygoestoschool.com/images/home/rightvslft_lrg.gif
I can send you a copy of the posting but it is an internal to Boeing blog so you won’t be able to see it live.
Let me know and thanks for your charming site! I love it!
Hi Stacy,
You are most welcome to reference my site on your blog. The creativity test and graphic you mention are part of an ad campaign by the Art Inst of Vancouver, so permission would have to come from them. Thanks for your interest in my work.
Linda
hello Linda
There are so many businesses today that hope to include creative leadership processes, but are you aware of programs that train artists to be leaders? It seems to me there is an opportunity for artists to expand their career options beyond the studio. Many artists are becoming more involved in community-based art, for example, but they may not have the listening, group or corss-cultural skills to successfullly enter new environments (business, health care, education, civic planning, etc). Artists-in-residence programs exist in schools, but why not also in other settings, for example, or perhaps artists and consultants could team teach workshops. Any thoughts/resources/ practices/courses/books you can offer would be appreciated. Thanks
Ann
Hi Ann,
Thanks for writing and for your questions. There are programs available for artists vis a vis residencies, community-based art etc, and the ones I know of are specific to cities. For example, the City of Vancouver has Creative City initiatives, and the Arts Alliance has programs for developing artists. Another resource is Entrepreneur the Arts
When I made a career transfer, I took leadership development courses for both personal development and business development, and learned as much from other students as from teachers. Leadership is leadership, and I found it beneficial for my growth. If all learning is artist-centric, there is a danger of having too narrow an outlook, and of being trapped by limiting beliefs and assumptions. I favour a multi-disciplinary approach to learning, to produce a rich exchange of ideas and insights from the worlds of business, arts, and science.
I will be conducting leadership courses at Royal Roads this fall.
Solution Finding: Leading with Creativity
Nov 5–Nov 6, 2009
Putting Passion to Work: Potent Leadership
Nov 19, 2009
I hope this helps.
Cheers,
Linda
Hi Ann,
Thanks for writing and for your questions. There are programs available for artists vis a vis residencies, community-based art etc, and the ones I know of are specific to cities. For example, the City of Vancouver has Creative City initiatives, and the Arts Alliance has programs for developing artists. Another resource is http://blog.entrepreneurthearts.com/2009/07/23/austin-tx-new-arts-entrepreneurial-finishing-school-opening-2010/
When I made a career transfer, I took leadership development courses for both personal development and business development, and learned as much from other students as from teachers. Leadership is leadership, and I found it beneficial for my growth. If all learning is artist-centric, there is a danger of having too narrow an outlook, and of being trapped by limiting beliefs and assumptions. I favour a multi-disciplinary approach to learning, to produce a rich exchange of ideas and insights from the worlds of business, arts, and science.
I will be conducting leadership courses at Royal Roads this fall.
Solution Finding: Leading with Creativity
Nov 5–Nov 6, 2009
http://www.creativityatwork.com/blog/2009/06/09/solution-finding-leading-creativity/
Putting Passion to Work:
Potent Leadership,
Nov 19, 2009
http://www.creativityatwork.com/blog/2009/06/09/naiman-leadership-seminar-rru/
I hope this helps.
Cheers,
Linda