The interplay of business, art and science
Posted in ARTS, Creativity and Innovation, Home, Science on Aug 19th, 2010
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, [...]
Posted in ARTS, CREATIVE ECONOMY on Aug 12th, 2010
“People think I spent my life up there in the ivory tower, Ignatieff told an audience in Kingston, “ I actually spent 20 years as a freelance writer and journalist. I wrote screenplays. I wrote a couple of films. I lived by my wits. The writing life is a world of six-month contracts, Ignatieff explained, “and [...]
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 [...]
Posted in ARTS, arts-in-business on Aug 5th, 2010
Mukti Khair presents a fascinating case study about the birth of a market for Modern Indian Art, in Harvard Business School’s Working Knowledge. She says, “Before 1995, fine art was produced in India but there was little demand largely because Indian art was considered provincial or decorative. To create a market, this art was redefined [...]
Posted in ARTS, Creativity at Work Newsletter, Events, Home on Apr 30th, 2010
Join us in Vancouver for the Alchemy of Leadership & Conversations That Create. With Linda Naiman and Ralph Kerle June 29, 2010, 1:00 pm – 8:00 pm The Alchemy of Leadership How do you create the conditions for transformation? Immerse yourself in ideas, thinking processes and strategies used by leading innovators in business, art and science. [...]
Philosophers Art Café co-sponsored by Simon Fraser University, Artists in our Midst and Lord Byng School for the Arts Art and Power with Linda Naiman Tuesday, April 13, 7:30 pm– 9:00 pm Come a little early for coffee and to get acquainted Venue: Lord Byng Mini School for the Arts, 3939 West 16th Ave. Vancouver. Parking is in [...]
Consider buying art this holiday season. Click on the pictures for details.
Posted in ARTS, CREATIVE ECONOMY, Home on Nov 20th, 2009
Why the arts matter When times get tough and choices must be made, it is often the arts that lose. Why is this so? When compared to health or human service needs, the arts are often viewed as less important and therefore more discretionary in nature. But this line of thinking misses the point about [...]
Linda Naiman is a creativity and innovation consultant, coach, speaker and co-author of Orchestrating Collaboration at Work.
She applies arts-based learning and design-thinking to leadership development, creativity and innovation.
Orchestrating Collaboration at Work is an activity book for trainers, coaches, mediators and facilitators, who want to use the arts to create transformative learning experiences in organizations.
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