Posted in Creativity and Innovation, Home on Feb 19th, 2010
I was featured in the Globe & Mail (Canada’s national newspaper) today
Workplace creativity shrivels on the vine
More work, longer hours, lower pay, fewer resources. Employees have endured a lot over the past 18 months. Now add stifled imaginations to the list.
From Saturday’s Globe and Mail, Published on Friday, Feb. 19, 2010 6:19PM EST
In a fragile [...]
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What a month. January was all about ”Moving forward, making progress, achieving goals, clearing hurdles, passing the competition—with increasing ease” — to quote Marshal Goldsmith’s tweet today.
I’ll be delivering Creativity at Work talks and workshops in Singapore and Malaysia in a few weeks and I am thrilled to announce I’ll be speaking at Singapore Management University’s [...]
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Vancouver skyline. Photo courtesy of Thomas Quine
This month the City of Vancouver is in the spotlight as it prepares to host the 2010 Olympics. In honour of the occasion, I offer a Vancouver success story about urban renewal and revitalisation:
The Creative City and Sustainability: Leadership Lessons for Sustainable Initiatives
Vancouver, host of the 2010 Winter Olympics, [...]
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Excerpts from a webinar, first presented to organizational development professionals at sedaa.net
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Here goes… My first movie… clips from my talk about art, design, creativity and leadership at a US government leadership symposium earlier this year.
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LOG IN at www.blogtalkradio.com/Papa-Zen
and listen to Allan Holender’s conversation with me . Topics include the Woodward’s development as an example of Creative City Vancouver, creativity at work, innovation, and of course the age of creativity.
Author, Futurist and radio personality, Allan Holender mixes his brand of ”hot talk” with ”cool jazz.” Join Allan for some very cool late [...]
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Posted in Creativity and Innovation on Dec 9th, 2009
Join Dr. Linda Christensen as she delves into the higher reaches of human experience with guests who walk the talk of realizing their highest potential. Authentic, life-provoking and thought-enriching, “Fire Up Your Soul” will inspire, inform and empower you to live your best life.
SHOW TIME: TUESDAYS 8:00-9:00 P.M.
Dr. Linda Christensen interviewed me on her radio [...]
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Posted in Creativity and Innovation on Dec 9th, 2009
Teresa Amabile in a her Harvard Business blog says there’s a crisis in corporate management. “While the basis of competition has shifted decisively to innovation, most management tools and approaches are still geared to exploit established ideas rather than explore new ones.”
The Creative Leadership Forum came to a similar conclusion from a research project it conducted to [...]
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