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Category Archive for 'DESIGN'

Word Picture

Posted in DESIGN, Home on Jul 17th, 2010

A word picture of my blog. I like the black and white simplicity.

Alchemy of Leadership HCLABC Conference Presentation

Posted in Artful Leadership, DESIGN, Events, arts-in-business on Oct 21st, 2009

Alchemy of Leadership: Going for the Gold By Linda Naiman Some of the greatest difficulties leaders face today revolve around the need to instill passion, mobilize teams toward achieving a common vision, and motivate change in employees. Organizations led by creative leaders have a higher success rate in innovation, employee engagement, change and renewal. How [...]

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How Artist/Leaders Do Things Differently

Posted in Artful Leadership, DESIGN on May 7th, 2009

BECKY BERMONT on REDESIGNING LEADERSHIP at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) A student once asked John Maeda, “If RISD is such a creative place, why aren’t we led with more creativity?” That comment has stuck with him. Since both he and our Provost (Chief Academic Officer) are truly artist/administrators (rather than artists-turned-administrators), they have undertaken a quest to [...]

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Putting Passion to Work

Posted in ARTS, CREATIVE ECONOMY, Creativity and Innovation, DESIGN, Home on May 6th, 2009

Here is a wonderful interview by John Chase, with John Morefield, a twice laid-off architect who set up shop at Pike’s Place Market in Seattle offering architecture advice to anyone that wanted it for just 5 cents. This quickly led to a number of freelance clients who got his business off the ground. Q&A Can you give [...]

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Design-Thinking For Today’s Executives

Posted in DESIGN, Events, Home on Mar 4th, 2009

Presented by Linda Naiman Hosted by Happen.ca Date: Tues March 31, 2009 Time: 9:00am -10:30am Venue: Airport Square 1200 W 73rd Ave Vancouver, BC V6P 6G5 Map Cost: $10 Design isn’t just for products, it’s also a strategic thinking tool that leads to dramatic new forms of value for organisations such as P&G. Linda Naiman, a [...]

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Creativity at Work Newsletter, Jan 2009

Posted in CREATIVE ECONOMY, DESIGN, Events, Home, arts-in-business on Jan 31st, 2009

My hope for this New Year is that we find the inspiration, insight and wisdom we need to guide us in finding optimal solutions to the challenges we face. Answers don’t just come from logic and analysis. We also need imagination. One of the ways we can be inspired is through the arts. I’m happy [...]

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“Day of PLAY!” explores play in design, business and society Feb 11th, 2009

Posted in DESIGN, Events, Home on Jan 29th, 2009

I will be speaking at this event and if you are in or near Syracuse NY, please join us. It is free and open to the public. Come to a “Day of PLAY!” February 11th. Discussions and workshops featuring Scott Eberle, Vice President for Interpretation at the Strong National Museum of Play, [...]

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