Royal Roads University is one of my favourite places to give workshops. The campus is nestled in a forest, the quality of the air is amazing, the setting is beautiful, and the atmosphere is relaxed. RRU is an ideal setting for learning, creativity and experimentation. I always incorporate the gardens in my workshops, and getting [...]
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RRU,
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team development,
Victoria
Discover ways to make peace with left-brain logic and right-brain imagination, by taking a whole-brain approach to creativity. Learn how to create synergy between imagination, emotion, data and analysis, to produce optimal innovative results. Only a few days left to register for Whole Brain thinking. This is my most requested workshop worldwide. Whole Brain Thinking: Cultivate [...]
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Royal Roads University,
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Victoria BC,
whole-brain thinking
What skills and content areas will be growing in importance in the next five years? Join me for a one or two- day workshop on Whole Brain Thinking: Cultivate 21st Century Creativity and Leadership at Royal Roads University, Victoria, BC Dates: Wednesday, November 30 or Wednesday & Thursday, November 30 – December 1, 2011 or Thursday, May [...]
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Victoria BC,
whole-brain thinking
I am guest hosting Elli St George Godfrey’s #kaizenblog Twitter chat, this Friday August 10, 2011, at 12 noon ET, 9:00 AM PT. Please join us. The topic is Creative Resilience during times of transition. This blog post frames the discussion: William Bridges, author of Managing Transitions, says “It isn’t the changes that do you [...]
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twitter chat
Exploring the Craft of Design Thinking “It is not about the world of design, it is about the design of the world.” Bruce Mau I’ve been invited to join the panel on Integrating Visual Thinking, Dialog and Storytelling for Sensemaking, August 19, and I’m looking forward to being part of this unconference. Design thinking has [...]
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Events,
vancouver
We have created this last minute opportunity for a lunch-and-learn session at the AGO while I am in Toronto on business: Topic: What can we learn from the arts that we can apply to business? Time: Wednesday, March 9 · 1:00pm - 3:00pm Venue: Art Gallery of Ontario 317 Dundas Street West Toronto, ON Lunchtime talk: Discover the strategic ways art [...]
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Toronto
Mothers of Invention Celebrates Historical and Contemporary Ingenuity, Inventions and Innovations of Women Join me at the opening of Mothers of Invention Exhibit: Stewart Farm, Crescent Beach —Surrey, BC, Sat March 5, 12pm-4pm I’m one of the featured innovators! Mothers of Invention explores the origins of inventions, objects and ideas of women going far back [...]

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