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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Posted in Home on Feb 2nd, 2010
Jivi Khehra, host of Winds of Change, a new TV show on JoyTV 10 interviews Linda Naiman about art, creativity, teamwork and leadership.
Tune in Saturday Feb 6 at 3pm PST (Vancouver time)
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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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Posted in Events, Home on Jan 29th, 2010
Here is an opportunity to apply or nominate someone for a Globe Award for Innovation.
Criteria
There are four domains of innovation (each having modular and systemic aspects): Technical, Biotic, Social, Conceptual. Rather than provide rigid definitions for the Sustainable Innovation category of Globe Award, the Globe Award offers applicants wide latitude in their submission. Six sequential [...]
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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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It’s a fresh new year, and it looks like organizations everywhere have had the same realization: Make creativity, resilience, and self-renewal a priority in 2010.
Please join me in adventures in learning this Winter and Spring at Royal Roads University (RRU), Victoria, BC, Canada: I’ll be conducting seminars to help you develop skills in creativity, resilience, collaboration, leadership [...]
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Posted in BOOKS WORTH READING, Home on Dec 23rd, 2009
The newest Kindle looks amazing.
Slim: Just over 1/3 of an inch, as thin as most magazines
Lightweight: At 10.2 ounces, lighter than a typical paperback
Books in Under 60 Seconds: Get books delivered wirelessly in less than 60 seconds; no PC required
3G Wireless: 3G wireless lets you download books right from your Kindle; no annual contracts, no monthly fees, and [...]
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Excerpts from a webinar, first presented to organizational development professionals at sedaa.net
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