The interplay of business, art and science
A popular physics prof agreed to pit his traditional physics lectures against the newfangled teaching techniques promoted by Nobel Prize winner Carl Wieman and his disciples. The results were dramatic in a “learning competition” involving more than 500 first-year engineering students at the University of B.C The students learned more than twice as much in the new “interactive” [...]
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David McLaren has written a thought-provoking treatise on the economic value the arts bring to rural communities in Canada. A rt, like most Canadians, comes from small places. Margaret Laurences The Stone Angel takes place in Manawaka, her fictional mirror for Neepawa in Manitoba. Everything in Robertson Davies Deptford Trilogy begins with a snowball thrown [...]
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When people feel pressured to work long hours, and maintain an accelerated pace of work over the long haul, work becomes a form of drudgery that leads to stress-induced burnout. Workplace burnout kills the creative spark that fuels inspiration and passion. I know executives who have quit as a result of burnout, and I find it [...]
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UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) Highlights: A new development paradigm is emerging that links the economy and culture, embracing economic, cultural, technological and social aspects of development at both the macro and micro levels. Central to the new paradigm is the fact that creativity, knowledge and access to information are increasingly recognized [...]
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Creativity at Work Newsletter Nov 2010 photo @ Wesley Fryer In this issue: Notes from the CWF Recent Blog posts Interview: Five {5} Creative Questions Upcoming Workshops at Royal Roads The Creativity World Forum Last week I attended the Creativity World Forum (CWF) in Oklahoma, where I spoke about Creativity at Work. Every time I [...]
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Linda Naiman is a creativity and innovation consultant, coach, speaker and co-author of Orchestrating Collaboration at Work: Using Music, Improv, Storytelling, and Other Arts to Improve Teamwork
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