A Visual Dialogue created by workshop participants Creativity at Work Newsletter Winter 2011 Over the past year I have been invited by some of the largest and most successful companies in the world to introduce the arts as a catalyst for developing creativity, leadership and innovation within the organization. I’ve been working within specific business [...]
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aesthetics,
arts-based learning,
creativity. innovation
Creativity at Work Newsletter Summer 2011 In this issue: A critique about design thinking Books and resources about design, innovation and creativity The design thinking unconference in Vancouver Aug-19-20 “Most people make the mistake of thinking design is what it looks like. People think it’s this veneer — that the designers are handed this box [...]
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Creativity,
design strategy,
design thinking,
Harold Nelson,
Innovation,
Systemics
Creativity at Work Newsletter: Spring 2011 My goodness it’s been ages since I last published a newsletter and I hope this one makes up for it. I have three stories to tell about embodied learning— that is, learning by interacting with subject matter aesthetically, emotionally, and/or physically. In a world dominated by computer screens and [...]
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arts-based learning,
Creativity,
Creativity and Innovation,
Creativity and Innovation Training
Creativity at Work Newsletter December 2010 Dostoevsky once proclaimed, “Beauty will save the world!” I believe it to be true. Whenever I feel despair, I am uplifted by beauty in the form of music, art or nature. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 1 said, “…If the too obvious, too straight branches of Truth and Good are crushed or [...]
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beauty,
celebrations,
Creativity,
ritual
Many people I know are facing transitions in their lives and feeling enormously pressured. Sometimes pressure can freeze us into non-action, but that is a bit like treading water. It works temporarily, but if we don’t move forward, we sink. Tough times demand more creativity and if we are to thrive in change, we must [...]
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career resilience,
change,
coping strategies,
Creativity,
creativity and innovation coach,
man's search for meaning,
positive psychology,
stress,
transitions
Creativity at Work Newsletter, July/August 2010 Is America suffering from a creativity crisis? Pundits have been buzzing about this question ever since Newsweek ran “The Creativity Crisis“ as their cover story last month. “For the first time, research shows that American creativity is declining. What went wrong—and how we can fix it?” Creativity tests, developed by E. Paul [...]
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brainstorming,
Canada,
Creativity,
creativity crisis,
creativity test,
Innovation,
research,
Torrance
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