The interplay of business, art and science
Posted in Creativity and Innovation Training, Creativity at Work Newsletter, Home, arts-based training on Sep 23rd, 2009
Time to evolve. Doesn’t September feel more like the New Year than January? September is the time to complete projects, clear out the old, harvest the fruits of your labours, and prepare the ground for the new. If we are tuned in to the cycles of nature, then we will want to create order and [...]
Posted in Creativity at Work Newsletter, Home on Jul 17th, 2009
Alchemy When I tell people I am a Corporate Alchemist, I get some interesting responses, and none of them are neutral. People are either incredulous, excited or curious. Most Americans I talk to don’t know what alchemy is, and Canadians often reference “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho. So what is Alchemy? The word alchemy was [...]
Posted in Creativity at Work Newsletter, Home, arts-based training on Jun 12th, 2009
John Howkins on the Creative Economy and Creative Ecologies John Howkins has written an article for my blog based on his latest book is Creative Ecologies: Where Thinking is a Proper Job (Creative Economy + Innovation Culture) He is the author of the best-selling book The Creative Economy “The continual search for novelty that lies at [...]
Posted in Creativity at Work Newsletter, Home on May 12th, 2009
This newsletter is dedicated to Arthur (Andy) VanGundy who passed away May 5, 2009 Dr. Arthur (Andy) VanGundy, was a pioneer in business creativity, a friend, colleague, and my co-author of Orchestrating Collaboration at Work. He died May 5, following heart surgery. I posted some of my memories of Andy on my blog and would [...]
Posted in ARTS, BOOKS, Creativity at Work Newsletter, Home, arts-in-business on Apr 14th, 2009
Think about your creative intelligence during times of stress. What is the quality of your thinking, compared to when you are in flow states (characterized by energized focus, absorption, and being fully engaged)? I’m willing to bet your flow states produce superior results than fear-based solutions.
Posted in Creativity at Work Newsletter, Events, Home on Mar 12th, 2009
How long is now? A visit last month to The Long Now Foundation in San Francisco inspired the theme for this newsletter. The term was coined by Brian Eno, who noticed when he first moved to New York City, here and now meant this room and this five minutes, as opposed to the larger here [...]
Posted in Creativity and Innovation, Creativity at Work Newsletter, Home on Dec 19th, 2008
Creativity at Work Newsletter December 2008 Play “What do most Nobel Laureates, innovative entrepreneurs, artists and performers, well-adjusted children, happy couples and families, and the most successfully adapted mammals have in common? They play enthusiastically throughout their lives. — What common denominator is shared by mass murderers, abused children, burnt-out employees, depressed mothers, caged animals, [...]
Posted in Artful Leadership, BOOKS, CREATIVE ECONOMY, Creativity and Innovation, Creativity at Work Newsletter, DESIGN, arts-in-business on Nov 15th, 2008
The theme for the this month is arts-based learning and development
Linda Naiman is a creativity and innovation consultant, coach, speaker and co-author of Orchestrating Collaboration at Work.
She applies arts-based learning and design-thinking to leadership development, creativity and innovation.
Orchestrating Collaboration at Work is an activity book for trainers, coaches, mediators and facilitators, who want to use the arts to create transformative learning experiences in organizations.
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