The interplay of business, art and science
photo credit: mawel It’s great to see organizations taking arts-based learning seriously. In the case of MIT, the Leadership Center has published an article by professor Wanda J. Orlikowski on a Jazz-inspired approach to Change Management. She says, “Change does not always lend itself to well-rehearsed orchestration. The organizations most responsive to change are often [...]
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New York City has come up with a creative way to promote safety on the streets via arts-based learning: By rewriting traditional street-sign warnings in haiku form, New York City is using poetry to urge motorists, cyclists, and pedestrians to think about safety. (See one of the 200 new signs below.) City Transportation Commissioner Janette [...]
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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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60 Minutes featured Wynton Marsalis last week in a fantastic interview with Morley Safer. When Safer asked, “Does it sadden you that, for the most part, young people may not even know who you’re talking about when you say Charlie Parker or Duke Ellington?,” Marsalis made these cogent observations about art and culture: “It saddens me that people [...]
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k.d. lang provides illuminating insights on her creative process, in describing her song writing collaboration with Joe Pisapia — and a great lesson for managers: For creativity to flourish in organizations, managers need to provide a focus to direct creative outputs, as well as the freedom and safety that allows people to fully express themselves. Joe [...]
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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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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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