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 [...]
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Posted in ARTS, Home on May 20th, 2009
When I was in the SF Bay Area in Feb I asked all the artists I met, how the recession was affecting them. They told me “Now is a good time to be creative.” What else is there to do? I’ve been using this time to learn and experiment with things I personally find interesting, [...]
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This post is part of the Blogging Marathon: 24 Hours of Innovation: We are living in the midst of a seismic shift that calls for us to redefine the way we live and work. This is not a time to hunker down and wait for the turbulence to subside. This is the time to mitigate [...]
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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 [...]
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Posted in ARTS, Home on Apr 23rd, 2009
The Arts Politic is a new print-and-online magazine seeking submissions for its Summer 2009 Issue, “The Arts & The Economy.” Due date: May 14, 2009. A quorum for creative and political thinking and a stage for emerging art, The Arts Politic bridges the space between artists and policymakers to create a conversation about cultural policy, political art, and arts [...]
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Posted in ARTS, CREATIVE ECONOMY, Home on Apr 23rd, 2009
THE MID-HUDSON VALLEY CREATIVE ECOSYSTEM IN A TIME OF CRISIS The impact of the financial crisis on the region’s arts community, and strategies to promote recovery By Harvey Seifter and Judy Levine This study describes what’s happened to the arts in the mid-Hudson Valley of upstate New York since the economic crisis began, and offers recommendations [...]
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Posted in ARTS, Science on Apr 17th, 2009
Most people think of bacteria in terms of infections and disinfectants. Erich Schopf, a bacteriologist at the University of Vienna, thinks of colour, and actually paints with bacteria! The fact that bacteria use pigments to protect themselves against UV radiation gave him the idea to use them as paint. He gathers his raw material from the ground, [...]
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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.
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