The interplay of business, art and science
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 ARTS on Mar 12th, 2009
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Ongoing Events Feed your body, mind and spirit Vancouver Farmers Market Vancouver Farmers Markets (otherwise known as Your Local Farmers Market Society) is about people who love fresh food at festive gatherings. With the initial goal in 1995 to create the fun and value of weekly Farmers Markets in urban settings, the Society and the [...]
Posted in Home on Dec 24th, 2008
Shepard Fairey’s posters of Barack Obama became the icon of the Presidential campaign, so Time asked him to create an image of Obama for the person of the year cover. The artist describes his creative process in this video.
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.
