The interplay of business, art and science
Posted in CREATIVE ECONOMY, Events on Oct 7th, 2008
Culture for All is developing Art at Work in partnership with private and public companies noted for their involvement in Quebec communities. The objective of the program is to develop cultural dimensions in all areas of the community and make arts more accessible to the public at large.
In 2008, for the second edition, seven companies including three municipalities hosted professional artists [...]
Posted in Artful Leadership, Creativity and Innovation Training, Creativity at Work Newsletter, Home, arts-in-business on Jul 30th, 2008
Transformational Leadership
for the Age of Innovation
Sept 16-18, 2008, Vancouver BC, Canada
Master Classes presented by global pioneers in arts-based learning for business:
Ralph Kerle CEO of the Creative Leadership Forum, Asia Pacific
and Linda Naiman founder of Creativity at Work
Download the brochure
“The best in art and life comes from a centre; something urgent and powerful; an ideal or emotion that [...]
From USA TODAY
“The lights dimmed, the sold-out hall grew hushed and out walked the conductor — shiny, white and 4 feet, 3 inches tall.
ASIMO, a robot designed by Honda Motor Co., met its latest challenge Tuesday evening: Conducting the Detroit Symphony in a performance of The Impossible Dream from Man of La Mancha… ASIMO’s engineers [...]
Posted in Creativity and Innovation, arts-in-business on Apr 24th, 2008
JANET RAE-DUPREE writes in the New York Times:
I’M of two minds. As a matter of fact, so are you. And until recently, corporate America wasn’t doing much to take advantage of one of them. But now that we?re hip-deep in what has been called both the Creative Economy and the Conceptual Age, no one can [...]
Shilajeet (Banny) Banerjee, who runs the Joint Program in Design at Stanford, says complexity requires a new way of thinking and design thinking is the answer. This includes:
Collaborative Thinking
Process Mindedness
Holistic Multi-Disciplinary Approach
Human-centered
Tech/Business focus
Systems thinking
Synthesis
Rapid Concept Generation
Envisioning
Rapid Prototyping
Visualizing
Catalyzing decision-making
Storytelling
Realizing
Roadmapping
Managing transformation
Source: Nussbaum on Design
I would add empathy, aesthetics, creativity, and customer-focus to the list.
Stanford’s D school believes great [...]
Posted in arts-in-business on Oct 31st, 2007
I’ve been featured in two publications this month in South Africa:The art of work: Together, art and business will sculpt our futureMarketing Web picked up the story and adapted it”Creativity works: Art and creativity should be used as a role model for business.”
Here is an excerpt:
In a rapidly changing world where tried and tested solutions [...]
Posted in Home on Oct 31st, 2007
My paintings are available now for purchase as fine art prints. You can choose your own frame online and instantly see how it looks or you can buy a poster. If you prefer an image from my collection at images.com please let me know, and I’ll see if I can make a print of it.
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