The interplay of business, art and science
Posted in ARTS, CREATIVE ECONOMY, Home on Nov 20th, 2009
Why the arts matter When times get tough and choices must be made, it is often the arts that lose. Why is this so? When compared to health or human service needs, the arts are often viewed as less important and therefore more discretionary in nature. But this line of thinking misses the point about [...]
Posted in CREATIVE ECONOMY, Home on Jun 5th, 2009
If you are a regular reader of my blog you’ll know where I stand on this. Here is a thoughtful post on the subject by Beth Siegel, an authority on economic development analysis and strategy : Is the Creative Economy Still Relevant? Source: Citiwire.net There’s more to the arts than their intrinsic value. The universe of drama, concerts, [...]
Posted in CREATIVE ECONOMY on May 25th, 2009
I am inspired by the values and aspirations of Michael Ignatieff’s speech accepting the leadership of Canada’s Liberal Party, earlier this month. We know that economic recovery cannot be purchased at the price of leaving anyone out in the cold. We know that economic recovery means unlocking the creativity of every citizen. … To unite our people, [...]
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, 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 [...]
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 CREATIVE ECONOMY, Creativity and Innovation on Jan 9th, 2009
Imagine. Create. Innovate. I’m glad that creativity and innovation are gaining currency amongst world leaders. How else will we find ways to flourish? The European Year of Creativity and Innovation wants to raise awareness of importance of creativity and innovation for personal, social and economic development, to disseminate good practices, stimulate education and [...]
Posted in CREATIVE ECONOMY, Creativity and Innovation on Jan 6th, 2009
A friend offered to download movies free from the internet for our viewing pleasure, and at first I thought that was dandy, but then I thought of all the creatives who wouldn’t be paid a royalty, so I opted instead to rent. CBC Radio has produced a show on the subject of copyright and the [...]
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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