Creativity is the Most Crucial Factor for Future Success According to the IBM 2010 Global CEO Study, which surveyed 1,500 Chief Executive Officers from 60 countries and 33 industries worldwide, CEOs believe that, “more than rigor, management discipline, integrity or even vision — successfully navigating an increasing complex world will require creativity.” CEOs say creativity helps [...]
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In today’s environment, career resilience is an essential attribute for success, even for survival. “If you identify with your job or career, you’re in trouble, because that changes,” says Ms. Naiman
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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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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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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 [...]
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Creativity at Work Newsletter December 2008 Play “What do most Nobel Laureates, innovative entrepreneurs, artists and performers, well-adjusted children, happy couples and families, and the most successfully adapted mammals have in common? They play enthusiastically throughout their lives. — What common denominator is shared by mass murderers, abused children, burnt-out employees, depressed mothers, caged animals, [...]
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The theme for the this month is arts-based learning and development
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September-October 2008 A big thank you to Ralph Kerle of The Creative Leadership Forum, and Lisa Canning of Entrepreneur the Arts, for helping to make our first Transformational Leadership Forum a success. One of the highlights of our forum was a passionate discussion led by David Fushtey of the Governance Counsel who provoked us with [...]
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