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 [...]
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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 love [...]
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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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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 and [...]
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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, and chronically worried students? Play is [...]
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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 questions [...]
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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 [...]
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