Summer is the perfect time to dream, play and restore your creative spirit. I recommend these books to help you along, and inspire you to take action. May your life and work be a work of art. The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work by Teresa Amabile and [...]
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The 2010 Global Workforce Study conducted by Towers Watson, reveals some illuminating, and startling statistics about employee perspectives and workplace trends [i]: 81% are not actively looking for other jobs now even though 48% see no advancement in their current job and 42% think they have to go elsewhere to advance. 33% want to work [...]
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If your employees are not putting forth new ideas despite directives to be innovative, it might be fear that stops them. After surveying hundreds of employees ranging from managers to stock clerks, Feirong Yuan of the University of Kansas and Richard W. Woodman of Texas A&M found that worries about “image risks” (unfavorable social impressions) [...]
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Creativity at Work Newsletter February – March 2010 I recently returned from a three week trip to Singapore and Malaysia, where I spoke at educational institutions, (including Singapore Management University), and corporations. Singapore has become a vibrant hotbed for creativity and innovation, which I find really exciting. Since my last trip to Singapore two years [...]
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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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