The Creativity at Work Blog

Jivi Khehra, host of Winds of Change, a new TV show on JoyTV 10 interviews Linda Naiman about art, creativity, teamwork and leadership.
Tune in Saturday Feb 6 at 3pm PST (Vancouver time)

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How well did you do this year in achieving your creativity goals? Do you want to make a fresh creative start in the New Year? Are you willing to stretch your goals and take your creativity to the next level?

Would you like to join peers in Creativity at Work (including business, non-profits, education, [...]

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Introducing the Management Innovation Index© to North America
Individual • Practice • Strategy • Environment • Culture

The three big challenges for companies over the next generation are going to be:

Adaptability: How you build things that can transform themselves.
Innovation: How you mobilise the imagination of every single person in your organisation.
Engagement: How you create organisations that are so engaging emotionally [...]

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In my practice as a Creativity Coach and Consultant people always ask me…

How do I incorporate the arts in business?
How do I include arts-based learning in organisations?
How do I keep my art/creativity alive?
How do I empower my creativity?

Here’s what surfaced from callers:

People feel isolated in their work/practice sphere and want to connect in [...]

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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 [...]

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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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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 research, and promote policy [...]

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Every New Year’s Eve I get together with friends to celebrate. We mark the occasion by taking time to reflect on the past year with gratitude, and setting intentions for the New Year. Last year we had a lively discussion about  having an A plan and a B plan. The A plan in our circle [...]

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