Creativity

Creativity at Work Newsletter Summer 2011 In this issue: A critique about design thinking Books and resources about design, innovation and creativity The design thinking unconference in Vancouver Aug-19-20 “Most people make the mistake of thinking design is what it looks like. People think it’s this veneer — that the designers are handed this box [...]

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I am guest hosting Elli St George Godfrey’s #kaizenblog Twitter chat, this Friday August 10, 2011,  at 12 noon ET, 9:00 AM PT. Please join us. The topic is Creative Resilience during times of transition. This blog post frames the discussion: William Bridges, author of Managing Transitions, says “It isn’t the changes that do you [...]

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We tend to think of crafting, sculpting, and composing as components of  art and design, but  what if we applied these to  the lives we live? “The way we live our lives, is itself, the process of creating a work of art,” says anthropologist Mary Catherine Bateson, author of  ”Composing a Further Life: The Age [...]

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Creativity at Work Newsletter: Spring 2011 My goodness it’s been ages since I last published a newsletter and I hope this one makes up for it. I have three stories to tell about embodied learning— that is, learning by interacting with subject matter aesthetically, emotionally, and/or physically. In a world dominated by computer screens and [...]

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“Why Man Creates” is an animated documentary film created by Saul Bass, the iconic graphic designer, and commissioned by Kaiser Aluminum. It won the Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject in 1968, and remains a timeless classic. In 2002, “Why Man Creates” was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of [...]

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A special report in The Atlantic: Great art begins with an idea. Sometimes a vague or even bad one. How does that spark of creativity find its way to the canvas, the page, the dinner plate, or the movie screen? How is inspiration refined into the forms that delight or provoke us? The report features [...]

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k.d. lang provides illuminating insights on her creative process, in describing her  song writing collaboration with Joe Pisapia — and a great lesson for managers: For creativity to flourish in organizations, managers need to provide a focus to direct creative outputs, as well as the freedom and safety that allows people to fully express themselves. Joe [...]

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Here’s a new lens through which to explore creativity at work: Shibumi  — rolls off the tongue nicely doesn’t it? Shibumi was a 1979 best-selling spy novel by Trevanian, but it could also be the core of your business strategy, consultant Matthew May believes. The Japanese word has no direct English translation, but in Change This [...]

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