What can organizations learn from the Intersection of Business and the Performing Arts? Rochelle T. Mucha, in her new book, Aesthetic Intelligence: Reclaim the Power of Your Senses, answers this question by examining how principles and practices of performing arts can be used to strengthen alignment, leadership, learning, and performance in organizations. “The theatre is a [...]
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Time to evolve. Doesn’t September feel more like the New Year than January? September is the time to complete projects, clear out the old, harvest the fruits of your labours, and prepare the ground for the new. If we are tuned in to the cycles of nature, then we will want to create order and [...]
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Posted in Creativity and Innovation on Sep 23rd, 2009
I’ve started hosting monthly conference calls for members of the Creative Skills Training Council, focused on conversations that matter about our praxis. We have had amazing interviews from thought leaders on various topics, and have decided to make the recordings available to the public. The calls take the form of an introduction and informal chat [...]
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Posted in Artful Leadership, Events, Home on Sep 10th, 2009
I’ll be speaking at the upcoming HealthCare Leaders’ conference, October 20, in Vancouver BC. Here’s my topic: Some of the greatest difficulties leaders face today revolve around the need to instill passion, mobilize teams toward achieving a common vision, and motivate change in employees. Organizations led by creative leaders have a higher success rate in [...]
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Alchemy When I tell people I am a Corporate Alchemist, I get some interesting responses, and none of them are neutral. People are either incredulous, excited or curious. Most Americans I talk to don’t know what alchemy is, and Canadians often reference “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho. So what is Alchemy? The word alchemy was [...]
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Reading List for my courses on Creativity, Leadership and Innovation at Royal Roads University Solution Finding: Leading with Creativity Putting Passion to Work: Potent Leadership Buy these books through Amazon. Just click on the links to get details or visit my Amazon Bookstore for my collections A Whole New Mind: by Daniel H. Pink Artscience: Creativity in [...]
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John Howkins on Creative Ecologies: Where Thinking is a Proper Job (Creative Economy + Innovation Culture)
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This post is part of the Blogging Marathon: 24 Hours of Innovation: We are living in the midst of a seismic shift that calls for us to redefine the way we live and work. This is not a time to hunker down and wait for the turbulence to subside. This is the time to mitigate [...]
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