In today’s environment, career resilience is an essential attribute for success, even for survival. “If you identify with your job or career, you’re in trouble, because that changes,” says Ms. Naiman
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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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Posted in CREATIVE ECONOMY on May 25th, 2009
I am inspired by the values and aspirations of Michael Ignatieff’s speech accepting the leadership of Canada’s Liberal Party, earlier this month. We know that economic recovery cannot be purchased at the price of leaving anyone out in the cold. We know that economic recovery means unlocking the creativity of every citizen. … To unite our people, [...]
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Posted in ARTS, CREATIVE ECONOMY, Home on Apr 23rd, 2009
THE MID-HUDSON VALLEY CREATIVE ECOSYSTEM IN A TIME OF CRISIS The impact of the financial crisis on the region’s arts community, and strategies to promote recovery By Harvey Seifter and Judy Levine This study describes what’s happened to the arts in the mid-Hudson Valley of upstate New York since the economic crisis began, and offers recommendations [...]
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Collaboration has become a hot topic lately, and a recent IBM global study of CEOs revealed that collaboration is key to innovation success, especially when collaboration occurs beyond company walls. Projects are often too complex for individuals or even teams in one company to tackle. Collaboration can be a challenge depending on the culture of [...]
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My wish for the New Year is for all of you dear subscribers to find the time for contemplation and creative expression. I know some of you are closet artists too busy being captains of industry to take the time to paint, but as the Talmud asks, “If not now, when? My second wish is [...]
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Influencing For Impact Course # 141 UBC Vancouver BC January 18, 2008 1 day 9:00-4:00 pm With Linda Naiman The success of your project and the course of your career depends on your ability to influence people to get things done. This highly interactive workshop provides an overview of developing influence, power and impact (drawn [...]
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Posted in arts-in-business on Oct 31st, 2007
I’ve been featured in two publications this month in South Africa:The art of work: Together, art and business will sculpt our futureMarketing Web picked up the story and adapted it”Creativity works: Art and creativity should be used as a role model for business.” Here is an excerpt: In a rapidly changing world where tried and [...]
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