The Creativity at Work Blog

I’m amazed you can create art with an iphone: From the New Yorker Magazine: Jorge Colombo drew this week’s cover using Brushes, an application for the iPhone, while standing for an hour outside Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum in Times Square. “I got a phone in the beginning of February, and I immediately got the program so I [...]

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Think about your creative intelligence during times of stress. What is the quality of your thinking, compared to when you are in flow states (characterized by energized focus, absorption, and being fully engaged)? I’m willing to bet your flow states produce superior results than fear-based solutions.

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My hope for this New Year is that we find the inspiration, insight and wisdom we need to guide us in finding optimal solutions to the challenges we face. Answers don’t just come from logic and analysis. We also need imagination. One of the ways we can be inspired is through the arts. I’m happy [...]

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  I will be speaking at this event and if  you are in or near Syracuse NY, please join us. It is free and open to the public.       Come to a “Day of PLAY!” February 11th. Discussions and workshops featuring Scott Eberle, Vice President for Interpretation at the Strong National Museum of Play, [...]

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Creativity at Work Newsletter December 2008 Play “What do most Nobel Laureates, innovative entrepreneurs, artists and performers, well-adjusted children, happy couples and families, and the most successfully adapted mammals have in common? They play enthusiastically throughout their lives. — What common denominator is shared by mass murderers, abused children, burnt-out employees, depressed mothers, caged animals, [...]

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