Vancouver skyline. Photo courtesy of Thomas Quine This month the City of Vancouver is in the spotlight as it prepares to host the 2010 Olympics. In honour of the occasion, I offer a Vancouver success story about urban renewal and revitalisation: The Creative City and Sustainability: Leadership Lessons for Sustainable Initiatives Vancouver, host of the [...]
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Posted in on Dec 4th, 2009
The Management Innovation Index© Individual • Practice • Strategy • Environment • Culture The Management Innovation Index (MIX) helps organisations synchronize leadership, management and strategy, for innovative and measurable business outcomes. Click here to trial MIX Get an assessment of your creative thinking preferences immediately. The full report gives you four perspectives: Individual • Practice • [...]
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Posted in ARTS, CREATIVE ECONOMY, Home on Nov 20th, 2009
Why the arts matter When times get tough and choices must be made, it is often the arts that lose. Why is this so? When compared to health or human service needs, the arts are often viewed as less important and therefore more discretionary in nature. But this line of thinking misses the point about [...]
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One of the highlights of Transformational Leadership for the Age of Innovation Forum was a passionate discussion led by David Fushtey of the Governance Counsel who provoked us with questions innovators don’t often think about. Ralph Kerle summarised highlights in his Creative Leadership Forum blog: Fushtey believes governance is as important as sustainability and totally underestimated when we begin to think [...]
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