Join me in this stimulating and thought-provoking two day workshop:
Whole Brain Thinking: New Neural Pathways
Royal Roads University, in Victoria BC
Thursday and Friday Oct 30 and 31, 2008
This highly-rated workshop is part of the management certificated program at Royal Roads University
Register here:
www.royalroads.ca/continuing-studies/PABL1578-Y08.htm
Overview
Creativity is a core competency for leaders and managers and one of the best ways [...]
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Summer Reading
Proust Was a Neuroscientist
By Jonah Lehrer
If you are a scientist you could choose to get nitpicky about whether or not Proust was a neuroscientist, or you could sit back, relax and enjoy the ride as Lehrer weaves together stories about art, science and creative breakthroughs. Lehrer argues that when it comes to discoveries of the [...]
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Creativity and Innovation Skills Development
with Linda Naiman
Date: March 3, 2008
Our simple survey indicates that professionals desire creativity training that could help them generate solutions to address issues and problems in the daily course of their work.
Creativity at Work uses a balanced approach to developing creativity that includes both analytical and imaginative thinking derived from the [...]
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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 from research based in part [...]
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Nearly 40 Percent of Employees Say Companies Are Not Creative
One in five U.S. workers also say they would take less money to work at a more creative company, according to a new survey. When asked about their company’s creative potential, 39 percent of respondents said they do not think of their company as a [...]
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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 tested solutions [...]
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Orchestrating Collaboration at Work: Using music, improv, storytelling and other arts to improve teamwork by Arthur B. VanGundy and Linda Naiman, is now available in a paperback edition and you can buy your copy today at Amazon.The cost is $58.95 USD and if you are buying more than one copy, please contact me [...]
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