“Help!” says a new client, “I recently got promoted to a management position at work. How do I find the balance between leading and being in control, without being a control freak?” As a former prima donna, I’ve been on both sides of the fence on this issue. When I was a design consultant, many [...]
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Vancouver skyline. Photo courtesy of Thomas Quine The Creativity at Work Newsletter Jan, 2010 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 [...]
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Composition 10 by Kandinsky Saturday Nov 28, 2009 Time: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Venue: Unity Church, 5840 Oak Street, Vancouver Cost: $79.00 each day (includes art supplies, tea, coffee and cookies ) Please bring a lunch. Registration: Please contact Bob Gault at ergault@telus.net or call 604.941.2770 Facilitated by Linda Naiman Explore the process of painting as a [...]
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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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(These are some of the questions we are helping clients answer.) How do we continue growing your business amidst an economic downturn? How can you work more effectively with constraints? Do your leaders have a set of principles and methodologies for developing creativity in your organization? How do you keep re-inventing to stay relevant to [...]
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How long is now? A visit last month to The Long Now Foundation in San Francisco inspired the theme for this newsletter. The term was coined by Brian Eno, who noticed when he first moved to New York City, here and now meant this room and this five minutes, as opposed to the larger here [...]
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Ongoing Events Feed your body, mind and spirit Vancouver Farmers Market Vancouver Farmers Markets (otherwise known as Your Local Farmers Market Society) is about people who love fresh food at festive gatherings. With the initial goal in 1995 to create the fun and value of weekly Farmers Markets in urban settings, the Society and the [...]

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