Aesthetic Intelligence: Reclaim the Power of Your Senses

By Linda Naiman on December 3, 2009 / Arts in Business, Books, Free Resources: Creativity Tips, Tools, & Techniques / 5 Comments

What can organizations learn from the Intersection of Business and the Performing Arts? Rochelle T. Mucha, in her new book, Aesthetic Intelligence: Reclaim the Power of Your Senses, answers this question by examining how principles and practices of performing arts can be used to strengthen alignment, leadership, learning, and performance in

Alchemy: The quest for gold led to innovations in science

By Linda Naiman on July 17, 2009 / Blog, Creativity & Innovation, Creativity & Science, Newsletter / 7 Comments

Alchemy: The quest for gold led to innovations in science When I tell people I am a Corporate Alchemist, I get some interesting responses, and none of them are neutral. People are either incredulous, excited or curious. Most Americans I talk to don’t know what alchemy is, and Canadians often

John Howkins on the Creative Economy and Creative Ecologies

By Linda Naiman on June 9, 2009 / Blog, Books, Free Resources: Creativity Tips, Tools, & Techniques / 4 Comments

John Howkins on Creative Ecologies: Where Thinking is a Proper Job (Creative Economy + Innovation Culture)

Capitalise on Creativity in Times of Turbulence

By Linda Naiman on May 15, 2009 / Arts in Business, Blog, Creativity & Innovation / 14 Comments

Capitalise on Creativity in Times of Turbulence We are living in the midst of a seismic shift that calls for us to redefine the way we live and work. This is not a time to hunker down and wait for the turbulence to subside. This is the time to mitigate

New Vision for Arts-based learning at Harvard

By Linda Naiman on January 31, 2009 / Arts in Business, Blog / 2 Comments

Creativity at Work Newsletter, Jan 2009 Arts Based Learning Harvard University recently published a task force report on a New Vision for the Arts. The report says while the arts may be everywhere on campus, they are also conspicuously marginal. The vitality of artistic activity on campus is rendered nearly invisible to