What is Creativity? And why is it crucial for success?
What is creativity and why does it matter? First, some definitions Creativity is the act of turning new and imaginative ideas into reality. Creativity ...
Organizational Aesthetics: How the arts inform organizational learning and development
Organizational Aesthetics is a journal about how the five senses and artistry inform business, non-profit, and government organizations. If you are interested in the theory ...
Neuroscience takes us inside the learning brain
Cognitive neuroscience will shape the future of corporate learning practices. I love cognitive neuroscience because the discoveries from this emerging field of study validate the ...
The Progress Principle and the Power of Small Wins
What is the best way to motivate employees to do creative work? Help them take a step forward every day. The Progress Principle describes the findings ...
On the Origins of Creativity
How Human Ingenuity Arose Fascinating articles by Heather Pringle in Scientific American Magazine, on the origins of creativity: Scientists long thought that early humans were stuck in a creative rut ...
How to Boost Your Powers of Influence and Persuasion
When it comes to putting creativity to work, the biggest challenge usually isn’t about coming up with ideas, it’s getting those ideas listened to, accepted, ...
10 Creative Leadership Questions for Reflection
Reflect on these questions in your journal writing and in candid conversations with your team. What is our intention re this project? What’s important to ...
Books on Art, Creativity, Design and Innovation
The Design Way: Intentional Change in an Unpredictable World by Harold G. Nelson and Erik Stolterman. MIT Press 2012 Nelson and Stolterman present design culture in ...
Can Creativity Create Wealth?
I am thrilled to see an economist and policy adviser frame wealth creation in Canada in terms of creativity, and not commodities. What Creates Wealth? ...
How Does an Economy Get Creative?
An excerpt from The Boiling Frog Dilemma by economist Todd Hirsch and policy expert Robert Roach. The Creativity Riddle Over the past several years, economists ...