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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Can Meditation Make You More Creative?
Scientific study explores connection between meditation and creativity How interesting! Cognitive psychologist Lorenza Colzato and her fellow researchers at Leiden University used creativity tasks [...]
Science of Creativity Says Your Body Plays a Role Too
Jeffrey Davis, M.A. has written a wonderful article in Psychology Today about embodied creativity. He asks, Why do new ideas and solutions surface to [...]
Can Creativity Enhance Mental Health & Workplace Wellness?
Workplace wellness isn't just about physical health; it's also about having an inspired, engaged and resilient workforce who do great work Contents [toc] [...]
What are the benefits of a fine arts degree?
Fine Arts Degrees Open Doors I was featured in the Toronto Star about the benefits of having a fine arts degree in the workplace. [...]
Give Your Dream a Plan: 7 Questions to Ignite Extraordinary Results in Your Business
If you only buy one book about creating your vision, I recommend Give Your Dream a Plan: 7 Questions to Ignite Extraordinary Results in Your [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
Leadership Craft Leadership Art: Insights on leadership development
Leadership Craft Leadership Art provides cogent insights and observations on the theory and practice of leadership development "Most of the practices around the art of [...]
Every Leader is an Artist
How the World’s Greatest Artists Can Make You a More Creative Leader This is an excerpt from Every Leader is an Artist by Michael [...]
How to Make Your Life and Work a Work of Art
What would your life and work look like, be like, feel like, if it were a work of art? How we choose what we [...]
6 Fabulous Books on Creativity, Innovation, and Design
I recommend these books on creativity, innovation, design, and entrepreneurship, to inspire and motivate you. Click on the links to buy these books on Amazon. The [...]
5 Discovery Skills That Form the Secret Sauce of Innovation
How do innovators come up with groundbreaking new ideas? If it were possible to discover the inner workings of the masters’ minds, what could [...]
How budget cuts could kick-start creativity in the public sector
From the The Creativity Gap Series in the Globe and Mail BY ERIN MILLAR PUBLISHED MAY 16, 2012 The signs were clear. A staggering [...]
The Global Creativity Gap
Adobe Uncovers Global Creativity Gap Adobe has just published a global study on creativity. The research shows 8 in 10 people feel that unlocking [...]
Sanjay Gupta taps into both sides of his brain
Sarah Hamsen has written an inspiring interview with Sanjay Gupta, a neurosurgeon and a medical reporter for CNN, about his life and work. He [...]
How do you promote creativity to left-brain thinkers who don’t like creativity?
How do you promote creativity to a boss who is averse to creativity? I've been asked variations of this question a few times lately. Here are some [...]