Employees who introduce new ideas about enhancing management and business performance in organizations, make important contributions to the success of a company. Yet they [...]
I have three stories about adventures in learning about creativity through direct experience. Embodied learning is experience-based learning that occurs by interacting with [...]
"Business has much to learn from the arts." — From the Schumpeter Blog As a pioneer in arts-based learning I'm happy to see this [...]
When people feel pressured to work long hours, and maintain an accelerated pace of work over the long haul, work becomes a form of [...]
Malcolm Gladwell on why we need to embrace creative chaos In my experience as a creativity educator, fear of chaos presents one of the [...]
Why is play essential to organizational success? Top ten reasons to play 1. Play is the path to fun and profit. It is [...]
Here is a fun creativity quiz: Are you a professional? This short creativity quiz from Accenture will help you understand your thinking style better. [...]
From the Salk Institute for Biological Studies Jan. 2002 According to accepted dogma, the brain responds to sensory experiences somewhat like an electronic bucket [...]
Dr Amen's seven step plan to get your diet under control and to use food as brain medicine.
By Dr Daniel Amen The brain is a three-pound supercomputer. It is the command and control center running your life. It is involved in [...]
Reading books and articles outside your field can spark new ideas in unexpected ways. By Mark L. Winston When I was growing up and [...]
An Interview with inventor Dr Nakamats by Chic Thompson Nakamats (AKA Nakamatsu) In my country, the drive to succeed-and the competition-is unbelievably intense. From early [...]
One of the most enjoyable aspects of co-authoring of Orchestrating Collaboration at Work, was interviewing some of the leading researchers and pioneers in [...]
By Harold D. Stolovitch and Jean-Gabriel Maurice Capital: Any form of wealth employed for the production of more wealth. Human Capital: The sum total of [...]
Instructions for Brainwriting By Arthur B VanGundy Brainwriting is the silent, written generation of ideas in a group. It was originally popularized in [...]
Air Cliché is a fun ideation (brainstorming) tool that will energize your group By Arthur B. VanGundy This creativity technique is the combination of [...]
1. CAPTURE YOUR DAYDREAMS Daydreams are fertile ground for your imagination to soar. As you sit absorbed in a problem, notice when you get [...]
We need to play more. Most of us work too hard and we don’t take enough time to play. Play generates joy and [...]
By Douglas Eby Life is shaped as much by the future as by the past. The best moments usually occur when a person's body [...]
By Arthur B VanGundy "It is better to ask some of the questions than to know all the answers." —James Thurber New product development [...]
