Arts-based learning and development for leaders, managers, and teams
Why Art and Creativity Matter While many of us perceive art merely as entertainment, there exists a profound depth to its functions. Art sparks breakthroughs in creativity and innovation. Notably, even Nobel Laureates [...]
Why you need to sharpen your powers of observation Highly successful Innovators including artists, designers, scientists, and entrepreneurs, tend to be keen observers of the world around them. Observing is one of the keys [...]
Shifting from reacting to creating It’s so easy to be reactive about problems and the pressures they cause in today’s fast-paced world. If you are reacting, you are putting out fires, but you aren’t [...]
Art has the power to inspire, inform, influence and much more Why not leverage the power of art to inspire creativity at work? When I watched a PBS documentary about the Medici's role [...]
By Scott Lewis Partner, Tower Stone Group Recently, I spent a stimulating day with Linda Naiman in a seminar organized by my good friend Loren Carlson and his CEO Roundtable. Linda began with [...]
What can the power of art teach CEOs about leadership? I recently had the pleasure of facilitating a leadership retreat for members of the CEO Roundtable in Boston. Here is an account about [...]
6 insights from Nobel Laureates on using creativity to discover Nobel Prize-winning breakthroughs Have you ever wondered how Nobel Laureates develop original ideas and achieve breakthrough discoveries? What can Nobel Prize-winning scientists teach business leaders [...]
By Clair Byrd Many people conflate visual art and design simply because of their many similarities. Art and design both require immense creativity, an acute sense of aesthetics and style, emotional intelligence, and the [...]
My Artist's Residency at Culterra Magica in Tuscany was a dream come true When I first saw the movie Under the Tuscan Sun, I was enchanted by the beauty of Tuscany and day-dreamed about [...]
Awaken your senses to spark creativity A fun way to spark creativity is to awaken your senses by listening to music and painting what you hear. I've created workshops based on Visual Symphonies in Orchestrating Collaboration at [...]
I participated in a haiku workshop recently at Vancouver’s Cherry Blossom Festival in Vandusen Gardens. Poet Michael Dylan Welch led us on what he called a "haiku walkabout" to capture seed ideas for a [...]
What is Poetry Good for? Here’s what Dylan Thomas had to say about poetry: "Poetry is what in a poem makes you laugh, cry, prickle, be silent, makes your toenails twinkle, makes you [...]
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 and practice of aesthetics, and the use of arts-based methods [...]
"The brain on arts is different than the everyday brain." —Charles Limb, neuroscientist Charles Limb, a brain scientist at Johns Hopkins is finding a neurological basis for a notion that many people believe intuitively — that [...]
Creativity in Business and Art: CEOs, Leaders, and Artists have more in common than you might think Carlos Santana on his creative process: Everything starts with an idea, with imagination. Imagination and vision are [...]
When it comes to inspiring creativity in your team and engaging participation, meetings go better with art Here is an example from an innovation workshop I conducted. The objective was to: To instil a sense of [...]
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] The presence of creativity indicates a healthy life force energy [...]
Fine Arts Degrees Open Doors I was featured in the Toronto Star about the benefits of having a fine arts degree in the workplace. Here is an excerpt The value of a fine arts [...]
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 leadership are really about the craft of leadership," argues Steven [...]
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 O'Malley and William Baker. Monet And The Art Of Intent [...]
