Arts-based learning and development for leaders, managers, and teams
What would your life and work look like, be like, feel like, if it were a work of art? How we choose what we do, and how we approach it...will determine whether the sum [...]
From the The Creativity Gap Series in the Globe and Mail BY ERIN MILLAR PUBLISHED MAY 16, 2012 The signs were clear. A staggering deficit. A probable Conservative majority. Funding cuts to the arts [...]
A Visual Dialogue created by workshop participants Over the past couple of years, I have been invited by some of the most successful companies in the world including BASF, DELL, and INTEL, to introduce [...]
Jazz-inspired Improvisation It's great to see organizations taking arts-based learning seriously. In the case of MIT, the Leadership Center has published an article by professor Wanda J. Orlikowski on a Jazz-inspired approach to [...]
I have three stories about adventures in learning about creativity through direct experience. Embodied learning is experience-based learning that occurs by interacting with subject matter aesthetically, emotionally, and/or physically. In a world dominated [...]
"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 topic is being covered by The Economist. The Schumpeter blog [...]
From the Salk Institute for Biological Studies Jan. 2002 According to accepted dogma, the brain responds to sensory experiences somewhat like an electronic bucket brigade, with incoming signals passed from one region to the [...]
One of the most enjoyable aspects of co-authoring of Orchestrating Collaboration at Work, was interviewing some of the leading researchers and pioneers in the world of art in business, including John Seely Brown, [...]
Arts-based learning for business: Creatively Intelligent companies The growing use of arts-based learning reflects a dramatic shift in the boundaries that previously defined the limits of experience deemed relevant to the business world. This [...]
This excerpt is from the autobiographical documentary Buenos Aires, meine Geschichte (1998) by German Kral, an Argentinian filmmaker. As he neared the end of his life, Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine author and poet (1899 [...]
Corporate arts-based learning as a catalyst for Creativity, Collaboration, and Transformational Leadership in Organizations Watch excerpts from a webinar I first presented to organizational development professionals at sedaa.net on how I use the arts in business. [...]
Art and Culture contribute to building lively cities and communities—creating a sense of belonging, where people want to live, work, and visit. It plays a major role in supporting social and economic health. Buy [...]
The theme for the this month is arts-based learning and development
Arts-based dialogue Quiz yourself on the connection between leaders and artists How many, if any, from each list are a mirror image of the other? How many, if any, match? How the [...]
Why Managing Innovation is Like Theater By Robert D. Austin and Lee Devin A stage production and the development of your next product have a lot in common. If you don't know where you're [...]
This summer I lived a dream that wasn't even my own dream; it was better than anything I could have imagined. I was invited by Miha Pogacnik to the Art & Business Conference (IDRIART) at [...]
