Strategies for Leaders to Stay Ahead of the Curve So far the business landscape of 2025 is a turbulent sea of uncertainty, thanks to a trade war initiated by the U.S. against Canada [...]
When it comes to leadership it’s not just about what we do in the world, it’s also about who we are In our quest to succeed, we tend to focus on doing, rather than [...]
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 [...]
Managing 'wild and unpredictable' creative chaos in business I believe creative chaos is the biggest fear business managers have about creativity. Whenever we get to the messy stage of the creative process, managers who are inclined [...]
Resolving the clash between creativity and effectiveness in the workplace Is Management the Enemy of Creativity? Teresa Amabile, Harvard Business School professor and author of The Progress Principle (2011) says there’s a crisis in corporate management. [...]
Whatever the Problem, Love Is the Answer A true story of how one innovative leader resolved a seemingly insurmountable emotionally charged conflict and how you too can lead with heart One day, back in [...]
Karen Jaw-Madson provides a framework—Design of Work Experience—for culture change based on human-centered design principles Your Workplace Culture Matters. Here's why: It's easy to copy ideas, technology, creativity, and innovation, but what gives a [...]
Question orthodoxies and reframe flawed assumptions that rule your business Assumptions are beliefs we take for granted and accept as true. Most of our assumptions are unconscious -- and for good reason. We would be terribly [...]
Drawing on the power of strategic design Moura Quayle has had an amazing career as a landscape architect, urban-systems designer, a strategic-design scholar, senior leader in government, university dean, and co-founder of UBC Sauder [...]
Creative leadership depends on how well you create emotional connections with others and your ideas. "Everyone communicates," writes leadership guru John Maxwell, "but very few people connect." What are the distinctions between communicating and connecting? Jon Hauser, [...]
How can HR create great employee experiences that empower creativity, collaboration and innovation? Design Thinking is an approach that works Design has a tremendous power to influence human behaviour and thus effect change Richard Farson [...]
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 [...]
7 ways to avoid getting bogged down when your project starts to feel like a marathon It's hard to stay creative throughout the day when there are so many demands on your time and energy. To avoid getting bogged [...]
What is it about new creative projects that are so exciting and yet so hard to begin? Have you ever been flooded with ideas at the onset --but lost your resolve when faced with [...]
Adobe's 2016 global study on creativity in business shows that creativity is more important than ever. Key finding: Investing in creativity pays off with tangible benefits – from higher income to greater national competitiveness and [...]
Quotes from leaders in all walks of life who inspire creative leadership and innovation Whenever you have no blueprint to tell you in detail what to do, you must work artfully. — Robert D. Austin [...]
Marshall Goldsmith, a renowned business coach, observes when people initiate a personal campaign to improve themselves — for example, shed a bad habit, exercise more, be nicer to their co-workers, learn a new [...]
How do you encourage creativity in your workplace? Companies that embrace creativity outperform peers and competitors on key business performance indicators, including revenue growth, market share and talent acquisition. According to a study by [...]
“Creativity is good business and ultimately drives productivity and efficiency.” If you are reading my blog, then chances are you already value creativity in the workplace, but you may be wondering if creativity really [...]
