7 Keys to Encouraging a Culture of Creativity and Innovation
7 Leadership Practices for Encouraging a Culture of Creativity and Innovation There's a huge disconnect on the subject of innovation between leaders and lower-level [...]
Leadership insight: How to make a decision in the “yellow-light” zone
Decision-making is easy at a red or green light, but what about the yellow light? An aha moment from a coaching client. One of [...]
Are you too Busy to Innovate?
When I ask corporate clients what their biggest barrier to innovation is, they mostly say they are too busy to innovate —must be why this widely-circulated cartoon [...]
How to Cultivate Your Creative Brain
Dr Shelley Carson has devised a useful framework for developing your creative brain, based on findings from neuro-imaging, psycho-physiological studies, and her own research [...]
What really fosters innovation in the workplace (infographic)
This handy infographic* captures findings from the latest in research on what fosters innovation and what impedes it. A holistic approach to innovation ensures success As you can see, [...]
CEOs, Leaders, and Artists on Creativity in Business and Art
Creativity in Business and Art: CEOs, Leaders, and Artists have more in common than you might think Carlos Santana on his creative process: Everything [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Reflections on Working with Centres of Excellence
A Visual Dialogue created by workshop participants Over the past couple of years, I have been invited by some of the most successful companies [...]
Cultivating organizational creativity in an age of complexity
Highlights from IBM 2011 Study: Cultivating organizational creativity in an age of complexity This is a companion to the IBM 2010 Global Chief Human [...]
Creative Leadership: Who is Bringing You Hot Ideas and How are You Responding?
Employees who introduce new ideas about enhancing management and business performance in organizations, make important contributions to the success of a company. Yet they [...]
Malcolm Gladwell on Embracing Creative Chaos
Malcolm Gladwell on why we need to embrace creative chaos In my experience as a creativity educator, fear of chaos presents one of the [...]
An interview with John Seely Brown about Xerox PARC’s Artist in Residence Program
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 Alchemy Of Leadership: Transforming Leaden Thinking into the Gold of Wisdom
Alchemy is the art of transforming leaden thinking into the gold of wisdom The alchemy of leadership has to do with mining the [...]
How to Manage Without Being a Control Freak
“Help!” says a new client, “I recently got promoted to a management position at work. How do I find the balance between leading and [...]
11 Keys to Fostering Creativity and Innovation in the Workplace
Fostering creativity and innovation in the workplace: 11 keys for leading and managing teams Creativity and Innovation are critical to the success, resilience, and [...]