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 employees, ...
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 struck ...
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 at ...
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, taking ...
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 starts ...
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, accepted, ...
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 to ...
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 O'Malley ...
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 do, ...