Organizational learning, culture, organizational development, change, transformation
How will you face disruption and flourish in this brave new world of A.I.? Richard Baldwin, one of the world's leading globalization experts, argues that the inhuman speed of this transformation threatens to [...]
Simple ways to enhance your well-being, boost your brainpower and elevate your creativity at work Develop your creative resilience Find a renewed sense of meaning and purpose in your work Include time for [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
If you are interested in unlocking your creativity, you will love David Usher’s new book Let the Elephants Run. You can flip through the book for a quick hit of visually stunning images and quotes, [...]
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, according to a global survey published by Harvard Business [...]
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 [...]
Cognitive neuroscience will shape the future of corporate learning practices. I love cognitive neuroscience because the discoveries from this emerging field of study validate the whole-brain practices I use in creativity and innovation training [...]
George Land's Creativity Test In 1968, George Land conducted a research study to test the creativity of 1,600 children ranging in ages from three-to-five years old who were enrolled in a Head Start [...]
Ideas are the Currency of the New Economy The root of invention and innovation is creativity. Organizations that understand the relationship between creativity, innovation and performance, and provide creativity skills training for their employees, win [...]
Seven Habits of Highly Creative People is an homage to Stephen Covey (Oct 24, 1932 – July 16, 2012) Make a habit of these seven practices, and you will be highly creative in your [...]
Highlights from IBM 2011 Study: Cultivating organizational creativity in an age of complexity This is a companion to the IBM 2010 Global Chief Human Resource Officer Study, and I am pleased to be one [...]
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 [...]
By Dr Daniel Amen The brain is a three-pound supercomputer. It is the command and control center running your life. It is involved in absolutely everything you do. Your brain determines how you think, [...]
It takes more than just math puzzles to grow your brain The brains of highly successful people function differently from those of the average Joe, according to the authors of the new book, The [...]
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. [...]
A client confided in me that she doesn't feel valued at work. What should she do? We all want to feel valued, respected, and recognized for our contributions. William James has said: “The deepest craving [...]
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 [...]
