How Does an Economy Get Creative?
An excerpt from The Boiling Frog Dilemma by economist Todd Hirsch and policy expert Robert Roach. The Creativity Riddle Over the past several years, ...
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Leadership Craft Leadership Art: Insights on leadership development
Leadership Craft Leadership Art provides cogent insights and observations on the theory and practice of leadership development "Most of the practices around the art of ...
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 ...
How do you promote creativity to left-brain thinkers who don’t like creativity?
How do you promote creativity to a boss who is averse to creativity? I've been asked variations of this question a few times lately. Here are some ...
Can Creativity be Taught? Here’s What the Research Says
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 ...
Creativity at Work Testimonials
Here's what clients say about Linda Naiman I founded CEO Roundtable over twenty years ago and each year we hold an All Member Retreat ...
Seven Habits of Highly Creative People
Seven Habits of Highly Creative People is an homage to Stephen Covey (Oct 24, 1932 – July 16, 2012) Make a habit of these ...
Orchestrating Collaboration at Work: Using music, improv, storytelling and other arts to improve teamwork
Orchestrating Collaboration at Work is an activity book for trainers, coaches, mediators and facilitators, who want to use the arts to create transformative ...
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Creativity & Innovation What is Creativity? Take advantage of the season and unlock your creative potential Your Brain on Art and The Creative ...
About Linda Naiman
Linda Naiman is the founder of Creativity at Work and a recognized expert in creativity, innovation, and leadership development. ...
Orchestrating Collaboration at Work Book Excerpt
ORCHESTRATING COLLABORATION AT WORK: Using music, improv, storytelling and other arts to improve teamwork by Arthur B VanGundy and Linda Naiman. This an activity ...
99 Inspiring Quotations on Art, Creativity, Life and Livelihood
Get inspired: Quotations on Art, Creativity, Life and Livelihood Art is magical, but it's not magic. It's a neurological product, and we can ...
The Design Way: Intentional Change in an Unpredictable World (An Excerpt)
If you would like a more comprehensive understanding of design thinking, design inquiry, and design culture, from a systemic perspective, you will gain many useful ...
51 Inspiring Quotations on New Beginnings
Use these quotations to inspire new beginnings and get going on your project When the first baby laughed for the first time, the ...
4 ways studying the arts will develop your business skills
"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 ...
Dr Amen: Seven Simple Brain-Promoting Nutritional Tips
Dr Amen's seven step plan to get your diet under control and to use food as brain medicine.
Profound Moments in Science Often Lie in the Arts
Reading books and articles outside your field can spark new ideas in unexpected ways. By Mark L. Winston When I was growing up and ...
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 ...
Try Brainwriting: An effective tool for rapid brainstorming
Instructions for Brainwriting By Arthur B VanGundy Brainwriting is the silent, written generation of ideas in a group. It was originally popularized in ...
Energize your group using this fun Ideation tool
Air Cliché is a fun ideation (brainstorming) tool that will energize your group By Arthur B. VanGundy This creativity technique is the combination of ...
The Value of Deep Play and its Impact on Learning and the Imagination
We need to play more. Most of us work too hard and we don’t take enough time to play. Play generates joy and ...
Shifting from Effort to Flow
By Douglas Eby Life is shaped as much by the future as by the past. The best moments usually occur when a person's body ...
“Structuring the Fuzz” The Design of Ideation for New Product Ideas
By Arthur B VanGundy "It is better to ask some of the questions than to know all the answers." —James Thurber New product development ...
Handwriting and the creative process
photo credit: JoelMontes How Handwriting Trains the Brain Forming Letters Is Key to Learning, Memory, Ideas Handwriting is a building block to learning. Using ...
Lost in Learning: The art of discovery
Book Review: Lost in Learning: The art of discovery by Eva Koleva Timothy This is a book of quiet beauty, filled with stories and images about ...
4 Creative Approaches to Career Resilience
In today’s environment, career resilience is an essential attribute for success, even for survival. “If you identify with your job or career, you’re in trouble, because that changes,” says Ms. Naiman
Alchemy: The quest for gold led to innovations in science
Alchemy: The Quest for Gold Led to Innovations in Science When I tell people I am a Corporate Alchemist, I get some interesting responses, ...
The Serious Side of Play
Think about your creative intelligence during times of stress. What is the quality of your thinking, compared to when you are in flow states (characterized by energized focus, absorption, and being fully engaged)? I'm willing to bet your flow states produce superior results than fear-based solutions.
Coaching Advice on Creating Value on the Job
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 ...
12 Ways to Enhance Creativity and Collaboration in Teams
Why are creativity and collaboration so important? "If the group is an art form of the future, then convening groups is the artistry we ...