‘Imagine: How Creativity Works,’ Animated By Flash Rosenberg (VIDEO)

Too much fun.   A lovely remix.  Enjoy! IMAGINE: How Creativity Works from Flash Rosenberg on Vimeo. Related articles Creativity: Jonah Lehrer and NPR All things Considered(iamdustycole.wordpress.com) How to Increase Your Creativity Quotient(creativeconsiderations.wordpress.com) Fostering real, unforced creativity at the workplace(mentalflowers.wordpress.com) Make yourself more creative(newscientist.com) How Creativity Works (brainpickings.org)

Is there a bias against creativity? Repost from CNN

Amanda Enayati STORY HIGHLIGHTS People routinely reject and show bias against creative ideas, Amanda Enayati says Poll of CEOs: Creativity is the single most important leadership trait for success People reject creativity because of uncertainly — but it’s needed to help us through uncertainty Innovator: Build confidence by treating fear of creativity like a phobia […]

Quotes to spur clarity and courage in times of confusion and chaos

Despair, when not the response to absolute physical and moral defeat is, like war, the failure of imagination.  Adrianne Rich Your deepest heartache radiates outward like a beacon of light to attract the teacher and the teaching you need.  Sufi proverb The shadows are deepening all around us.  Now is the time when we must […]

Ideas, creativity and innovation… from Karl Albrecht

“Ideas are the raw material for the process of innovation.  Innovation in any area, starts with an idea and proceeds through the stages of making that idea concrete, practical and profitable.  It results in a successful outcome, a solution, or a successful state of affairs. Another way to think of it is that creativity is […]

Have an obstacle? Want some inspiration? Watch this 2-minute clip.

Creativity is evident when a path different from the known is taken. New ideas, new decisions, let your talents rise.   Remember to celebrate World Creativity and Innovation Week April 15 – 21 and to post how you’ll be doing it Join the LinkedIn World Creativity group and post it there. Join the Facebook World […]

Creativity and Innovation: What’s Style Got to Do with It (and does it matter)?

I was invited to speak at the CHRA conference in historic and beautiful Quebec City, Canada. The gathering of Human Resources professionals occurs annually in the fall with hundreds of people in attendance. It was an honour to be asked and a delight to participate. In addition to the giving an interactive 90-minute presentation on […]

Sins, virtues and claiming your creativity

Does claiming your creativity make you boastful? Two summers ago I met a remarkable woman, the documentary producer of Pig Business, about how swine are ill-farmed. The doc shows how pigs are mistreated while they are raised, causing ill effects to the environment, the people who live close by the farm and ultimately, consumers. See […]

How to be Creative in a Society Run by Bullies?

If we teach kids about bullying with the aim of stopping it in schools, then, why do we vote for bullies to run governments? What is Bullying? Using superior strength or influence to intimidate (someone), typically to force him or her to do what one wants. Toronto’s Mayor Ford called a recent City Council vote […]