Category: Creativity in Organizations
How to Free Your Innate Creativity
We need to be in the right emotional state in order to be creative — brain functioning affects creativity and how we feel affects brain functioning. But unfortunately, that’s easier said than done in today’s workplace. Here are pointers to stop the swirl of cynicism and negativity – ones that focus on you taking better […]
Have a Good Day – short video
On this first day of the creative year 2015, Earth Day April 22, may you have a good day.
Leaders as Social Architects for Innovation: Short video of Harvard prof
Professor Linda Hill knows about leadership and innovation. She is chair of the Leadership Initiative at Harvard Business School, has visited and studied innovative companies, from Toy Story creators Pixar to Google, and written several books on the subject. Conventional wisdom suggests the leader in a creative environment has to be a visionary, such as […]
Innovation Is Vital for Your Organization’s Survival: Must-Learn Lessons From Sir Ken Robinson
Innovation is critical to both the success and the survival of organizations, and imagination is the spark that fuels it, Sir Ken argues. Source: www.marketingprofs.com The link leads to his 90-minute presentation to marketing professors on the nature of innovation in organizations. In his presentation, Sir Ken Robinson reveals pivotal think points. These support the […]
The Adaptive Cycle – phases of social innovation
The Adaptive Cycle is a model that can be used as a tool to understand the phases where new social ideas emerge are launched as initiatives become successful and inevitably adapt and change over time. It also gives clues to why great ideas may get stuck. This slide deck shows a visual overview of the […]
The Hard Work of Invention – Annotated Book Review Link
Walter Isaacson, the author of definitive biographies of Steve Jobs and Albert Einstein, finds that brilliant ideas invariably have a history, and that brilliant innovators are people who know how to build on the work of others to turn ideas into reality. As he puts it, “Only in storybooks do inventions come like a thunderbolt.” […]
Emotions of Genius
So many emotions in the creating process. Illustrator Grant Snyder shows something of it in his work, Genius is… [two_third_last] [/two_third_last] Genius, in other words, is a little bit of this and a little bit of that. Can a process be structured to embrace it all? Perhaps. We’re working on this now. Care to chat? […]
5 ways to build jumpstarting innovation into your business
Innovation is the output of creativity thinking – new ideas, new decisions, new actions, and the human dynamics that enable it to occur. Marci Segal. Listen to feedback, good or bad. Put brainstorming sessions on your calendar. Take someone else’s idea. (then change/adapt it) Start asking better questions. Find creative solutions. Further info at: fortune.com […]
Creativity – Issue 20: Creativity – Nautilus
Nautilus dedicated an entire issue to Creativity. Browsing through the pages you’ll find ample reason to support engaging in World Creativity and Innovation Week April 15 – 21, this year, and the next. You’ll also appreciate how new ideas, new decisions and new actions enable businesses and organizations to transform and evolve. In 2010, IBM […]
