I have just heard I have been invited back to Africa in October to run creativity workshops at a couple of creativity gatherings in South Africa and one in Namibia - cool!
http://www.sacreativity.co.za/
I would love to go other places in the world so feel free to invite me.
And you might be interested that planning is underway for a creativity forum in New Zealand in April 2013.
More here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Creative-Edge/271547596234802
Thursday, February 2, 2012
The Perfect Storm
Welcome to the 21st Century: The Perfect Storm for Creativity by Gerard Puccio, Ph.D.
"I have been in the field of creativity studies for more than a quarter of a century and have never seen a better time to be in the business of helping others develop their creativity, Creative Problem Solving, and creative leadership skills. Yet with opportunity comes risk. There has never been a more important time for creativity because we are in a state of perpetual change that has brought on crisis for many, and opportunity for those with creative foresight, skill and attitude. Creativity is in demand, because life in the 21st century demands it."
http://www.profnetconnect.com/gerardpuccio/blog/2010/12/19/welcome_to_the_21st_century:_the_perfect_storm_for_creativity
"I have been in the field of creativity studies for more than a quarter of a century and have never seen a better time to be in the business of helping others develop their creativity, Creative Problem Solving, and creative leadership skills. Yet with opportunity comes risk. There has never been a more important time for creativity because we are in a state of perpetual change that has brought on crisis for many, and opportunity for those with creative foresight, skill and attitude. Creativity is in demand, because life in the 21st century demands it."
http://www.profnetconnect.com/gerardpuccio/blog/2010/12/19/welcome_to_the_21st_century:_the_perfect_storm_for_creativity
Why do people say no
From Marci Seagal
http://www.creativityland.ca/2012/why-do-people-say-no-collecting-thoughts/
I’m often brought into companies who want to overcome hurdles to innovation. They want to move forward and at the same time are reluctant to adopt new strategies and metrics, and to influence new behaviours and attitudes to create new futures. What’s that all about?
http://www.creativityland.ca/2012/why-do-people-say-no-collecting-thoughts/
I’m often brought into companies who want to overcome hurdles to innovation. They want to move forward and at the same time are reluctant to adopt new strategies and metrics, and to influence new behaviours and attitudes to create new futures. What’s that all about?
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Cash can't buy creativity
An open, supportive and stimulating workplace is more important than pay or bonuses in driving the success of fast-growth small-to-medium enterprises, an RMIT University study has shown.
http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=9pjqmck5wn2n1;STATUS=A
http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=9pjqmck5wn2n1;STATUS=A
The Yin and the Yang of Corporate Innovation
In the hunt for innovation, that elusive path to economic growth and corporate prosperity, try a little jazz as an inspirational metaphor.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/27/technology/apple-and-google-as-creative-archetypes.html?_r=2
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/27/technology/apple-and-google-as-creative-archetypes.html?_r=2
Offices stifle creativity
Cramped, claustrophobic working environments stifle employees' creativity and means they have fewer 'lightbulb' moments of inspiration, research shows.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9035811/Claustrophobic-offices-stifle-creativity.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9035811/Claustrophobic-offices-stifle-creativity.html
Simple. Simplex. Simplexity: Interview with Dr. Min Basadur by Dorte Nielsen
It’s not every day you get the chance to meet a person of Dr. Min Basadur’s stature, let alone be given the privilege of interviewing him face to face. It’s perhaps testament to his talent that he is difficult to describe accurately with one professional title. He’s an Author, Thinker, Inventor, Consultant, Strategist, Innovator, Speaker, Researcher, Professor, Problem Solver and Founding Director of Basadur Applied Creativity Inc. and The Center for Research in Applied Creativity.
http://creativityresearch.blogspot.co.nz/2012/01/simple-simplex-simplexity-interview.html
http://creativityresearch.blogspot.co.nz/2012/01/simple-simplex-simplexity-interview.html
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Forget Networking. How to Be a Connector
Shared by Robert Alan Black
We all know people like them, people who seem to know everyone. They're always able to help -- or if they can't, they know someone who can. You meet them for the first time and in 15 minutes, you're talking with them like you're childhood friends. They're successful, smart and funny, with a likable touch of self-deprecation. And they're interested in everything.
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/222707
We all know people like them, people who seem to know everyone. They're always able to help -- or if they can't, they know someone who can. You meet them for the first time and in 15 minutes, you're talking with them like you're childhood friends. They're successful, smart and funny, with a likable touch of self-deprecation. And they're interested in everything.
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/222707
Famous Creators on the Fear of Failure
While intended as advice for design students, these simple yet important insights are relevant to just about anyone with a beating heart and a head full of ideas — a much-needed reminder of what we all rationally know but have such a hard time internalizing emotionally.http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/05/12/fear-of-failure/
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