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 [...]
read moreHow to enhance your creative abilities
Keep track of your ideas at all times. Pay attention to hunches. Carry a notebook wherever you go, have one at the bedside and use it to capture those ideas, thoughts and hunches Pose new questions every day. An inquiring mind is a creatively active mind that enlarges the areas of its awareness. Learn about [...]
read moreIdeas, 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 [...]
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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 [...]
read moreCreativity 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 [...]
read moreSins, 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 [...]
read moreHow 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 [...]
read moreFacilitator or catalyst? Is there a difference when it comes to creativity and innovation?
I learned a facilitator is a ‘guide by the side, not a sage on the stage’ from my college professor and mentor the late Dr. Ruth B. Noller. We didn’t use the word catalyst to describe what we did at the International Center for Studies in Creativity in the 1970′s and ’80′s – no. Facilitator [...]
read moreEthics and creativity. Related?
A study recently released in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America reports rich people are more likely to engage in unethical behaviour – cutting off motorists, lying in a negotiation and cheating to win a prize – than are their less wealthy counterparts. Researchers also found those [...]
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