creativity

If you are in the Denver area, consider treating yourself to a weekend of creativity and leadership workshops on November 2 and 3. Regis University is hosting the Leadership and Creativity Conference 2007, "The Fire Within: Igniting the Wildfires of Imagination!" Friend and colleague, John Cimino, will be there with his Creative Leaps International team…

I just finished the book, Free Play, by Stephen Nachmanovitch. The subtitle is "Improvisation in Life and Art" and the book is a wonderful guide for exploring the nature of creating and creativity. One of the chapters I particularly enjoyed is titled, "The Power of Limits," which is about how fixed constraints can drive our…

Just before going on vacation to Ouray, CO, I browsed iTunes for free, good stuff to download for the long car ride.  I found The New Yorker Conference, in which Malcolm Gladwell interviews people who think differently about traditional fields—innovators in pharmaceutical research and development and music recommendation services. The series of talks also includes…

In cleaning out my office files, I came across this quote from the choreographer and dancer, Martha Graham: "There is a vitality, a life-force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block…