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World Creativity and Innovation Week April 15-21, 2018
Greetings all Leonardo da Vinci’s birthday, April 15, opens a time portal for each and every one planet-wide, to free thinking, to consider new ideas, decisions, actions and outcomes – World Creativity and Innovation Week April 15-21. Feel welcome to use your imagination this week and to combine it with your’s and others’ knowledge to: form …
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The Story of How World Creativity and Innovation Day became a UN Day of Observance in video
Greetings all, Happy to share this video with you – it’s the 15-minute Ted-like speech I gave in Buffalo this past fall at the Creativity Expert Exchange in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the International Center for Studies in Creativity, my alma mater. The founding of WCID is shared, as is the tale of …
World Creativity and Innovation Week Prep: VUCA World Hope
Greetings to all. We are awash in VUCA – volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous – times, and have been since 2013, at least. World Creativity and Innovation Day, April 21 was recognized by the United Nations in 2017 as a Day of Observance. It was championed by Ambassador I. Rhonda King, Permanent Representative to the United Nations from …
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Leaders can turn creativity into a competitive advantage, says IDEO's Tim Brown
Imagine starting off a conversation at your next meeting during World Creativity and Innovation Week, April 15 – 21 with these statements from a Tim Brown, IDEO CEO Harvard Business Review article from November 2016. “All of our management practices need to be updated: how organizations are structured, how we deploy capital, how we interact …
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Make connections across disciplines
“… the ability to make connections across disciplines-arts and sciences, humanities and technology-is a key to innovation, imagination, and genius.” Walter Isaacson (2017) Leonardo da Vinci. p3. Imagine you have a day of freedom to explore cross-disciplinary thinking, and that you take the opportunity to combine what you’re working on now with sustainable development to …
Tips to be more creative – infographic
This infographic may help you prepare your project or activity to share for World Creativity and Innovation Day, April 21, 2018 (WCID). Thanks to blogger Daisy Hartwell for her creation. Be patient – it may take a moment to load. As you review the list, make a mental note of which are new to you, …
Isaac Asimov on Creativity: how do people get new ideas?
Isaac Asimov Asks: How do people get new ideas? Isaac Asimov (1920 – 1992) was a professor of biochemistry at Boston and a prolific science fiction and popular science author. He writes that among other things, making new combinations, or cross-connections and feeling self-assured are key to new idea making. Read what he wrote for …
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Essence of World Creativity and Innovation Week April 15-21
What it’s all about.
Five lessons Walt Disney and Steve Jobs can teach us about innovation | ZDNet
There are startling parallels in the lives of Walt Disney and Steve Jobs. Their dedication to product quality and innovation transformed industries. Lessons: Don’t give up Finding the right creative partner can be a force multiplier Betting on new technologies ahead of the curve can be a strong differentiator Perfectionism, if you can survive it, …
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