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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 …

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New Ideas Need a Soft Place To Land

You can quote me on this. I’ve been using the phrase and the idea behind it for years to explain that people feel more comfortable contributing new thinking, knowing their ideas will be well received; that psychological safety exists. Let’s face it, over 15,000 scientists worldwide agree we need to shift away from ‘business as …

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Use your creativity. Do what you can leading up to and after WCID April 21 every year.

Your creativity is needed to help transition from today’s chaos to create a clarity around decision-making. What if every decision we make contributes to our having, living in, sharing and promoting a healthy planet? Our systems are broken. Your creativity is being challenged, in a good way. Here’s where we are today (from a meaningconference.co.uk presentation …

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Your Creativity Needed: Ideas for Your 2018 World Creativity & Innovation Day April 21 Celebration

Greetings all, Today, August 2, is Earth Overshoot Day. Essentially, this is the date on which humanity’s resource consumption for the year exceeds Earth’s capacity to regenerate those resources that year. This short video explains what that is and means.  [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPO2-KCyFvc] On April 27 this year, the United Nations General Assembly declared World Creativity …

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Your creativity is needed to save the world

Your creativity is needed. UN call for more action on 2030 Sustainable Development Goals http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/07/hlpf-wrap-up/ Here’s the plan… Use your imagination. Create strategies to help move the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals forward. Action something. Report your progress, achievements, learnings, and next steps for a massive World Creativity and Innovation Day, April 21 celebration This …

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