Interview with Jason Seiden author of How to Self-Destruct: Making the Least of What’s Left of Your Career

August 30th, 2010 | No Comments

Name:  Jason Seiden
Title of Book:  How to Self-Destruct: Making the Least of What’s Left of Your Career
What are some of the main themes of your book?
Oh, you know, the typical career stuff… how to fail as an employee, how to suck as a manager, how to jam your head totally up your colon as [...]

An Interview with Dr. Stuart Brown, MD Co-Author of Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul

August 23rd, 2010 | No Comments

Have you ever wondered about the importance of “play” in our lives, and not only just in our personal lives but also in our work lives? Dr. Brown co-author of “Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul” shares with us some insight into his research and how important play [...]

Interview with Sari Gluckin of Wishful Thinking

July 26th, 2010 | No Comments

Creativity has long been a key factor in discovery, problem solving, new product development, and even in facilitating a successful meeting. Sari Gluckin with Wishful Thinking shares with us some of her trade secrets in generating energy and keeping the enthusiasm flowing during long meetings.

Name: Sari Gluckin
 
Company: Wishful Thinking
 
Area of Expertise:  Deep insight and global inspiration [...]

Interview with Dan Heasman & Gareth Miles of ?What If! Innovation

May 13th, 2010 | No Comments

Name:  Dan Heasman
Company:  ?What If! – The Innovation Company
Area of Expertise:  Innovation training & capability building
Share one of your trade secrets for keeping the energy and enthusiasm flowing when working through a long session or meeting with your clients.
Keep changing things up!
This can be your discussion points or exercises, it can also be group size [...]

Interview with Cheryl McPhilimy, a Communications Consultant and Executive Visibility Coach

April 14th, 2010 | No Comments

 
 
Name:  Cheryl McPhilimy
Company:  McPhilimy Associates, Inc.
Area of Expertise: Drawing out and capturing the essence of an individual or organization and developing key messaging that sticks.  My firm’s tagline is “where strategy finds expression.” I help clients identify what is important and then express it.
Share one of your trade secrets for keeping the energy and enthusiasm flowing [...]

Interview with Jackie Sloane, Executive Coach and Communications Consultant

April 5th, 2010 | No Comments

 
Name: Jackie Sloane
Company: Sloane Communications, Inc.
Area of Expertise: Collaborating with people to produce results through how they communicate, engage others, cultivate relationships!
Share one of your trade secrets for keeping the energy and enthusiasm flowing when working through a long session or meeting with your clients. Laughter. Taking a moment to lighten up. Sometimes a serious [...]

Interview with Jeff Merrell, Northwestern University, Learning & Organizational Change

March 29th, 2010 | No Comments

Name:  Jeff Merrell
Company:  Northwestern University Master’s Program in Learning & Organizational Change
Area of Expertise:  Linking knowledge-sharing practices to organizational strategy, with a particular emphasis on socially-responsible activities.
What sparks your creativity?
Being around other people who are engaged and enthusiastic about whatever it is they do. I love working with people who get all geeked-up about their [...]

Interview with Pamela Meyer, author of “From Workplace to Playspace”

February 15th, 2010 | No Comments

Name:
Pamela Meyer
Title of Book:
From Workplace to Playspace: Innovating, Learning and Changing Through Dynamic Engagement
What are some of the main themes of your book?
The main theme of the book is reflected in its title; From Workplace to Playspace is about a shift in mindset. The book focuses on the everyday space we create to foster [...]

Interview With Lisa Canning – Entrepreneur the Arts

February 10th, 2010 | 1 Comment

Our friend Lisa Canning of Entrepreneur the Arts was interviewed recently in Crain’s Enterprise City Blog. Lisa has taken a different perspective on applied creativity by starting the Institute for Arts Entrepreneurship.
The “starving artist” stereotype thrives even during economic boom times, so it makes sense that the recession would [...]

Interview with Rick Gurolnick, Inventor

February 5th, 2010 | 1 Comment

Name: Rick Gurolnick
Company: Neotoy
Area of Expertise: Design, Invention, New Product Concepts and Markets, Kid Marketing
What sparks your creativity?
Seeing a great example of Art or Design.
For example, look at this great photography of an off road race in South America, incredible photos:

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/01/dakar_rally_2010.html
Thinking of a lightly trod niche of new opportunity
Getting out of my “plaster cage” (my [...]