Creative Leadership

These articles explore what kind of creative leadership can foster innovation, creative organizational cultures and relevant solutions. In our fast paced times, both business and the non-profit sector are looking to people that have highly developed creative thinking abilities. By leading and supporting people to develop more finely tuned creative thinking skills, organizations will be better at spotting trends, seeing opportunities, managing complex challenges and staying relevant to customer and client needs.

 
 
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Influencing the Space: If AI could meet Buddha
Creative Leadership, Individual Creativity, Serious Play
Influencing the Space: If AI could meet Buddha
Creative Leadership, Individual Creativity, Serious Play

Think Jar Collective member and contemporary artist Willy Bo Richardson on AI, Creativity, and Buddhism

Creative Leadership, Individual Creativity, Serious Play
The Thing with Tools and Culture of Innovation
Creative Leadership, Creative Organizational Culture
The Thing with Tools and Culture of Innovation
Creative Leadership, Creative Organizational Culture

Think Jar Collective founder Ben Weinlick, debunking the myth that all you need are creativity and innovation tools for sustained organizational innovation.

Creative Leadership, Creative Organizational Culture
DIY innovations from 30 years of isolation
Creative Leadership, Individual Creativity, Serious Play
DIY innovations from 30 years of isolation
Creative Leadership, Individual Creativity, Serious Play

Great mini documentary on the development of Cuba's DIY culture that emerged over 30 years of necessity.

Creative Leadership, Individual Creativity, Serious Play
Punk Rock Innovation
Creative Leadership, Serious Play
Punk Rock Innovation
Creative Leadership, Serious Play

Think Jar Collective contributor Peter Cook on the link between punk rock and innovation

Creative Leadership, Serious Play
The Braveheart Facilitator Creed
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The Braveheart Facilitator Creed
Creative Leadership

Think Jar Collective contributor and creativity expert Leslie Ehm lays down the law on being an effective creative problem solving facilitator

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Fostering Creative Problem Solving In The Social Sector
Creative Collaboration, Creative Leadership, Creative Organizational Culture, Serious Play
Fostering Creative Problem Solving In The Social Sector
Creative Collaboration, Creative Leadership, Creative Organizational Culture, Serious Play

Ben Weinlick, founder of Think Jar Collective shares the design thinking process that he and a team of social innovators have been experimenting with to improve service quality in the social sector.

Creative Collaboration, Creative Leadership, Creative Organizational Culture, Serious Play
Designing Solutions to Foster Creativity in Education
Creative Collaboration, Creative Leadership
Designing Solutions to Foster Creativity in Education
Creative Collaboration, Creative Leadership

Great project and video related to the No right brain left behind project by Slojd.This is real action around transforming our outdated education system

Creative Collaboration, Creative Leadership
Twelve Things You Are Not Taught in Schools About Creative Thinking
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Twelve Things You Are Not Taught in Schools About Creative Thinking
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Think Jar Collective contributor and creativity expert Michael Michalko shares his insights on what we don't learn about creativity in the school system.

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Art and Design Intersecting With Leadership
Creative Leadership
Art and Design Intersecting With Leadership
Creative Leadership

Art intersecting with leadership. John Maeda's new TED talk video on Art, design and leadership.

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Social Innovation and Creativity Lessons From India
Creative Leadership
Social Innovation and Creativity Lessons From India
Creative Leadership

Social Innovation and creativity from India

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What They Did Not Teach Me in Business School
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What They Did Not Teach Me in Business School
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Shaun Brandt of Think Jar Collective and Co-founder of ONST Creative, shares insights on creativity and business that he didn't learn from a typical business education

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Why Rejection May Be the Mark of Great Innovation
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Why Rejection May Be the Mark of Great Innovation
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Leslie Ehm shares insights with Think Jar Collective on what supports innovation and creativity

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Brain-calming Vs. Brainstorming
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Brain-calming Vs. Brainstorming
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Colin Funk of Think Jar Collective shares his insights on the creativity technique of brain calming

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Caine's Arcade: Beautiful story about a boy and his creativity
Creative Leadership
Caine's Arcade: Beautiful story about a boy and his creativity
Creative Leadership

Amazing story of creativity from youth and an unexpected meeting

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Educate for a creative Society
Creative Leadership
Educate for a creative Society
Creative Leadership

Great video from Innovation guru tom peters on why creativity is so important and how traditional education paradigms often stifle it.

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Simple things impacting big innovation in Africa
Creative Leadership
Simple things impacting big innovation in Africa
Creative Leadership

Inspiring video of innovation in Africa

Creative Leadership
How might you relate Dieter Rams' 10 principles of good design to your domain?
Creative Leadership, Individual Creativity, Design
How might you relate Dieter Rams' 10 principles of good design to your domain?
Creative Leadership, Individual Creativity, Design

A look at Dieter Rams design principles and how they might be applied in other domains to spark creativity.

Creative Leadership, Individual Creativity, Design
Through the eyes of artists documentary
Creative Leadership
Through the eyes of artists documentary
Creative Leadership

This film was made by Arthouse Productions and supported by SKILLS Society among others.  It follows a group of artists with disabilities from Edmonton, Alberta Canada as they explore social justice issues through various art forms.

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Tom Peters on how Innovation is easy!...
Creative Leadership
Tom Peters on how Innovation is easy!...
Creative Leadership

Great little clip from Tom Peters on how innovation is actually easy. Check it out to learn how.

Creative Leadership