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[VIDEO] Creativity and Bay Area Innovation, Part VII: The Spirit of Transformation

To have a landscape peppered with snake-like rocks, as occurs in the Bay Area,  is not insignificant for creativity and innovation. In every creative act, something is always transformed into something else. When you begin to adapt creativity as a way of living, you begin to see it flourishing everywhere.  And part of living a […]

Filed Under: Art + Business, Religion + Spirituality, Self-Expression Tagged With: Bay Area, Blog, Education, Innovation, Psychology, Spirituality

[VIDEO] Creativity and Bay Area Innovation, Part VI: Play!

One of the most undervalued aspects of creativity and innovation is the aspect of play. Though children do it naturally, we adults tend to neglect its value, often falling into the trap of relentless, unceasing productivity. Ground zero for play grounds Recently, I made a trip The Koret Children’s Playground in San Francisco’s Golden Gate […]

Filed Under: Art + Business, Self-Expression Tagged With: Bay Area, Education, Innovation, Psychology

[VIDEO] Creativity and Bay Area Innovation, Part V: The Spirit of Cooperation Fueling Innovation

…it’s no accident that high tech arose in the Bay Area and not in the more established intellectual hotspots of the East Coast.   Whereas East Coast companies such as IBM and Xerox were both secretive and insular, not wanting the secrets behind their advances to be leaked out to competing companies, the cooperative environments of […]

Filed Under: Art + Business, Science + Technology Tagged With: Bay Area, Blog, Collaboration, Design, Innovation, Psychology

[VIDEO] Creativity and Bay Area Innovation, Part IV: The Grinding Geology

Grinding Geology and Creativity

Since creativity and destruction are two sides of the same coin (in order to create anything, something must be destroyed, morphed, or transformed), those who get to feel the occasional shrugs of the earth, as Bay Area inhabitants bear witness, also gain valued, experiential insight into the dynamic, interdependent, creative universe in which we inhabit. […]

Filed Under: Religion + Spirituality, Science + Technology Tagged With: Bay Area, Blog, Ground of Creativity

[VIDEO] Mindfulness and Creativity in the Workplace: How to Build Cultures of Innovation

Creativity, mindfulness, and your 3 core human needs No matter who you are, no matter what you do, there are three core human needs that drive you. Connection, making a difference, and meaning. At a fundamental level, both mindfulness and creativity share this in common: They are tried and true paths for fulfilling these three […]

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