Recently I had the opportunity to present to a class on innovation and entrepreneurship at San Francisco State University. They had some great questions for me, including how to get unstuck when I feel stuck.
Creativity and Gender Equality: The Need for True Empowerment in Both Women and Men
Here’s an amazing TED talk from a new friend of mine, Joselyn DiPetta, whom I fortuitously met in the final moments of the 2015 Wisdom 2.0 Conference after party. Her above talk,”The Missing Piece in the Gender Equality Puzzle” is fantastic, and is a must see for anyone wanting to: transcend the limitations of stereotypes […]
Transcendence, Transformation, and Transmutation: The Secret Links Between, Insight, Innovation, and Healing
This is a follow up talk to the Creativity and Healing: Re-Establishing Wholeness through Self-Expression
Austin Hill Shaw Speaks on Creativity to Dr. Shauna Shapiro’s Positive Psychology Class at Santa Clara University
Here’s a link to an hour long presentation I gave on creativity at the Santa Clara University for a group of graduate students in the emerging and important field of positive psychology. I was invited by Dr. Shauna Shapiro, an internationally recognized teacher and advocate for mindfulness in all aspects of life. The presentation contains […]
Austin Hill Shaw Speaks on the Power of Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP)
This excerpt was taken from an hour long presentation by Austin Hill Shaw at the NLP Coaching Institute of California on Saturday, November 3, 2012. The full presentation was entitled “Creativity Demystified: The 3 Components of Creativity and How to Cultivate them Using NLP Techniques”. http://youtu.be/m-BknXbuiIs
Creativity Q & A: What is the Link between Creativity and Nature, Part II?
Filmed in early August 2012 in the High Sierras, in a place named by Creative Expert, Austin Hill Shaw and his friend William James Okin as The Universal Ground of Everything, with Padmasambhava Peak and Ganesh in the background, Austin explores the links between creativity and nature in his annual wilderness retreat space. http://youtu.be/fZrtBE08mjM About the […]
Author of The Accidental Creative, Todd Henry, Speaks on Creativity Under Pressure
Prolific, brilliant, and/or healthy. How to balance various aspects of creativity to have a truly creative life? Attention all creators! I really enjoyed this talk by Todd Henry on the nature of creativity in an era of constant demand and high productivity. Todd puts together a powerful argument, saying that on demand brilliance is really […]
Austin Hill Shaw’s Ten Year Anniversary of Embarking on the Buddhist Path
For more on creativity visit https://austinhillshaw.com. In late June of 2002, Creativity Expert, Austin Hill Shaw began the most important journey of his life: The exploration of his own heart and mind. In this clip, he talks about his experience during his first 10 day meditation retreat and the impact it has had on himself […]
Creativity and Neurology: The Way We Think About the Brain Can Determine Its Creative Potential
“Why do we persist in our belief that the brain is purely and simply a ‘machine,’ a program without promise? Why are we ignorant of our own plasticity?” That question is raised by Catherine Malabou in her book, What Should We Do With Our Brain?, which in part explores how the ways in which we think about our […]
“Corporate Alchemist” Linda Naiman Brings Creativity to the Public Sector
Sometimes it takes a bit of crisis to usher in a fresh wave of creativity into a place that is insular and prone to inertia. Here is a story of how the global economic crisis has perhaps brought a fresh, creative air to the managers of Canadian Heritage, a branch of the Canadian government that oversees […]