Last week Jessica Bowman, Associate Superintendent / School Principal, Siskiyou Union High School District, and Certified Intentional Creativity® Teacher shared how implementing creative practices in her district office created cultural transformation. This week Jessica shares ideas that could be brought into other places of work. She suggests setting up the projects as a collaboration vs […]
Creativty at Work: Creativity in school administration
“Creativity is a mindset that allows us to work our way through the world in the most positive way possible, both in our personal and professional lives. ~ Jessica Bowman Jessica Bowman, Associate Superintendent / School Principal, Siskiyou Union High School District, and Certified Intentional Creativity® Teacher shared that the creativity research she did while […]
Creativity at Work: Creativity within Restraints
“We think loosely as we’re putting the pieces of the puzzle together. As the pieces come together, we unite them with inspirational elements to create a functional, creative, complaint space.” ~ Joanne Boché For Joanne Boché being creative within the constraints of compliance, functionality, innovation and deadlines is her default mode. The team at the […]
Creativity at Work: Imagination & World Peace
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. ~ Albert Einstein. Einstein also said, “Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” Where would we be without imagination? It’s play for our brain, a form of artistry and a state of putting pieces together or […]
Creativity at Work: Creativity and the Moon Cycles
I’ve always been fascinated by the science of the moon cycles and the lore or truth of human’s strange behavior during the full moon. And in recent years have become a student of the cycles of the moon and how they affect us, symbolically if not literally. Simply playing attention to when it’s a full […]
Creativity at Work: Creative confidence
“Creativity, it’s your treasure, your power, your potential, and your power. It’s in our DNA. We are wired for it”, says Marta Ockuly, Psychology of Creativity & Creative Process Educator/Researcher, Ph.D.(c), M.Sc. So many people don’t believe they are creative. I hear this all the time and have experienced that belief in the Intentional Creativity […]
Creativity at Work: The sense of smell– Mint and tangerines
One sniff of cookies baking in the oven, of a fully opened rose bud, or even a cleaning product can spark memories, hopefully good, sometimes not. This concept, known as the “Proust Phenomenon”, suggests that although we each have different memories and experiences, everyone has the ability to experience a distinct response when inhaling aromas. […]
Creativity at Work: The Senses – Sound & Center
“It rings true.” To most this means there is either some truth in something someone says. To René Jenkins it means “All is in alignment”. From Sonoma, CA, René is a multi-instrumentalist, ceremonial sound practitioner, speaker, teacher and professional musician for over 25 years playing trombone, piano, and ancient indigenous instruments. René understands the sense […]
Creativity at Work: The Senses- Sight & the Super Bloom
We all know about the senses from our eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and skin. But there is so much more to it than those simple words. I count our sixth sense as well, our intuition, imagination, the guiding wise inner knowing that can be so easy to ignore but is usually the truth. Which is […]
Creativity at Work: Wisdom of a working artist
What good is Art? I recently attended the opening art exhibit reception for Mike Kendall, who has lived and worked in the thriving artist community of the Benicia, CA Arsenal for more than 25 years. Mike’s thoughts posted on the wall, from a book he collaborated on “What Good is Art? By William T. Wiley […]