Creative Culture, Inclusion
July 21, 2022
The Comfortable, The Uncomfortable, and A Couple of Perspectives
Ah, the joys of comfort: a comfortable bed, couch, work schedule, hobbies, life, and on and on the list goes. Is it possible to ever have too much comfort? If things remain in a constant state of comfort, could that potentially be preventing areas of growth? Perhaps. That’s why it...
Creativity, Education, Neuroscience
June 9, 2022
Observing The Unnoticed
When my husband and I moved into a condo in 2011, we loved the property grounds, which stood near the edge of a mountain. Though we took a few strolls here and there, we never really observed the area in which we lived. It wasn’t until my son was walking—and...
Creative Culture, Education, Inclusion, Intercultural Creativity, Leadership, Neuroscience
May 26, 2022
Adapting, Creativity, and the Future of Work
The world is ever changing. We have gone from mobile phones having only 1740kb of memory to smartphones being able to do everything except bake a roast. There was a time when store catalogs would arrive in our physical mailboxes. Now catalogs, magazines, periodicals, and more are mostly digital. You...
Creative Culture, Education, Inclusion, Intercultural Creativity, Leadership, Neuroscience
May 19, 2022
Cognitive Diversity and Shifting Perspectives
When we hear the word diversity, we often think of demographic diversity. The top-four common associations with diversity are generally race, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation. However, cognitive diversity is just as important as demographic diversity. Cognitive diversity simply refers to how someone thinks: opinions, world views, beliefs, and styles...
Creative Culture, Creativity, Education, Inclusion, Intercultural Creativity, Neuroscience
May 12, 2022
Real or Real Fake?
What am I doing? I can’t possibly go through with it. Everyone will find out that I don’t know what I’m doing. Have you ever experienced those types of thoughts? Unfortunately, many of us have. We suddenly feel incompetent, like we don’t belong. We feel if someone were to discover...
Arts and Creativity, Creative Culture, Creativity, Education, Intercultural Creativity
May 5, 2022
Agility, Perspective, and Your Imagination
When you think of agility, what are a few words that come to mind? Are they words that typically correspond with athletic prowess—flexibility, quickness, dexterity? What about expanding our ideas of agility into other areas of our lives? Could it be incorporated and applied into our organizational skills and how...