About me
Hi, Marci Segal here. Welcome to my blog.
My purpose is to free people's thinking so they can create exciting new futures. I accomplish this through blogging, consulting, speaking and writing.
I'm a creativity professional, since 1984. My areas of expertise include creativity, innovation and psychological type with specific focus on people, methods, processes and environments that encourage openness to new ideas and new decisions.
I'm a graduate of the International Center for Studies in Creativity (MS in Creative Studies), have written books on creativity and personality type and have received numerous international awards.
In 2001, together with other Canadian creativity colleagues, I co-founded World Creativity and Innovation Week April 15 - 21 which is celebrated every year, now, in more than 40 countries. It's intention: To encourage and engage people all over the world to use their creativity to make the world a better place and to make their place in the world better too, without causing harm.
creativityland inc. is an innovation and creativity consulting and training company providing human dimensions of innovation and creative-thinking consulting services, training and products, methodology and related services, conference presentations and keynotes, as well as senior course designers, trainers, facilitators and consultants specializing in creative thinking and problem solving, innovation and personality styles.
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Is Conscientiousness Compatible with Creativity? | The Creativity Post
Is Conscientiousness Compatible with Creativity? | The Creativity Post. Ever think that creativity is cheating? Read on.
What’s the big deal about creativity?
Let’s face it, people use their creativity everyday, even you. You create mash-ups, make new decisions, use your imagination, combine existing elements into new patterns and relationships and more, and not necessarily because you want to. As conditions continue to … Continue reading
How to Overcome Three Threats to Creativity – from Teresa Amabile
Teresa Amabile from Harvard Business School is one of my favourite creativity researchers ever since her 1982 book, The Social Psychology of Creativity was published.She introduced the intrinsic theory of motivation for creativity – that creativity is supported more when … Continue reading
Fresh thinking on creative process: Honing Theory
What if creativity is perceived differently than process? What if creativity transforms the world in ways that reflect the particular worldview of the creator? “A worldview is an internal mental model of reality. It is not just a compendium of … Continue reading
European Teachers believe Creativity is Fundamentally Important: Study
The aim of the study was to understand how teachers in Europe frame and conceptualize creativity and to collect information on the support they receive and need to foster students’ creativity. From the website: Teachers in Europe believe that creativity … Continue reading
Flow, creativity is affected by how you feel
Leading creativity researcher Mihalyi Cziksentmihalyi presents an explanation of how people feel when they are being creative. He talks about the flow experience – when no attention is given to anything but the task one is involved in. Satisfaction is … Continue reading
Do incentives work to motivate creativity? Dan Pink says no.
Are you a manager or leader for innovation? Pay heed. The world of working is changing in another brand new way. Dan Pink provides researched evidence that shows incentives demotivate rather than encourage new thinking. So, how might you engage … Continue reading
Creativity Courses on the Rise at Business Schools
I can’t help but be amazed by how many business people are catching the ‘creativity germ’. Not surprising given the growing interest and focus on innovation. So the market is there, demand is growing and business schools are responding by … Continue reading
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