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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Category Archives: futures
Occupy Wall Street? September 17th? Social Unrest Solutions 1 + 2
Social Unrest Solution 1 Plans for occupying financial districts in New York, Madrid, Milan, London, Paris and San Francisco on Sept 17, 2011 were announced in Adbusters this morning. People are being asked to bring tents and simple kitchens and … Continue reading
Be the change, collective creativity
Just back from the World Futures Society Conference in Vancouver. Can’t help but see that tomorrow’s world will not be anything like it is today, or was yesterday. Whether you like it or not, we are on the brink of … Continue reading
Top 10 Innovation Challenges for 2020
Presentation from the recent International Society for Professional Innovation Managers in Hamburg, Germany earlier this month. Related articles The Top 10 Innovation Challenges for 2020 (blogs.forbes.com)
What if the world’s future depended on your decisions?
Would you act any differently? Yesterday my financial planner suggested ways to increase the return on investments. He recommended placing funds in industries I didn’t support, such as agricultural organizations that pay little attention to the quality of life of … Continue reading
Living for the future – what’s your attitude?
Futurists are people who study the future using a variety of forecasting techniques. They know that people’s attitude toward the future shapes what is to come and influences which tools to use to prepare. Five attitudes about the future Tomorrow … Continue reading
Electronics and creativity – opportunities for new decisions
Annie Leonard has done it again. Following her films The Story of Stuff, of Cosmetics, of Bottled Water, of Cap and Trade is her new contribution to understanding how things work, The Story of Electronics. Worth the view. Might inspire … Continue reading
The rewards of risk: It’s beautiful in outer space
In an earlier post, Why schools don’t teach for creative intelligence: A rant, the story Galileo’s punishment for challenging the status quo was retold. Today, a tweet friend (twiend?) pointed to this youtube video. Thanks Galileo, for taking the risk … Continue reading
What’s in your future?
The Greek philosopher Heraclitus once wrote that nothing is certain except change. In the last two decades we have been forced to acknowledge this ancient truth, for many of our time- honoured and reliable religious, economic and social structures and … Continue reading
US Institutional Cracklings August 6, 2010
I was overwhelmed by the news read on the bus on my way home from work showing signs of how our once-cherished institutions are crackling. Methinks the option of going back to normal just doesn’t exist anymore. Agree? I’m wondering … Continue reading
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