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.
Contact: marci at creativityland.net
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Tag Archives: instinct
Being right, being wrong. Does it affect creativity?
Recent excerpts a Slate’s The Wrong Stuff interview with Harville Hendrix on the state of “being right” led me to consider ways in which emotions may affect people’s consideration of new idea and making new decisions. The bolding and italics … Continue reading
Go with the flow – does it mean the same to everyone?
It’s common for Creativity Professionals to encourage clients to go with the flow to allow for new ideas and new decisions to emerge that will help create exciting new futures. And then I thought: What flow are you asking them … 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
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
Breaking habits – Thomas Jefferson’s example
Habits take an effort to overcome, and when they are, they can influence the future. Scientists at the United States Library of Congress have revealed the moment when Thomas Jefferson altered the Declaration of Independence to set the course of … Continue reading
Columbia management professor sees light in dark moods for creativity
Modupe Akinola, management professor at the Columbia Business School, has a particular interest in the effect of moods on creativity. Her research shows that negative moods have a positive effect on artistic creativity. Would such be the same for creativity … Continue reading
Boost Creativity: 7 Unusual Psychological Techniques
Here’s an example of using intellect to unleash instinct for new ideas and new decisions. Looking for the last piece of the puzzle? Try these 7 research-based techniques for increasing creativity. Everyone is creative: we can all innovate. via Boost … Continue reading
Creativity and Innovation: Instinct and Intellect
Too many people continue to confuse creativity with innovation, and that muddies up the work. Teresa Amabile from Harvard University has simplified these understandings. Briefly, she says that creativity is the idea and innovation is the idea in action. Others … Continue reading
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