Coaxing creativity and digging ditches: an interview with Jeff Nachtigall
Saskatoon artist Jeff Nachtigall worked with residents in a long-term health-care facility to create a safe and inspiring creative environment. Nine months later, Jeff curated a show called “The Insiders” at the Mendel Art Gallery in Saskatoon that featured the artwork of 12 artists with limited mobility or cognitive disorders—or both. NFB created a film [...]
The myth of creativity
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Most people define “creativity” as something along the lines of “originality” and “thinking differently”. But this common perception of creativity as divergent thinking, or generating a lot of unique ideas, is missing half the equation. If all that creativity required was a lot of new ideas, boardrooms might actually be considered a breeding ground for creativity, instead of where it goes to die.
From the Department of One Government
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At zu we’ve been researching how governments around the world are using the Internet. I wish there were plenty of good examples to look at but the truth is that most government websites need an overhaul.
Culture shock for your office space
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Most children don’t expect to live the eventual adulthood lives they lead, me included. Our hopes and dreams of working either for ourselves or for the coolest company ever, like in the movie BIG, are usually crushed the minute we take off our cap and gown and are sat down at our first workstations.
How ‘cool’ is cool?
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You either love ’em or you hate ‘em. You either love or you hate the Dallas Cowboys, the New York Yankees, the Toronto Maple Leafs, and companies like Starbucks, Microsoft and LuluLemon; there is no middle ground.
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