Last week I participated at the ‘Creativity Rising’ conference here in Dublin, organized by Alec Taylor. (I wrote about Alec’s Multi-talent workshops in a previous blog.) What a brilliant weekend! 18 creativity practitioners from Spain, Portugal, Austria and Ireland came together to share works in progress, give each other feedback and share ideas. (Part of [...]
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Liquid Modernity
Here’s an interesting piece that came in from Trendwatching.com Written by Zygmunt Bauman (a Polish sociologist), I think it pretty well sums up why the world needs conscious creativity more than ever. By this I mean awareness, training, teaching and practice, and especially creativity training from primary level, through secondary and into third level.
“Liquid [...]
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Fabulous Fresh Food!
Earlier this year I wrote about working with a new food innovation group in Kilkenny. This group is comprised of food artisans who have developed new products over the last 8 months. The programme will finish on October 24th with an event to showcase the new products. Guests will sample the wonderful new tastes whilst [...]
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Creativity Conference Inspiration
Last week I attended and presented at the annual Creativity Jamboree, which is held in Greenwich University. The event is organized by Dr. Kanes Rajah, director of the Centre for Entrepreneurship, and has been in existence for 9 years. Just imagine 3 days in beautiful historic Greenwich, sunny trips on the Thames, beautiful walks - [...]
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Making the Leap
Recently I took my courage in my hands and did a tandem skydive. How this came about was, my son Conor had wanted to do one for quite a while, and he suggested that we give it a try. So, on a glorious sunny day last month we embarked on our adventure at the [...]
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Lovely Leitrim
Yesterday I presented at the Innovation in Enterprise Conference 2009, hosted by the Leitrim County Enterprise Board. Also speaking were Kevin Kelly and James Martin. Both excellent speakers, their passion and enthusiasm was very inspiring for me personally. I thoroughly enjoyed meeting many of the people who attended the conference, business owners who, if we [...]
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Multi-Talent Workshops
Have you ever felt like you want to take time out to have some creative fun? This is what I did a couple of weeks ago. At the kind invitation of Alec Taylor, originator of Multi-Talent workshops, I took part in one of his singing /performance workshops.
It was a day of freedom to be part [...]
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Networking for Innovation in 2009
Recently I’ve been busy with bringing to completion one project and starting another.
During 2008 I worked with Kilkenny County Enterprise Board in designing and facilitating a BIN (Business Innovation Network). This was comprised of 12 business owners who came together to experience new creativity and problem solving tools and develop a strong network through which [...]
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A Feast For The Imagination
Last week I visited Rome for the first time, and like many before me, was overwhelmed by the wealth of art, particularly in the Vatican Museum. You know that feeling when you’ve eaten too large a meal, and by the end of it you no longer appreciate the individual flavours of the food? That’s how [...]
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Yves Behar, designer
Here’s an inspiring presentation by Yves Behar on the importance and impact of values in design. I believe that there’s a message here for everyone, regardless of what sector you work in. One thing about the downturn in the economy is that it give us the time to reflect on what we’re doing, how we’re [...]
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