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MICHELLE JAMES

Creativity catalyst and coach Michelle James, CEO of The Center for Creative Emergence, works with solo-preneurs and business organizations to help them unlock and focus their creativity to develop their signature approaches; draw out new solutions, strategies, services and products; and create inspired work. Using the principles of emergence with creativity, she developed the Creative Emergence Process®. Her techniques has been featured in numerous publications and on television.

How Appreciative Inquiry Can Help you to be More Creative: Interview with William E. Smith, Ph.D.

Appreciative inquiry gives us the power to transcend current models, thinking, judgements and structures, so we can realize more of our creative potential, explains William E. Smith Ph.D, President of ODII. Bill is an innovative thinker and practitioner in the field of leadership, organization and social development. He's developed new, creative approaches to organization for multinational corporations, governments, and villages all over the world.

Ideascale2020-07-09T10:23:58-07:00November 2nd, 2011|Categories: Interview|Tags: action, appreciative inquiry, control, creative leadership, creative thinker, Creativity, influence, innovative, interviews, mindset, open system, paradigm shift, power, purpose, relationships|

9 Practices for Cultivating Creative Aliveness

Are you looking for a way to feel more creatively vital, more alive? Here are nine practices that can help you to cultivate your creative self.

Sarah Vandenberg2020-07-15T15:35:28-07:00February 8th, 2011|Categories: Idea Management|Tags: adapting, affirmation, asking, be present, centering, clarity of focus, clearing, creating, creative process, Creativity, cultivate, embodiment, holding, Ideation, improv, improvisation, inspiration, left brain, linear, listen, meditation, right brain, ritual, sacred time, visualization, whole brain, yes and|

Weak signals, connections and leveraging networks are keys to creativity: Smyre

To creatively prepare for the future in an era of great transition, we need to pay attention to weak signals and look for conections in everything, says futurist Rick Smyre.

15 Foundations for Facilitating Creativity in the Workplace

Here are lessons learned from 12 years of creative facilitation in business, from creativity expert Michelle James.

Sarah Vandenberg2020-07-27T18:08:03-07:00September 29th, 2010|Categories: Strategies, Training & Education|Tags: adapt, awareness, challenges, Communication, creative edges, Creative facilitation, Creativity, diversity, dynamic balance, education, expansion, exploration, fail, Failure, fun, functional, Innovation Strategy, intention, novelty, observation, open system, patterns, permission, purpose, resistance, rituals, self-organization, storytelling, team diversity, Teamwork, transformative|

7 reflection tools for navigating the unknown and exploring new territory

In a world filled with accelerating, unprecedented change, the ability to navigate the unknown and explore new areas is becoming an essential skill, says Michelle James.

Sarah Vandenberg2020-08-04T16:35:05-07:00June 29th, 2010|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: active learning, alternative methods, beginner, challenge, change, compassion, creative reflection, creativity tools, cultivate, engage, engage uncertainty, explore, human paradox, knowledge-base society, Messy, multi-sensory stimulation, mystery, navigating the unknown, risk-taking, solutions, whole brain thinking|

What the Self-Organizing Principles of Improv Theater can Teach Us About Business Creativity

Michelle James explores the fascinating connections between adhering to the principles of improvisational theater in a performance and being able to adapt, create and improvise effectively in the work place.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-12-01T09:26:19-08:00March 16th, 2010|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: adapt, adaptive, change, co-create, Collaboration, complex adaptive systems, complexity matrix, connections, contribution, create, Creativity, dynamic system, emergence, energy, generative, ideas, improv, improv principles, improvisation, increasing complexity, interdependence, mistakes, pattern making, resilience, self-organization, staying present, structure, support, Teamwork, theater, yes and|

Creative Collaboration: Lessons from Improv Theater

Creativity flows best when we don't try to channel it, but give ourselves the freedom to explore and play, according to Michelle James. In this article, she explores the parallels between cultivating creativity and the free-flow that takes place during an improvizational play.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-11-29T13:57:33-08:00November 4th, 2008|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: Collaboration, Creativity, improvisation|