The Fertile Unknown

The Tenth Dimension

I found this a fascinating video of the universe in its 10 dimensions based on String Theory - "dimensionalizing" itself just like in any creative process:

Here's to the Crazy Ones!

Here's to the creators who change the world...

Evolutionary Marketing

Evolutionary Marketing - developed by Sam Rosen, CEO of the Verticality Group - is an emerging marketing system that includes the best practices that came before and it takes it a step further. It enables you to expand your perspective on who you are and why you're here - and how your marketing can serve multiple bottom lines: profit, people, planet, process, and purpose. It:

~ Integrates what's working with what's possible
~ Creates better, more meaningful relationships with customers and prospects
~ Increases Lifetime Relational Value with partners, stakeholders and customers
~ Allows you to see your marketing in a larger strategic and philosophical context
~ Helps you write copy that builds immediate, positive emotional rapport with readers

You can see Sam in action - and work on your marketing issues in real time - at the next Capitol Creativity Network event in Washignton, DC on November 14. Go to www.capitolcreativitynetwork.com for details.

Commitment - Experience - Logic

My philosophy for using improv as a training and transformation tool:

Commit first.
Experience second.
Make sense third.

So often we try to make sense before committing, and do not even get to the experienced embodiment part. By committing, and then experiencing, we have more direct information from which to make sense...and new ideas and strategies can emerge. This is true for improv techniques, and I believe, for transformative change in any area of life.

Mr. Picasso Head

I love anything on the web that allows you to create in real time. Try your hand at your own Picasso at Mr. Picasso Head:  www.mrpicassohead.com. You have an array of body parts from which to choose to create a distinctively unique being.
 

Theater for Doctors

HealthDay news reported the new evidence that doctors who take theater classes have better bed-side manners. The finding were based on doctors who took 6 hours of theater classes and lectures given by university professors - theater-based training to help physicians improve their communication skills with their patients. The results: "The researchers found that, in almost all respects, residents exposed to theater training were appreciably better at communicating with their patients than they had been before the training."

Storytelling in Organizations

Using storytelling in organizations can be a powerful means of connecting members, conveying principles and concepts, building shared history, resolving paradox, and co-developing an inspired - and creative - future. Some of the story categories that can be used include:

Stories about creativity or invention
Stories about others
Stories about process
Stories about what is invisible or unsaid
Stories about work
Stories about what is not yet known
Stories about the organization
Stories as connection
Stories as learning invitations
Stories about the past
Stories about the future
Stories about oneself
Stories about a shared journey
Stories about diversity
Stories about differences
Stories of wonder or awe
Stories of celebration
Stories of triumph over adversity
Stories about integration
Stories of transformation or change
Stories about the new paradigm
Stories about milestones
Stories about mythic situations or archetypal figures
Stories of emergence
Living Stories - stories that are modified and added on to over time