Ukraine, Sarajevo: Healing Trauma of War. The host for this show is Phyllis Blees. The guest is Laurie Marshall. Envisioning positive futures together is a key skill to surviving and thriving in the 21st century. Creativity is a birthright. We each need to use our genius to heal our heartbreak. With a clear vision, like […]
‘Use Your Noodle’ with Chef Soma Mutsuko (The Creative Life)
Accessing Your ‘inner Chef’ with Fluency. The hosts for this show are Phyllis Blees and Darlene Boyd. The guest is Soma Mutsuko. Seattle’s Soba Master Chef Soma Mutsuko teaches us the creative art of “fluency.” Fluency , a core skill of creative thinking (per creativity expert Dr. Joyce Juntune). She teaches us her method of […]
Flash Foresight, Disruption to Opportunity (The Creative Life)
Maximize Outcomes Using Creative Foresight. The hosts for this show are Darlene Boyd and Phyllis Blees. The guest is Daniel Burrus. In this insightful interview with serial entrepreneur, author of seven books, and futurist on global trends and disruptive innovation, Daniel Burrus, shares how we can use “the power of foresight and certainty” to maximize […]
The Internet is Not Facebook (The Creative Life)
How we Got Here, Where we Could Go Next. The host for this show is Phyllis Blees. The guest is Corynne McSherry. Our guest invites us into the world of cyberspace where creativity and innovation are thriving and sometimes thwarted. She brings us up to date on current efforts of the Electronic Frontier Foundation—the leading […]
Designing Innovative Organizations (The Creative Life)
The Art of ‘Ambidextrous Innovation’. The hosts for this show are Phyllis Blees and Darlene Boyd. The guest is Neal Gutterson. Organizations that can both keep up with and stay ahead of marketplace demands must cultivate systems designed for both incremental and transformational innovation. Guest Neal Gutterson described a way for organizations to meet both […]
Live Where You Love—Love Where You Live (The Creative Life)
Accessing Your ‘Inner Disrupter’. The hosts for this show are Phyllis Blees and Darlene Boyd. The guest is David Applebaum. David Applebaum did not know what he wanted to be when he grew up. He excelled at art, math, and working with others. David reveals how architecture engaged these creative, technical, and social skills on […]
Creativity as a Healing Art (The Creative Life)
Creative Works as a Medium for Healing. The hosts for this episode are Darlene Boyd and Phyllis Blees. The guest for this episode is Noelle McAlinden. The guest shares her very personal and challenging story of family tragedy which she was able to transform into healing and flourishing through her creative work. The creative work […]
The Innovation Paradox (The Creative Life)
The Innovation Race. The hosts for this episode are Darlene Boyd and Phyllis Blees. The guest for this episode is Gaia Grant. Companies, like Google may appear to be leading in “The Innovation Race”, but do they have all the solutions and can they be simply copied? Dr. Gaia Grant’s latest research reveals how understanding […]
Poetry-Knowing why the Revolution must come (The Creative Life)
Philadelphia to Mount Vernon: Black Is. The hosts for this episode are Phyllis Blees and Darlene Boyd. The guest for this episode is Roger Reeves. Discussion focused on poetry as a creative art. Key questions discussed included, how does the poetic process happen? Can poetry be taught effectively? Does poetry shift communication, understanding and problem […]
Cities Left Behind in Hi-Tech Innovation (The Creative Life)
Closing economic gap in Hi-Tech sector. The host for this episode is Phyllis Blees. The guest for this episode is Rob Atkinson. It has become clear that while the future of America’s economy lies in its high-tech innovation sector, that same sector has widened the nation’s regional economic divides. This sector fuels a growing gap […]