Creating a creative state of mind: Promoting creativity through proactive vitality management and mindfulness

Mindful creativity: the influence of mindfulness meditation on creative thinking

Recently the interest in the neurocognitive and psychological effects of meditation, and in particular mindfulness-meditation (MM), has largely grown. From the eighties, research has focused on health benefits of MM and on the cognitive and emotional changes resulting from practice (Kabat-Zinn, 1994; Cahn and Polich, 2006). Several findings suggest that the “observe and accept” approach of MM m...

Business Continuity Preparedness and the Mindfulness State of Mind

Today, with the growing dependence on technology and increasing population growth, the impact of man-made and natural disasters, on human lives and financial losses, is greater than ever. Though some businesses are investing in business continuity planning, others are still reluctant. “An estimated 80 percent of companies without a well-conceived and tested business continuity plan, go out of b...

Cultural urban branding and creative cities: A theoretical framework for promoting creativity in the public spaces

In response to the fragmentation of individuals brought on by globalization, it is important to expand the positioning of the four quadrants of public space, based on cosmopolitanism, in order to re-establish the creativity of cities. By examining cases such as that of cultural urban branding at BMW-MINI, and Montreal’s puppet theatre, which chose to adopt the methods of Bunraku for its display...

ProActive : Fostering Teachers ' Creativity through Game - Based Learning

Promoting creativity and innovation

Innovative biotechnologists are expected to make major contributions as we emerge from the current period of economic uncertainty. This however is against the backdrop of the vast majority of university students as well as employees in the bioscience industries having received little or no training in techniques that could greatly enhance their creative and innovative potential. Here, we presen...