creativity

DEVELOPING LEADERSHIP CONSCIOUSNESS TO ADAPT, INNOVATE AND GROW
by Janet Sernack|04 March 2024|Education blog, Leadership blog
We are living in a world, with less stability, certainty, simplicity, and predictability, where regional conflicts, societal divisions, and civil unrest have increased globally. Simultaneously, technological-induced disruptive innovations and the climate crisis are impacting every aspect of our daily lives....
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DELIVERING SUCCESSFUL TRANSFORMATION AND CHANGE INITIATIVES
by Janet Sernack|05 February 2024|Coaching blog, Culture blog, Education blog, Leadership blog
Transformation and change initiatives are usually designed as strategic interventions, intending to advance an organisation's growth, deliver increased shareholder value, build competitive advantage, or improve its speed and agility to respond to fast-changing industries, in a disruptive business environment.  These...
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THINKING DIFFERENTLY ABOUT START-UP ENTREPRENEURSHIP
by Janet Sernack|06 November 2023|Education blog, Entrepreneurship blog
As some of you are aware, I am reaching the final chapter of what has been both a fulfilling and a challenging, thirty-five-year career as a serial global start-up entrepreneur. I am compelled to inquire, in the face of the...
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HUMAN CREATIVITY AND CREATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING WITH AI
by Janet Sernack|08 October 2023|Education blog, Innovation consulting blog
A recent McKinsey Leading Off – Essentials for leaders and those they lead email newsletter, referred to an article “The organization of the future: Enabled by gen AI, driven by people” which stated that digitization, automation, and AI will reshape...
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WHY ARE SUCCESSFUL INNOVATORS CURIOUS LIKE CATS?
by Janet Sernack|11 September 2023|Coaching blog, Education blog, Entrepreneurship blog
In last month’s blog, we shared how consciousness, imagination, and curiosity are the fundamental precursors to creativity, invention, and innovation. Where consciousness encapsulates our states and qualities of mind, our capacity for imagination and curiosity are the necessary states of...
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imagination
IS IMAGINATION REALLY MORE IMPORTANT THAN KNOWLEDGE?
by Janet Sernack|27 July 2023|Coaching blog, Culture blog, Leadership blog
Is imagination really more important than knowledge? How does imagination link to catalysing collective innovation and unleashing corporate vitality? When I did my research, I discovered that the answer is actually paradoxical! Albert Einstein famously said "Imagination is more important...
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GENDER STEREOTYPES, AGEISM AND WOMEN START-UP ENTREPRENEURS
by Janet Sernack|04 July 2023|Culture blog, Entrepreneurship blog
It’s been thirty-five years since I exited my life as a top retail corporate executive, to become a female entrepreneur. This rollercoaster journey includes ten years as one of many adventurous, brave, global women start-up entrepreneurs. It has been a...
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INNOVATION LEADERSHIP IS PARADOXICAL
by Janet Sernack|31 May 2023|Culture blog, Leadership blog
Most of us are aware that both the organisational leadership and cultural paradigms have shifted, due to the accelerating demands of the current global VUCA/BANI operating environment. Requiring us to make sense of and navigate the paradoxical nature of innovation...
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THINKING ABOUT WELL-BEING, RESILIENCE AND CREATIVITY DIFFERENTLY
by Janet Sernack|29 March 2023|Coaching blog, Education blog
In our previous two blogs, we outlined the need, in our chaotic world of unknowns, to reclaim our focus and attention and take charge of our own minds. By reclaiming these, and enhancing self-awareness we have a deeper understanding of...
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BEING IN CHARGE OF OUR MINDS AND ATTENTION
by Janet Sernack|08 March 2023|Coaching blog, Leadership blog
In our February blog, we explored how our focus and attention have been stolen, and how our ability to pay attention is collapsing and described why we need to be intentional in reclaiming it. Yet, many of us are constantly...
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