Creativity Conversations with Nina Lockwood

Your IQ alone won’t bring you happiness, productivity or success

Creativity Conversations with Greg Menendez, episode 52. Greg is a facilitator and coach whose passion is to help people, teams and cultures realize their potential. When Greg was just 5 years old, he asked his father (a doctor), “why do we have two brains?” pointing to the ‘squiggly bit’ in the head and the stomach! Since then, he has held a deep fascination for how the brain, and now the mind, works.

This fascination in human behavior led to a career in brand marketing, culminating with Greg being the Marketing Director at Nike New Zealand. There’s an old adage in branding which says “Strong brands are built upon an emotional connection”. So Greg sought to understand how people emotionally connect.

Fast forward and Greg spent over 25 years advising business owners and leaders in brand strategy. Greg observed a curious pattern in performance variability which didn’t appear to be related to intelligence, industry experience or resources. What was causing this variation in human performance? 

Greg was fortunate to come across a new paradigm for human psychology that profoundly changed his life and explained the variation in performance he had both experienced and witnessed in his clients. Greg now shares this paradigm full time. 

Greg lives New Zealand at Waihi Beach in the Bay of Plenty with his wife Anna and their 3 boys. 

To find out more about Greg and what he offers, go to https://www.likeneverbefore.co.nz.

 

-Creativity Conversations explores the nature of our infinite creative potential. You need to know this! You’re creative, too, even if you don't yet consider yourself to be. Creativity is as simple as being open and curious, creating interesting things, solving problems, finding solutions,  and being in "flow." It's essence is always and everywhere the same. 

- Nina Lockwood is a coach, author, speaker and artist helping people discover who they really are, what they genuinely want and how to bring it into their lives. 

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Using Creativity for Social Change

Creativity Conversations with Michael Unrau, episode 51. Michael has spent the last 5 years investigating creativity from an ontological, complex systems, and transdisciplinary lens. Completing his PhD in creativity and social innovation, Michael has a particular focus on how creative mindfulness impacts complex social challenges like collective trauma and climate change. He teaches social innovation at Mount Royal University, was an adjunct professor at University of Calgary, and has held international fellowships and facilitated creative projects around the world, including a “mini” social-lab in India.

Michael’s main interest is in finding and accessing creativity in everyone through a complex systems lens to generate social innovations for societal transformation.

Michael has also been a lay-monk in a Buddhist Monastery in Thailand, co-founded a physical theatre company, is a published poet, song-writer, and photographer, and was a host for the TV show “Active Traveller.” He facilitates expressive arts, Living Inquiries mindfulness, EFT, and is a certified Transformational Arts facilitator.

To contact Michael, email him here: msunrau[at]mail.ubc.ca.

--Creativity Conversations explores the nature of our infinite creative potential. You need to know this! You’re creative, too, even if you don't yet consider yourself to be. Creativity is as simple as being open and curious, creating interesting things, solving problems, finding solutions, and being in "flow." It's essence is always and everywhere the same.

-- Nina Lockwood is a coach, author, speaker and artist helping people discover who they really are, what they genuinely want and how to bring it into their lives. Connect with her at

https://www.ninalockwood.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nina-lockwood

https://www.facebook.com/nina.lockwood

https://www.instagram.com/ninalockwood.nilo.

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Say Yes or Say No but Don't Say Maybe

Creativity Conversations with Steve Marques, episode 50. Chef Steve is a classically trained chef whose current creative endeavor is ice cream! Some of the more innovative flavors he’s concocted include (but aren’t limited to) balsamic strawberry, chicken N waffle, tomato tarragon and shiro miso caramel. How DOES he come up with these amazing creations?

 

A California native, Steve has worked with some of the titans of the culinary world, including David Chang at Momofuku and Eric Ripert at Le Bernardin. Steve takes his expertise and expansive perspective into everything he does. Those who know him refer to him as a combination chef-poet-dreamer. 

 

Steve is an expert at paying attention to inspiration, which for him is more of a light tap on the shoulder rather than a banging on the door. He’s willing to make mistakes, to be “wrong”, stay curious and open. For him, the artistry of food is a full body experience, taking into consideration everything that happens as you walk in the door: the way the room looks, the feel of the ambience, the taste of the food, the noise level, the lighting, the decor. It’s not just food on a plate.

 

Locally based in Houston, TX, Steve was the chef owner of The Burger Guys and Executive Chef for The Tasting Room and BRC.He currently owns Craft Creamery with his wife Kim Kaase. Steve has many local awards for “Best Of” in both the Houston TX and Sunnyvale CA areas. He was also a finalist for the 2020 Price Tower Art Center Frank Lloyd Wright chef artist in residence.

 

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To find out more about Steve Marques, visit  http://www.craftcreameryhtx.com

 

-Creativity Conversations explores the nature of our infinite creative potential. You need to know this! You’re creative, too, even if you don't yet consider yourself to be. Creativity is as simple as being open and curious, creating interesting things, solving problems, finding solutions,  and being in "flow." It's essence is always and everywhere the same. 

 

-- Nina Lockwood is a coach, author, speaker and artist helping people discover who they really are, what they genuinely want and how to bring it into their lives. 

Connect with her at https://www.ninalockwood.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nina-lockwood

https://www.facebook.com/nina.lockwood

https://www.instagram.com/ninalockwood.nilo.

 

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What's Your Noise to Signal Ration?

"You Change because it makes sense to you. It's that simple."

Creativity Conversations with Rolf Evenson, episode 49, another interview in the Good Business Series. My guest this week is a wise soul, Rolf Evenson, who shared a deep understanding of where peace of mind originates. Quietly profound and deeply moving, we talked about life and business and everything in between.

Rolf is a founder of Clearmind Advisors, a global leadership consultancy specializing in helping leaders from around the world lead with clarity, insight, and confidence. Their mission is to transform business best practices by increasing awareness of the human dimension.

Rolf’s curiosity about the human dimension of leadership developed early. Rolf spent fifteen years leading wilderness expeditions, Outward Bound courses, climbing the great walls of Yosemite, paddling the length of Lake Superior, and leading dog sled expeditions. These adventures provided a virtual laboratory for studying the human capacity for both high and low performance under duress.

Rolf has a Masters’s Degree in Architecture. Working with interdisciplinary design teams on complex projects, he developed a profound curiosity about what made some project teams come together brilliantly while others failed. Along the way, he was extremely fortunate to discover fundamental principles for how the human mind works - a crucial, almost always overlooked, variable in organizational change and human performance. 

In 1999, he founded ClearMind Advisors, He is a trusted mentor to leaders from renowned medical institutions, space research labs, telecom and power companies, and global name brands in the US, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.

To find out more, go to https://www.clearmindadvisors.com.

-Creativity Conversations explores the nature of our infinite creative potential. Why is this useful? We're ALL creative, even if you don't consider yourself to be. Creativity is as simple as being open and curious, creating interesting things, solving problems, finding solutions, and being in "flow." It's essence is always and everywhere the same.

- Nina Lockwood is a coach, author, speaker and artist helping people embody what really matters as they reconnect with their true nature. Connect with her at https://www.ninalockwood.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nina-lockwood

https://www.facebook.com/nina.lockwood

https://www.instagram.com/ninalockwood.nilo.

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Alignment in Business Includes Both Masculine and Feminine Energy

Creativity Conversations with Patty Beach, episode 48. This interview is another in the Business for Good series, where I talk with Patty, CEO and Founder of LeadershipSmarts, a consultancy that helps leaders build a better world in a better way. Patty is an inclusive leadership evangelist who combines leadership best practices and coaching to transform managers into the best boss ever and executives into inspirational role models that can scale and grow the company.

Patty is also the author of the bestselling book, The Art of Alignment: A Practical Guide for Inclusive Leadership and the creator of the Versatility Factor Profile, an assessment for gender intelligent and inclusive leadership.  

“The promise of leadership is alignment. As a leader your job is to guide us to row together to amplify each other’s contribution; to engage us in a creative exploration that evokes our common passion; and create a truth-telling culture that helps us achieve our mission. Fulfilling that promise gets the best ideas implemented. There is an art to getting people to align behind a goal and feel on fire to deliver it. Our practice is dedicated to developing that art form and helping you master it.”

Patty’s website is www.leadershipsmarts.com.

-Creativity Conversations explores the nature of our infinite creative potential. Why is this useful? We're ALL creative, even if you don't consider yourself to be. Creativity is as simple as being open and curious, creating interesting things, solving problems, finding solutions, and being in "flow." It's essence is always and everywhere the same. Why not start being more creative starting now?

- Nina Lockwood is a coach, author, speaker and artist helping people embody what really matters by rediscovering their true nature and all its gifts. Connect with her at www.ninalockwood.com, LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.

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Jules & Rudi Kennard: Embracing Our Whole Self

Creativity Conversations with Jules and Rudi Kennard, episode 47. Based in Hawaii, Rudi and Jules Kennard are authors, international speakers, parents, co-founders of Innate Evolution and a married couple Between them they have experienced difficult life challenges, including the death of a partner and a teenage daughter, homelessness, domestic violence, crippling burnout and bankruptcy.

As a result of the life-changing understanding that emerged from these direct life experiences, they now share what they consider a missing link to #resilience and #aliveness that enables us to fully embrace the creative #nature of life. Jules and Rudi are the originators and authors of the book 'Wholality: The Missing Link to Love’ and their accredited training courses and resources have now reached over a million people.

To find out more about Jules & Rudi Kennard, go to www.innateevolution.com.

-Creativity Conversations, explores the nature of our infinite creative potential and how it is expressed beyond the usual definitions. Why is this useful to know? We're ALL creative, even if you don't consider yourself as such. Regardless of whether it's in business or our personal lives, creativity involves creating interesting things, solving problems, finding solutions, and being in "flow." It's essence is always and everywhere the same. Use yours!

- Nina Lockwood is a coach, author, speaker and artist helping people embody what matters most to them by rediscovering their true nature and all the gifts contained within. Connect with her at www.ninalockwood.com, LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram. -- #creativity #potential #connection #happiness #fulfillment #clarity #fun #inspiration #EpisodeDropped #Creativity Conversations #NInaLockwood #PodCreator #PodHelp #PodernFamily

Markus Scott-Alexander: Giving Form to the Deepest Within You

"It really is about finding ways to strengthen your resonance with what you know in your heart and giving it life.” Markus Scott-Alexander In this episode (#46) of Creativity Conversations with Markus Scott-Alexander, we explore what it means to give form to the deepest within ourselves. Markus is an international leader in the field of expressive arts education. His focus is on eco-therapy and intermodal, cross-cultural art making, exploring how every individual can be included in the building of an ensemble. Markus was a senior faculty member of the European Graduate School and is currently the Director of World Arts Organization. Originally from New York, Markus now resides in Edmonton, Canada. Markus is the author of Expressive Arts Education and Therapy: Discoveries in a Dance Theatre Lab through Creative Process-Based Research, available through Brill Publishing. To find out more about the World Arts Organization, go to www.worldartsorg.com. To get in touch with Markus, email him at markus7@telus.net.   

-Creativity Conversations is about what happens when we cultivate a sense of openness, curiosity, sensitivity and adventure. In these interviews, we celebrate the variety of expressions of the creative spirit with individuals from diverse backgrounds and professions. Being creative involves finding new ways to have more freedom of expression, solve problems, find new solutions, come up with new ideas and be in flow. We are ALL creative!

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-Nina Lockwood is a transformative coach, author, speaker and artist who helps people find clarity and fulfillment by discovering what really matters to them and why so they can embody this understanding in all areas of their lives. For more information, go to www.ninalockwood.com. #Inspiration #coaching #insight #awareness #love #life #happiness

Kim Moriyama: Compassionate Wondering

Creativity Conversations with Kim Moriyama, episode 44.  Kim is a perceptive and insightful coach who guides high achieving and adventurous women to accomplish career and life success with inner alignment. She loves supporting women to lead and live authentically without losing themselves, and by letting go of self-doubt or overwhelm.

Her BRAVE PATH coaching method is personalized so clients develop mastery at letting go of inner limitation so they can honor their souls and harness the courage to blossom in the world.

Kim’s career and life path has been built upon joy, creativity and resilience. She has been a facilitator of leadership, transformation and spiritual growth in many settings. Over the years Kim has served as a Strategic Development Consultant on large scale organizational development projects, she was an Outward Bound Instructor developing leaders on extended wilderness expeditions and she founded a Pilates Studio and trained apprentices to become highly skilled movement teachers with heart.

Kim recently designed and built her own home in Colorado, which now serves as a beautiful Adventure Basecamp and perfect setting to coach her inspired clients.

For further information about Kim and what she offers, visit her at www.kimmoriyama.com.

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Sue Kearney: It's All About the Flow

Creativity Conversations with Sue Kearney, Episode 43. Sue's a maker. She makes art, websites, healing potions, and beauty products — magic of all kinds. Sue mentors and teaches her unique take on living your best life, making your unique mark, and living in and from joy more and from stress and angst less. One of her mottos is “simplify your life.”

As Sue said recently: “Apparently, I’m all about flow. Fluid art, paintings, collages, ornaments, healing potions, and beauty products. Being in open connection with clients, collaborators, and loved ones." Sue has described herself as a “barely tamed hippie” and a recovering know-it-all. (TBH, Sue’s still convinced that she knows a thing or two and has plenty to teach. It’s just that she’s less committed to making you agree with her opinion.)

As has happened for many, the pandemic year has been one of big change for Sue Kearney. She’s in the process of simplifying and clarifying her work in the world. She just launched her first e-course and has three more coming right behind. Partly legacy work (Sue’s 70 and is honoring her daughter’s request to “Write it all down, mom, all the recipes, everything.”), partly a clear change in direction: more simplicity, more ease, more spaciousness, more availability to being of service.

You can check out Sue's brand-new, just-launched new website at www.suekearney.com and follow her on Instagram.

Ellonda Williams: Rebuilding Capitalism through Gratitude, Connection and Beauty

Creativity Conversations with Ellonda Williams, episode 42. This was a fascinating conversation with Dr. Ellonda L. Williams. Ellonda is the Director of Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (JEDI) at B Lab, a non-profit organization that has a vision of an inclusive and sustainable economy that creates a shared prosperity for all. Ellonda works to create a healthy, inclusive, antiracist culture for all employees and oversees B Lab's JEDI strategies.

For the past decade Ellonda has focused her professional work on development, equity and connecting resources to people who are underprivileged, under-represented and under-served. She has a BA in Human Services and Psychological Studies from U Pittsburgh, a Master's degree in Educational Leadership & Management from Strayer University and a doctoral degree in Educational Leadership & Management from Capella University. Utilizing her research findings in conjunction with top research in the field, she developed a workshop, "Improving Bias and Micro-Messaging as Experienced by Women Leaders".

Most recently, Ellonda is a recipient of a DiversityFIRST DEI Champions Award. This national award honors professionals who are passionate about creating an impact in the field of diversity and inclusion.

Dr. Williams can be reached via email at egreen@bcorporation.net or via LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/ellondalgreenedd.