Research correlates whole brain usage with higher productivity, attention and effectiveness. It is becoming increasingly necessary, and accepted, to engage new and varied modes of whole brain thinking at work to thrive in our current organizational systems. Click the link for a short exercise to determine which side of the brain you predominantly use in your work, and a few techniques to "activate" whole brain integration.

Emergence is an process found throughout the natural world where the the new whole emerges as greater than the sum of its parts. In improv theory, there is the concept of "Yes AND" which accepts and includes that which already is, and add then adds something new. Using an Emergence-Centered Approach in the workplace includes the acknowledgement of problems and the need to focus on desired outcomes...AND expands beyond that to include new ways of approaching the situation, generating new patterns of solution-finding, immersion in the discovery process, as well as engaging that which is not yet known as a source of new information. The
Creative Emergence Process(tm) includes various whole brain and creativity approaches to cultivate the new ideas, thought patterns, and states of being which lead to new (and often surprising) innovations and outcomes. Emergence accepts and uses what already is - and adds a new dimension.

Problem focus........Outcome focus......Emergence focus
The past....................The future..............Now
What's wrong.............What's desired.......What's emerging
Control......................Influence...............Explore and Engage
Expert w/answers.......Collaboration.........Cocreation
What's missing...........What we have........Unseen Resources
Determine..................Answer.................Discover
Analysis.....................Goals/Action..........Unfolding
Isolate.......................Combine...............Integrate
Solve.........................Develop................Transform
Thinking.....................Acting...................Way of being

I will be facilitating an interactive discussion at the CEC gathering at the Spiral Flight studio in DC. You will have the opportunity to engage in dialogue with other global minded, forward thinking entrepreneurs and creatives as you enjoy the gallery. Come get to know your fellow cultural creatives, plant some seeds, and co-create community in a lighthearted and artful atmosphere. Contact organizer Charlie Frohman (from FLOW) at cfroh@yahoo.com to RSVP and find out more about CEC.

This workshop was requested by those who took CF 1 earlier this month and is specifically for facilitators who have taken any of the CF 1 workshops or who have taken beginner improv theater classes. You will delve deeper and experience ALL NEW activities that were not covered in CF 1. Experience of "Yes and" and the basic improv principles is prerequisite.

Creative Emergence Coaching is a whole-systems process that integrates the right and left brain, reflection and action, being and doing, knowledge and discovery, analysis and expression, intuition and logic, and strategic planning with improvisation for business bottom-line outcomes. It unites the worlds of business success, personal meaning and creative engagement. Call for a free consultation to see if this approach is right for you or your team.

New Organizational Program: Strategic Improvisation - one-day workshop to 6-month program
New Products: ShapeMaster Creativity Techniques workbook; Creative Facilitation Activities workbook and e-book
Coming soon: Cultivating Emergence e-book