Presented by Michelle James & Tom Goddard, JD, PhD, President of The Integral Company and founding member of the Integral Institute.

This workshop integrates the creativity-centered approaches of Creative Emergence with the comprehensive worldview of Integral Theory to create a robust working framework and new possibilities for today's leaders. We'll go beyond theory alone into personal embodiment and practical applications. We'll explore putting the integral approach into positive action for real-world results in an ever-changing, emergent world - applying the principles and practices in real time to professional and organizational challenges you and your clients face. Early bird discount through 8/21. You will leave with:

• Basic tools for breakthroughs in work and life
• Deeper connection to self/expanded perception of leadership
• A transformed relationship to the context in which you lead
• Discovery of your own creative solutions

You are invited to participate in a powerful global movement uniting the worlds of business, service and peace. Explore and celebrate the power of prosperity to promote peace in real time at this lively, intergenerational creative event featuring Michelle AVA & World Dance Dynamics, live music, multi-cultural food & beverage, facilitated speed networking (fun!), interactive multimedia installations, storytelling, dialogue & collaborative inquiry, and opportunities for action. Bring your business cards! $20 in advance. $30 at the door. Advanced registration highly recommended - this event is limited to 150 people and is filling up fast. Half the proceeds go to the PTC initiative and half go to community development efforts via Open World and Global Giving.

Creativity makes the impossible possible by creating a window, a threshold - the pathway - into what is possible and what is next. It transforms perceived limitations into surprising opportunities. It frees us from our current realities and insists on new choices and multiples options. Creativity doesn’t pick favorites. It doesn’t leave anyone out on the sidelines. It gives unconditional regard, and the invitation to play, to all. It doesn’t care about job title, educational level, socioeconomic status, religious belief or cultural background. It is there, in infinite availability, for all to indulge, shape, form and mold.

Creativity is the thread that connects the previously disconnected - the bond that unifies that which was divided. It makes the internal external, the imagined real, and the dreamed actualized. Creativity is what brings concepts and passions and soul-stirrings to life.

It bridges and transcends worlds. It solves problems, expands possibilities, heightens awareness, and animates life. Creativity is giving, nurturing, generative and expansive. It moves us towards more freedom and guides us into more of oursleves. It is a diplomat, a healer, a communicator, and a sage. The essence of being human, it invites us to be whole.

We offer a variety of services which include emergent strategy consulting, corporate and public workshops, creativity training, emergence coaching, ideation facilitation, professional development and wellness programs, conference presentations and Quantum Leap Business Improv. Our blog is The Fertile Unknown.

A couple of years ago I read a book written by a brain researcher who discovered how profoundly physical environments influence brain function. They would measure brain usage and activation in different environmental settings. From that research, they developed a spectrum of environmentally-influenced intelligence, ranging from most conducive to least. They found people were most creative - using more of their brain - next to rolling waterfalls, mainly due to charge of the negative ions in the air. In contrast, they were least stimulated into original thought in a room in an office building that has no windows, no natural air, and no natural lighting. Therefore, if you can't get to a waterfall, research suggests fountains are the next best thing in an office to get the creative juices flowing.

The Center for Creative Emergence is a business creativity and innovation consulting and emergence coaching company dedicated to integrating inspired creativity, meaning, organizational culture and business for a happier and more productive work life and richer business bottom line. We've helped cultivate breakthrough thinking and applied creative expression for entrepreneurs, teams and organizations with diverse missions such as GEICO Insurance, Kaiser Permanente, Invest Northern Ireland, Inter-American Foundation.