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Day 2 at Ringling’s AI & Creativity Symposium: From Tools to Powers ai creativity expression ideas imagination reflection risk tools Oct 14, 2025

Day 2 at Ringling’s AI & Creativity Symposium: From Tools to Powers

By 9 a.m., the mood had shifted from Day 1’s big questions to Day 2’s lived practice.

The halls buzzed less about which model to try and more about who we must become to use any model well.

If yesterday asked what...

Reflections: Day 1 at Ringling’s AI and Creativity Innovation Symposium ai art and design creativity design design education ringling college tools Oct 13, 2025

Reflections: Day 1 at Ringling’s AI and Creativity Innovation Symposium

I had the wonderful opportunity to attend the AI and Creative Innovation Ringling College of Art and Design: Advocating for Artists and Designers Symposium. It wasn’t the typical conference about technology instea

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Working on Creative Blocks cognitive blocks creativity ideo self doubt tools Aug 28, 2025

Working on Creative Blocks

We all have aspirations, not just in our careers, but in our capacity to create, solve problems, and leave a meaningful mark.

We dream of innovative solutions, fresh ideas, and powerful contributions.

Yet many of us find ourselves held back.

Not b

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From Pilgrimage to Platform: A TEDx Reflection ai barcelona creativity d.school ideo spain speaking speech ted talk tedx Jun 02, 2025

I walked the Camino to remember something I had forgotten: That the heaviest burdens aren’t in our backpacks… They’re in our minds.

And this weekend, at TEDx ESEI International Business School Barcelona, I walked another kind of path, one made not of dirt and stone, but of stories, movement, meanin...

AI Didn’t Kill Creativity — It’s Expanding Human Expression ai creativity d.school design future of work ideo maven section Apr 17, 2025

There’s a familiar tension echoing through our feeds right now.

It's a big fear.

Specifically, the fear that AI is erasing artists, replacing creators, and turning craftsmanship into code.

And I get it.

As someone who’s spent years researching the intersections of innovation, creativity, and...

Innovation Leadership and Collective Flow

Hacking Innovation Leadership: Creating Collective Flow Through Improvisation, Creativity, and Innovation ai collective creativity d.school decision making design design thinking flow group ideo individual maven mba professional developement section Mar 25, 2025

In a world awash with constant change, the essence of learning and leadership is evolving. The skills needed to lead in the new world have changed. Many are being left behind.

Last week, we embarked on an extraordinary voyage through the lens of improvisation, transforming the traditional paradigms...

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