In this interview we talk about initiatives that bring art-based learning, art-making and even art curating in the business world and how Linda Naiman's mission is to liberate creativity at work, and make life, and work, a work of art.

Linda Naiman is the founder of Creativity at Work, a company that helps organizations develop creativity, innovation, and leadership capabilities, through coaching, training and consulting.

Linda’s first career was as a design consultant in marketing communications. She explains how a severe creative block led her to study creativity as a process for generating ideas—she couldn't believe she had never been taught this during six years of study at art and design schools. However, she was taught to be a multi-disciplinary thinker, and began to explore questions such as, “What is the connection between art and leadership?” and “What we can learn from art that we can apply to business?”

She started pioneering arts-based learning for business in 1995. Since then she worked with organizations such as Cisco Systems, Dell International, Intell, American Express, RBC, and the US Navy. In 2011, IBM recognized Linda as a creative leader in business.

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