Creativity and Innovation

"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower"
Steve Jobs, CEO and co-founder Apple inc.

Organizational Challenges

Leading organizations understand how critical creativity and innovation are to ensuring sustainable long-term growth. However, few organizations have a defined process that identifies the most innovative ideas or have a clear innovative strategy that generates real results.

We will introduce your organization to "Passport to Innovation®", a program that will be custom designed to help you:

• Identify and overcome major barriers to innovation
• Develop a climate within to foster creativity and innovation
• Create a clear innovation strategy that generates real results
• Ensure long-term commitment from your leadership team to your strategy

Marci Segal is a pioneer and internationally respected authority in the field of creativity and innovation and a team leader of leader evolution, a division of The Hire Net.Work Inc.
Founder and president of CreativityLand Inc., an organizational consulting firm providing tools and training to implement innovation in the workplace, Marci is the co-founder of Creativity and Innovation Day (April 21), which is now recognized in over 40 countries worldwide. CreativityLand's diverse client list includes media and advertising agencies, financial institutions, manufacturing and packaged goods companies, and local, provincial and federal governments.

Marci attended the International Center for Studies in Creativity in New York, where she became the first Canadian to earn both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Upon graduation, she was named to the distinguished Who’s Who Among Students. In her 20+-year career, she has put her training to good use, giving keynote presentations and facilitating seminars and workshops using strategic creativity, innovation and personality type in South Africa, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, Brazil, Europe and North America.

Marci is in much in demand as a guest lecturer at universities around the world, including the Rotman School of Management (Toronto), James Madison University, Luther College, Goizueta Business School, New School for Social Research (US), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (Spain) and Universidade Federal de Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). She has served as a faculty member at the Ontario College of Art and Design, the Creative Problem Solving Institute (US), a qualifying instructor for the Myers Briggs Type Indicator®; and adjunct faculty with InterStrength Associates, formally known as the Temperament Research Institute (US).
Marci has authored three books on the subject of creativity and many lenses of personality type and has published numerous articles on her area of expertise. A life member of the Creative Education Foundation, she is a recipient of their prestigious Commitment and Service, Distinguished Leader and Inspired Creativity Leader Awards.  She is a professional member of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers and belongs to the World Future Society.