The October issue of the Regenesys newsletter sees creativity highlighted. We feature an extract from Secrets of Success on the topic and invite you to attend the next Dialogue Circle which will investigate creativity from the perspective of Authentic Leadership.

We bring you breaking news on some of the Regenesys Centre for Finance Management’s new qualifications. We also report back on a vibrant seminar at which industry icon Judi Nwokedi graced us with her experience, insight and inspiration. Regular readers who have followed Sandra Perry’s column on Coaching will will be delighted with this month’s installment which looks at some of the most critical aspects enabling a successful coach-coachee relationship.

Finally we close the Creativity theme with an article considering some of the issues arising from a recent controversy around a premiere South African fine arts competition. And as we always invite you to explore our growing ‘palette’ of courses and services through the Regenesys website.

Have an ingenious October

Creativity

Secrets of Success

Creativity is the ability to use the imagination to develop new ideas, knowledge and solutions to problems. Creativity distinguishes leaders from followers. It distinguishes success from failure.

In today’s rapidly-changing and volatile business world, the survivors will be those who harness the power of creativity as a source of their competitive advantage. Without creativity, organisations become obsolete and extinguished. Creativity is the spirit that keeps organisations renewing, reinventing and regenerating. It is a spirit that thrives on chaos, conflict and change – the things that humans fear the most.

Creativity is about journeying into the unknown, exploring unexplored territory and being a discoverer rather than a settler. It is about doing things differently and defying norms and habits. Creativity is about freedom of expression and the happiness that comes with the thrill of success. Creative people connect unrelated ideas to develop new knowledge. As a resource, creativity is highly strategic, and yet it is free – it comes from imagination, instinct and intuition.

Be creative. Be smart. Be an original thinker. When you believe in an idea, never give up no matter how crazy it might be. Never mind what the people around you say – keep on trying until you succeed. There is a dormant genius inside of each of us. Awaken that genius. Unleash the miraculous energy of creativity within you and create a new, amazing life.

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Insight and Dialogue

Conversations on Coaching, Part 3

A Series by Sandra Perry

When one hears the word “rapport” other similar words that come to mind are: “being in ‘sync’, being on the same ‘wavelength’ as the person with whom you are talking”. In general, everyday conversations between coach–coachee or manager/subordinate and even in personal relationship settings, we can observe ourselves in an ongoing rapport-building process, consciously or unconsciously.

An article by André Clements

Consider the Sasol debacle, no… not the one around the corporate fine, the one about the prestigious Sasol New Signatures fine art competition and its winner.

Sasol, sponsor of this competition distanced itself from the winning work in no uncertain terms – though they did pay the artist his prize, Sasol made the unprecedented move of officially and publicly dis-associating themselves from - and not buying for their prestigious as has become tradition – the winning artwork.

Seminars and Events

Judi Nwokedi on Revolutions in Communication Business and Culture

Under the heading ‘Change, Choice and Consequences’, Judi traced the origins of what has become the converged communications landscape back to the almost primal need of individuals to communicate from the earliest times of our species.

Dialogue Circle V: Exploring Creativity

In the next Dialogue Circle we will explore the relationships between Creativity and Authentic Leadership by borrowing a few techniques from the coaching modalities ‘clean-language’ and ‘symbolic-modelling’.

Courses