Speaker: Susan Jamison
Meeting Date: Thursday, october 02, 2014
Time: 6:00 pm Networking; 6:30 pm Management Forum/Guided Networking; 7:00 pm sandwich dinner; 7:30 pm Presentation
Location: AMD Commons Building / AMD Campus, Sunnyvale
Summary:
Management Forum / Guided Networking: Bring Your Management Challenge; Arrive by 6:30 PM to join this exciting Management Forum. Following informal networking is a guided discussion typically related to the topic of the evening’s after dinner talk, or of general Technology Management interest.
Light Dinner: This month we’re continuing with our light dinner format — typically sandwiches, salad, drinks, and cookie or similar light dinner.
Presentation: Silicon Valley leaders Share Their Creativity Insights
Susan will share the content of a 2014 Creativity Insights White Paper based on interviews conducted with Silicon Valley leaders in 2013 and 2014. This is the first report of an on-going study.
The project was inspired by IBM Global CEO Studies in 2010 and 2012 that reported creativity was the most sought after attribute for leaders and was an essential attribute for employees’ success for the next several years. In the same time frame, a 2011 Towers-Watson survey reported that 65% of corporate employees were “disengaged,” meaning employees didn’t think they had the tools, resources, and support to do their jobs effectively nor an environment that actively supported their physical, emotional, and interpersonal well being. According to a Gallup study, disengagement increased to 70% in 2012. And, according to LinkedIn, the most common buzzword in profiles in 2011 and 2012 was “creative.”
The IBM studies were global, and it wasn’t clear that Silicon Valley executives shared the same global concerns, especially since Silicon Valley is considered a hotbed of creativity. The purpose of the study was to:
- Inquire about the state of creativity in a sample of Silicon Valley companies.
- See if engagement issues surfaced in the discussions around creativity.
- Get insight into possible disconnects around creativity between leaders and employees.
Susan will share the responses of study participants and her conclusions, recommendations, and a call to action
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Bio:
Susan Jamison was a high-technology professional at IBM, ROLM Corporation (after it was acquired by IBM), and Sun Microsystems until she founded the CLUE Institute in 2009. She is expert at sparking awareness, thinking, and action to bring out creativity in organizations, and managing the natural tension between creativity and discipline .
The CLUE Institute’s mission is to provoke corporations around the world to deeply embrace creativity and realize the immense value that overcoming barriers to it can provide for their employees and the customers they serve.
In her work today as a Creativity Architect, coach, and speaker, Susan works with executives, managers, team leaders, and individual contributors to develop confidence in being open and reflective as well as focused and decisive. Her fluency in the language of business and the language of creativity, and her unconventional toolkit are huge benefits to clients who are ready to have creativity be an “ordinary” part of their culture.
