Creativity In Play

We'll explore insights into creativity and creative collaboration from jazz improv with jazz musician Jonathan Batiste. Jonathan is a member of a long lineage of musicians from the Batiste family of Louisiana. At 24, Jonathan  performed and recorded with artists across musical genres including Abbey Lincoln, Prince, The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Jimmy Buffet, Lenny Kravitz, Cassandra Wilson, Ellis Marsalis, Harry Connick Jr., Roy Hargrove and many others. Jonathan also is a music curator at the Jazz Museum in Harlem, where he created and leads the "JAZZ is: NOW!" series. He's currently featured in a role on the HBO TV series, "Treme." Listen to Jonathan's music and find peformance dates here and follow him on Facebook here.

Our guest will be Steven Gross, chief playmaker for the Life is Good Kids Foundation and the Life is Good Playmakers program. They provide teachers and childcare providers with training and resources to heal and strengthen children through play. We'll explore how to create environments that are open and encouraging to play, the power of play to heal, and how creativity, imagination and play can be encouraged in organizations and classrooms.

Our guest will John Seely Brown, co-author of A New Culture of Learning: Cultivating the Imagination for a World of Constant Change. We'll explore the role of creativity and imagination in change, learning, work and innovation, as well as the importance of play. John is a visiting scholar at the University of Southern California and the independent co-chairman of the Deloitte Center for the Edge. He is the author of The Power of Pull and The Social Life of Information. Previously, John was the chief scientist of Xerox and director of Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC).

Best-selling author Bernie DeKoven joins us to explore game design, healthy competition, play, and creative fun. Bernie is the author of "The Well Played Game," in which he voiced a philosophy of "healthy competition" that formed the core teachings of the New Games Foundation. He also is a lifetime member of The Association for the Study of Play.

Join us with author Sandy Sims to explore the role of creative thinking in life and work. Sandy is the author of "How Frank Lloyd Wright Got Into My Head Under My Skin And Changed The Way I Think About Thinking, A Creative Thinking Blueprint For The 21st Century." Sandy brings his experience as an ad man together with his own life journey -- and Frank Lloyd Wright -- to share important concepts about creativity, flow, synchronicity, energy, and the power of the human mind.

We'll explore the patterns that organize and control our different learning and creativity styles. And we'll look at the way we move and mind-body connection. Join us with Betsy Wetzig, movement researcher, choreographer, dancer, and originator of Coordination Pattern Training, and Full Potential Learning with Dr. Patricia Pinciatti. She also is the co-author with Dr. Ginny Whitelaw of "Move to Greatness: Focusing the Four Essential Energies of a Whole and Balanced Leader."

We'll explore the importance of playing in the kitchen, creating the space for families to cook and eat together, and fostering creativity and communication through cooking and eating together. Rachel Theriot is the CEO and head chef of Family Dinner, where she cooks for families and offers one-on-one assistance to the kitchen-challenged.

We'll explore the intersection of travel, play, community-building, creativity, the outdoors, education, music and the environment with the co-founder and international program director of Crooked Trails: Travel with a Purpose. Find more at www.crookedtrails.org

We'll explore Matt Brown's work at Klutz, the importance of play and movement, and connections between creativity and play.

We'll explore the importance of advocating for play in nature, what resources are available to support outdoor play, and what's missing from creative play.

Explore why creativity matters in cities and communities, what the state of today's economy means for creativity, and where we stand in "The Great Reset."

We'll talk poetry, arts, creativity in odd places, workshops, artistic community and more with poet, writer and teacher Amena Brown. Plus, we'll hear her poem on creativity - "Be The One" - which she read to help close the Creativity World Forum last month. Find out more about Amena Brown at www.amenabrown.com.

We'll explore InterPlay -- an active, creative way to unlock the wisdom of the body -- as a tool for tapping into personal, organizational and community creativity. Learn how InterPlay teaches the language and ethic of play.

Darell Hammond, CEO and co-founder of KaBOOM!, will explore the importance of play and creativity, not only in children's lives, but for everyone in communities. To date, KaBOOM! has built more than 1,900 playgrounds, serving more than 3.5 million children. Learn about why creating great playspaces through the participation and leadership of communities matters.

Join us as we explore creativity with one of the field's leading researchers, educational psychologist Robert Sternberg. Bob is provost and professor of psychology at Oklahoma State University. He's also served as dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Tufts University, professor of psychology, education and management at Yale University, and president of the American Psychological Association. His research focuses on human intelligence, creativity, wisdom, styles of thinking, leadership, and love and hate. And he is co-editor of the recent book, The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity. Bob will lead a conversation, "From Imagination to Innovation," at the Creativity World Forum in Oklahoma City on November 17.

Our guest will be Daniel Pink, a popular author on the role and value of creativity in society. Dan will be part of the opening session of the Creativity World Forum in Oklahoma City on November 16, along with Sir Ken Robinson and David Pogue.

Learn why imagination FIRST is an important jumping off point for bringing more creativity and innovation into learning, work and communities. Scott Noppe-Brandon will be part of the Creativity World Forum on November 17 in Oklahoma City.

New York Times Tech Columnist David Pogue reviews trends in consumer technology and the online world. We'll explore innovation, the challenges in bringing innovation to market, and the value of simplicity in design. Discover more about David:http://www.davidpogue.com/. David is part of the opening keynote on "Disruptive Creativity: How Bright Ideas Can Change Everything" at the Advancing Creative Thinking: Imagination to Innovation Conference in Ridgefield, Connecticut, on April 27.   We'll also talk about his panel with Sir Ken Robinson and Daniel Pink, which will be November 16 at the Creativity World Forum in Oklahoma City.

Join cultural anthropologist Mary Catherine Bateson to explore her new book, "Composing a Further Life: The Age of Active Wisdom." We'll also talk about creativity and learning, which are frequent themes throughout her work. She's also the author of "Composing a Life," "Our Own Metaphor," and "Peripheral Visions," as well as a memoir, "With a Daughter's Eye: A Memoir of Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson."

"Creativity in Play" co-hosts Steven Dahlberg and Mary Alice Long talk about the themes of creativity and play and the role they play in the themes that will be explored on future shows.