Michelle James, founder of The Center for Creative Emergence, is a seasoned applied creativity facilitator, coach, and catalyst who has been using creative principles and practices, and the process of emergence, as the basis for her work with thousands of people—corporations, nonprofits, government agencies, universities, and communities—for over two decades...
…Known for her original and richly textured dynamic and imaginative learning environments, Michelle presents at learning and creativity events internationally, and has been featured on television, podcasts, and in other media. Clients have included Microsoft, PepsiCo, PBS, Federal Executive Institute, Panasonic, GEICO, Domino’s, The World Bank, Clean Air Institute, John Deere, National Institutes of Health, Congressional Hunger Center, NOAA, Teach for America, and Invest Northern Ireland among others.
Michelle also works with passion-centered entrepreneurs in her Creative Emergence Coaching and Creative Facilitation Coaching practices to help them create their original offerings and programs. She founded the Capitol Creativity Network in DC, and produced two Creativity in Business Conferences and a Creativity in Business Telesummit with an accompanying eBook she curated, Navigating the New Work Paradigm. Michelle performed full-length improvised plays with Precipice Improv for ten years, and currently performs with Virginia Playback Theater. She is an abstract painting artist, CoreSomatics Movement and Bodywork Master Practitioner, and TEDx speaker. She recently published a book, Pattern Breaks: A Facilitator’s Guide to Cultivating Creativity for leaders, facilitators, coaches, and anyone who wants to bring more creativity out of their groups and themselves.
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