Cathryn Hrudicka's Page

Innovation Interest(s):

I've been coming to SVII events intermittently for the past few years. I initially met Howard Lieberman at an Innovation Journalism conference at Stanford, and knew of Sue Lebeck's work as an arts therapist, as well as in tech and innovation. I'm an innovation consultant, trainer, program designer, and an executive, transition, pre-retirement and creativity coach.

Organization(s) and Title(s):

Chief Imagination Officer/Founder, Creative Sage / Cathryn Hrudicka & Associates. Also have been a member of the American Creativity Association, Women in Consulting, Social Media Club, Society for New Communications Research (SNCR), Women in Audio, International Alliance for Women in Music, and many other organizations.

Current Relevant Project(s):

Working on an Open Innovation project with Julian Keith Loren, Renee Hopkins and others, which we plan to coordinate with UC Berkeley's Open Innovation Center. Also just won an international award for an innovative project: A client, Sutter Medical Center Castro Valley (a Sutter Health affiliate), won the 2009 SNCR (Society for New Communications Research) Award for Excellence and Innovation in External Communications and Communities in the Nonprofit Division, along with our company, Creative Sage™/Cathryn Hrudicka & Associates, and G2 Communications, Inc.

Past Relevant Project(s):

Many—developed and managed an innovation training program for Artmosphere, Inc. (year 2000-01, start-up) and did innovation programs for a number of well-known clients; list available upon request.

Short Bio:

As Chief Imagination Officer of Creative Sage™, I live a passionate personal mission to cause the spontaneous combustion of creativity, innovation, and compassionate intelligence everywhere.

For another summary, see: http://www.linkedin.com/in/creativesage
or:
http://www.facebook.com/creativesage.cathrynhrudicka

Education:

Substitute teacher/guest artist for composer Pauline Oliveros at Mills College, Oakland, CA (2005).; Multimedia Studies at SF State; Interdisciplinary Arts, Anthropology & Sociology, Beloit College; studied music at Indiana University; classes and credits at other institutions. Currently taking music classes at the JazzSchool in Berkeley, CA.

Inspiration(s):

So many—music, sound design, the arts, using the whole brain & being for creativity & innovation. Recently, I've been working at the intersection of creativity, innovation, social media and collaboration, using tech tools and different types of creative processes and methods of innovation to facilitate transformation in organizations, people and work teams.

Website1:

http://www.CreativeSage.com

Website2:

http://www.CreativeSage.com/blog

Website3:

http://www.CathrynHrudicka.com/blog

Website4:

http://www.CreativeSageArts.com/blog

Website5:

http://CreativeSage.tumblr.com