Marci's Bio

Marci Segal, M.S. (Creativity and Change Leadership) is Canada’s first accredited creativity professional with over 20 years experience inspiring innovation. She is president and founder of creativity land inc., an innovation and creativity consultancy that cracks open new pathways for exciting new futures, serving progressive leadership and teams in corporations, associations, non-profit organizations and all levels of government. The creativity land approach provides research-based innovation and creativity tips, tools, techniques, training and support to achieve compelling results.

Marci initiated and designed the Passport to Innovation® full spectrum methodology for organizations to free imagination, engage new thinking paradigms and realize remarkable outcomes. To her credit, she orchestrated this award-winning program for a world-respected media company that springboarded their global positioning as a pioneer in the field, significantly increased client satisfaction and positively impacted staff morale.

Marci is often asked to facilitate leadership-teams to lead innovation from an affective, interpersonal approach.  She is fluent in Myers Briggs Type Indicator® inventory theory, administration and practice and leverages the personality framework (cognitive and affective processes, temperament, interaction styles, stress behaviours, and archetypal influences) to ease communication, manage relationships and motivate through engagement. 

Marci was an MBTI® Step 1 and Step 2 instrument qualifying instructor from 1993 - 2007.  She authored three books on creativity and innovation from the personality lens: Creativity and Personality Types: Tools for understanding and inspiring the many voices of creativity ,  The Quick Guide to the Four Temperaments and Creativity: a psychological understanding of innovation , and The Quick Guide to the 16 Types in Organizations . This third book shows the creativity styles of each of the personality profiles.

Clients include PHD Canada, Ricoh Canada, Jan Kelley Marketing, Rich Products, Johnson & Johnson, Bank of Montreal, Citigroup, Scotiabank, Royal and Sun Alliance, Ontario College of Art and Design, Ryerson University, the Ontario Public Service, Ontario Hydro, Eletrobras (Brazil), the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Toronto and the United Way of Greater Toronto.

Marci attended the International Center for Studies in Creativity in New York, and is the the first Canadian to earn both undergraduate and graduate degrees. She sits on the board of the American Creativity Association, is co-founder of World Creativity and Innovation Week April 15 - 21 and is an active member in the Creative Education Foundation and World Future Society. Awards include: Distinguished Leader in the Field of Creativity, Inspired Leader, Creative Education Foundation; Excellence in Innovation Award, India Innovation Summit; Alumni Achievement Award, Buffalo State College; Gold Medal for Social Innovation, Salon of Inventions and New Technologies, Ukraine.

Marci is available to crack open your organization's unlimited innovation potential through consultation, keynote speeches, conference presentations, seminars, programs and workshops. For further information contact marci at creativityland.net or call 01.416.487.1379

Visit Marci's New Ideas. New Decisions. weblog for wizened insights and conversation regrading creativity, innovation, and futures.

Upcoming conference presentations:

  • Creativity for the Rest of Us: Engaging creative and innovative capacity. Concurrent and panel presentations: Queens School of Business 1st Annual Innovation Summit. Kingston, ON (03/10)
  • Leverage and Language for Creative Thinking . Keynote: American Society of Quality, Toronto, ON (03/10)
  • Creativity, What is it All about? The Business of Creativity: Ethics and Competencies for Creativity Professionals . Conference Keynote: Expert 2 Expert Conference, (buffalostate.edu/creativity) International Center for Studies in Creativity, Buffalo, NY (05/10)
  • Imagining Ourselves and Others: Creativity, Spirituality and Psychological Type. Concurrent sessions: Creative Problem Solving Institute, (cpsiconference.org) Buffalo, NY (6/10)
  • World Creativity and Innovation Week Celebrations - why, what and how. Niteflite session: Creative Problem Solving Institute, (cpsiconference.org) Buffalo, NY (6/10)
  • Creativity, What is it All about? The Business of Creativity: Ethics and Competencies for Creativity Professionals . Niteflite session: Creative Problem Solving Institute, (cpsiconference.org) Buffalo, NY (6/10)
  • Please Help Me I am Falling: Managing Client Expectations for Innovation. Concurrent session: International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM.org), Bilbao, Spain (06/10)
  • Making the Covert Overt: Strategies to Sustain the Creative Human Spirit in Futures Planning . Pre-conference session With Megan Mitchell: World Future Society (wfs.org), Boston, MA (07/10)
  • World Creativity and Innovation Week April 15 - 21: Sustaining the Human Spirit. Concurrent session with Megan Mitchell and Tom McMillian: World Future Society (wfs.org), Boston, MA (07/10)


    Testimonials

    “Marci did a wonderful job for us at oneof our town halls. Her seminar inspired our teams to look harder at maximizing the business value by brainstorming which has helped contribute to many good ideas that we have implemented. She has a great touch with a tough crowd and really seemed to be the right person, at the right time, with the right topic.”

    John Clinton, SVP and General Manager, Consumer Publications
    Transcontinental Media


    "When we look for speakers for our OCAD (Ontario College of Art and Design) students, we want experienced professionals who can ignite their imaginations with information that powers their creative process. Marci Segal does this and more. She has the unique capacity to empower the students’ creative thinking by giving them tools to overcome their creative blocks, a clearer understanding of the creative process and inspiration to explore new paths to getting new ideas that will last their lifetime. Marci empowers their creativity."

    Sherry Martin
    OCAD Ad Faculty

    "We very much appreciated having you at our 2009 May Conference.You made your presentation fun and enjoyable and your material was applicable and relevant to everyone there. The audience was richer for having listened to your presentation, and it showed as you scored a top rating from 95% of participants in the feedback."

    Conor Houlihan - International Customer Service Association-Toronto Chapter

    "Smart. Concise. Creative." Bradley Foster, Giant Steps Consulting

    "Inspiring!" Sylvia Augaitis

    "What if...." Marci Rampino, Graphic Designer

    "You made creativity accessible - even for those who are uneasy expressing.  I wish we had more time with you." Dana Francoz, Director of Sales, Publicitas Canada

    "There is always another perspective and letting it blossom make more lights light up." John Reddish, President, Advent Management International Ltd.

    "Marci's conference presentation was the perfect blend of learning, engagement and enjoyment. Very powerful stuff. Marci - you rock!" Paul Korval, President, Korval Associates

    "Outstanding!! Creative, engaging, and highly enjoyable learning experience. Marci 'walks her talk' and we end up being more creative in our thinking and decisions." Steve Lashansky,President, Success Dynamics

    "What a delight! It helped me play." Scott "Q" Marius

    "Marci took creativity and put it into a logical way to understand and more importantly how to expand." Sharon Yoder, VP Operations, Rockhurst University Continuing Education Center

    "I found myself feeling creative while at the same time learning how to empower my audience." Pati Trites, CEO, Healthcare Compliance Resources

    "Awesome session - you have a gift for stretching ordinary ways of thinking to become new and fresh." Suzanne Geretz, Director, Whaleback Publishing, Exeter, NH

    "Now I understand imagination. Since I understand it, I will use it. Thank you!" Wendy Kinney, Ready...Set...Go Make Money!

    "Marci's quiet command of her expertise allows doors to open. And her ingenious leadership encourages participants to willing stretch into creative, innovative and new ways of thinking, speaking and doing. Thanks." Peggy O'Neil

    "I wanted to thank you for your lively and informative keynote presentation at our OPSEU Conference in late November, 2008 for our administrative, librarian, and front line student services staff! They loved your energy and the content of the presentation, and the evaluations reflected their enthusiasm. Some of the comments included:
    • "Please bring her back for more sessions!"
    • "Very enjoyable. Made me want to be more creative"
    • "Loved the laminated card!"
    • "Very good speaker, entertaining and enlightening." and "Loved learning with laughs."
    • "I was impressed with your ability to convey content while incorporating interactive activities and humour. I also appreciate the amount of "pre-work" you performed to ensure that you understood our group's needs."
    I wish you all the best and look forward to working with you again in future."
    Michelle Stone, Organizational and Employee Development Consultant, Human Resources Department, Ryerson University

    "That was perfect! You got us off to a great start and I know everyone much enjoyed your presentation. I expect many of our participants are going to take some of your suggestions and start applying them to their own thinking processes."
    Stephen G. Lakis, President, State Legislative Leaders Foundation

    "Thank you for the great job kicking off our program in Chicago! Yours was one of the most creative sessions we've ever had and you have such a wonderful way of engaging the audience. You really got everyone energized and set the tone for the entire weekend. And hopefully they all went back home with lots of new ideas, new enthusiasm and new friends. You have a special gift - thanks for sharing it with us!"
    Marcia B. VanderVoort,Vice President, State Legislative Leaders Foundation