About the Workshop Leaders

Ken Dow is a certified Kaizen-Muse creative coach, blogger, singer-songwriter and one half of the Love Pants musical duo. He has been a technical writer, teacher, Web monkey, instructional designer and martial artist.

Ken launched his training and documentation business in 1991, and his clients range from non-profit theatre groups to Fortune 500 firms. He lives in Owen Sound with his wife Sue and son Levi. He believes the only truly compelling evidence of our existence is laughter. Among his favourite creations: two fantastic children, a second degree black belt, the odd quip, the song "Trace of Your Love", a lemon basil risotto, the 2002 Pedal for the Peat logo, and of course the Creativity Happens workshop.

Martin Cooper has worn many hats, from designing model ships for TV commercials to prospecting for gold in Northern BC to living in an artists' collective in an abandoned West coast airplane hangar.

Martin is an inventor and industrial designer, and his Field Ranger product was featured in a National Geographic article about the transact of Africa. He is also a gifted singer who plays guitar, writes song and counts live theatre among his passions. Martin created and prototyped the JumbleJam game that inspired the Creativity Happens workshop. He believes the physical world yearns to be molded, reorganized and generally fiddled with.

Martin lives in Owen Sound with his son Jeremy and daughter Vita. His prized creations, in addition to two beautiful children, are Fremaco Devices, a folding music stand, the megazoo, the song "Flying Free", the CH workshop and a chicken fricassee.