Creative People Say No

A Hungarian psychology professor once wrote to famous creators asking them to be interviewed for a book he was writing…

The Secret Of Steve

The secret of Steve is simple. It explains his success and excess. It exemplifies our instinct for creation. Creating is not…

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Mediocre People

My Resume - An exercise in Creativity

I’m scared to death of having a job. But you never know what opportunities could come my way. There’s a lot of money out there willing to pay anyone. So I figured I’d dust off my resume, finally accept every LinkedIn request and just put it out there. You know, to…

The Creative Commute

About 3 months ago, I moved offices and began a new routine of walking to work. Actually, commuting was a new routine in…

Why Your Team’s Next Brainstorm Should Happen in the Shower

Why is it that, when we want to think outside the proverbial box, we often put ourselves in one? We gather our team in a conference room, plaster the walls with sticky paper, and wait for the ideas to flow in a stream of marker…

Perfecting Picture-Perfect*

A brief, spontaneous response to “The Filter Future”

Annals Of The Theatre: Being Man #3

Lyle Tribby (original Broadway production, 1943): I’d originated the part in a workshop at…

A first thought on “serving” music….

“I love being a musician. It feels like being a servant – being a servant for you.”

That’s Prince, speaking from the stage at La Zona Rosa Sunday night during a Samsung-sponsored performance that closed this year’s SXSW music business…