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I want to thank my new friends at Intuit for their hospitality at the XD Forum. I had a great, though short, jaunt to the San Francisco area. ...
One of the biggest killers of creativity in the workplace is dissonance. It’s the sensation we experience when the “why” and the “what” don’t line up. It’s what happens when we talk big but ...
…or why I’m in favor of leading with the best idea.
Dear Mr. Corporate-Brainstorm-Guy,
I love the quirky ways in which we sometimes try to jar ourselves into experiencing communal ...
When is enough “enough”?
We create and we tweak and we refine, but at some point we have to stop typing, designing, animating, etc., and say “enough.”
Sometimes the decision is ...
Thanks to David Quigg for forwarding this article by Malcolm Gladwell in the latest issue of The New Yorker. Gladwell investigates why some artists are successful and ...
A few years ago psychologist Barry Schwartz released The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less. The central argument of the book is that we as consumers are ...
In the effort to continually keep great (and often under-the-radar) resources top-of-mind for the community, I wanted to share a book that has helped crystalize answers to a few ...
My family just arrived home from vacation in Florida. We spent the majority of our time at Disney World, hitting many of the parks during our stay. I’ll be writing more about the trip ...
In the “Battle Lines” series we’ve been examining some of the common battle fronts in our creative lives. One of the places I’ve seen many artists get “taken out” in the battle for long-term ...
Thanks to Rachel for sending us a link to this video. What would it look like if a major corporation was charged with creating the stop sign? Take a look.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVb8EC1Y2xM...
I received an e-mail this week from an AC community member asking about how to deal with a negative environment in the workplace. This seems to be emerging as ...
We’re excited to announce that Accidental Creative has formed a partnership with Le Méridien. [Virtual champagne cork pop…] We have just launched a new website dedicated to delivering ...
One of the ways we can grow as a community is by sharing some of the thinking and work that is inspiring us. In an effort to be more consistent about this, I’m building ...
One of the ways we can grow as a community is by sharing some of the thinking and work that is inspiring us. In an effort to be more consistent about this, I’m building ...
“Ill hath he chosen his part who seeks to please
The worthless world, - ill hath he chosen his part,
For often must he wear the look of ease...
From August 2-11 I was among three hundred and twenty (320) people from Cincinnati who invaded New Orleans. A seven-bus convoy. Our mission was to partner with Habitat ...
IF you’re in New Orleans and IF you have a few hours to stand in line and IF you want to hear some of the most incredible music you ...
So…I’ve been on radio silence for a few weeks. Many of you know that I was on vacation until very recently. This week…
I’m in New Orleans with 312 other ...
This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series Battle Lines“What work I have done I have done because it has been play. If it had been work I ...
One of the key things that I’ve “harped on” as often as possible is the importance of having a community - a small group of people - with which to process, co-create, dream ...
Thanks to AC-er Tracy Mazuer for pointing me to this video. It must… be… watched…
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This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Battle LinesWe’re in the midst of a blog series called Battle Lines in which we’re looking at some of the ...
In light of our latest podcast on Expectations, here’s a video of Ira Glass of This American Life fame articulating the “expectation/skill gap” and how difficult it can be to live ...
This entry is part 1 of 0 in the series Battle LinesI’m starting a new blog series today called “Battle Lines.” I’ve been seeing more and more creatives struggling and wrestling ...
And now we get to the real crux of the matter, no? I’ve been thinking of late about ditching my old methods of planning in favor of some new ones. As much as ...
In his amazing work, Orbiting The Giant Hairball , former Hallmark Creative Director Gordon MacKenzie likens a large organization to…well…a hairball. He says that every new ...
Wow…I am on a roll. I’ve uncovered a few unexpected gems this week…
Here’s the scoop on what I’m reading this week (click the cover to see them at Amazon):...
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CNN.com reports an explosion in the market for “brain fitness” software and tools. This is not surprising as many people see their aging parents increasingly struggling with Alzheimer’s and related symptoms.
Memory retention ...
Ahh… the miscellany. Here are a few items of AC interest that I thought might be helpful:
THE MUSIC:So…what is that music featured at the beginning and end of AC podcasts? Well… I’m ...
This Nathan Myhrvold talk from TED 2007 reveals a life that is, in his words, “a mile wide and an inch deep”, but is driven by his natural curiosity about the world around ...
Having been involved in the world of “how-on-earth-do-things-get-made” for a while now, there are some patterns I’ve noticed within the minds and lives of artists - especially those creating within organizations. When these ...
Today we launched our new series called “Pace” which is about some of the basics of establishing rhythm and “intervals” in our creative life. As I was preparing to launch, I was reminded ...
I was having lunch last week with my good friend Sean.** We get together on a semi-regular basis to shoot the breeze about our latest projects and to catch up on family life, ...
Thanks to AC-er Andrew Robinson for pointing out this 2003 Charlie Rose interview of Christopher Guest. Guest has been a consistent and unique voice for decades and offers much insight to anyone ...
I was reading in this month’s Fast Company magazine about NBC’s 2008 Summer Olympic coverage. There is an interesting article about the strategy behind the use of ...
In our Improv:the art of art series I had a two-part interview with Gregg Fraley. Gregg is a consultant, speaker and expert in the field of ...
For anyone keeping track, (may I suggest you find a hobby?) here’s a short list of what I’m reading this week:
How Would You ...
One of the most (potentially) frustrating things for anyone attempting to create is dissonance. Productivity guru David Allen has described it as all of the “stuff” that’s floating out in the nebulous regions ...
I am in love. (No really… not the kind of “I think I could hang out for a few dates” love, but the “I’m starting to think about children” kind of love. Creepy, I ...
This was my favorite moment in Seattle. We took a wrong turn, (actually…several of them…) and ended up at the base of a street called Troll Avenue. We decided to ...
I am in love. (No really... not the kind of "I think I could hang out for a few dates" love, but the "I'm starting to think about children" kind of love. Creepy, I ...
This was my favorite moment in Seattle. We took a wrong turn, (actually...several of them...) and ended up at the base of a street called Troll Avenue. We ...
You're busy, no? Here are a few ways you can get regular doses of AC delivered in convenient bite-sized chunks:Forget to check the site for a while? No prob. Get our blog posts ...
This hangs on the door of my office. (Please forgive the marvelous quality of my Treo camera.) It is there to remind me to keep things simple.We almost always ...
I came across an excellent post by Ryan (of 37 Signals) about how his recent condo purchase has turned his world upside down. It's odd how we can fall into certain very ...
So… I’m in Seattle for a few days. Highlights of the trip so far:
- On the flight, I finished Steve Martin’s UNBELIEVABLE autobiography Born Standing Up ...
I am an organizational geek. And a note-taking geek. I collect thoughts, ideas, sketches, to-do’s, etc., throughout the day and try to keep them in some sort ...
I am an organizational geek. And a note-taking geek. I collect thoughts, ideas, sketches, to-do's, etc., throughout the day and try to keep them in some sort ...
Sorry I haven’t done this in a while. I won’t get through all of them, but here’s what’s in my queue this week:
(Listening to ...
Sorry I haven't done this in a while. I won't get through all of them, but here's what's in my queue this week: ...
Thanks to the State Farm folks for a great (though brief) session in Cleveland. We interacted around "The Creative Ethic." Here are some highlights from the ...
In prepping the slides for a talk, I re-discovered this little gem of a quote from country music innovator Buck Owens :"I’m not ...
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