As creative people we’re often labeled as messy but emotive—out-of-the-box but needing boundaries. I say, guilty as charged…
…and it’s the reason my interest was piqued by Scott Belsky’s new book, Making Ideas Happen. Belsky (http://www.scottbelsky.com/) conducted hundreds of interviews, and here’s the nugget of truth he found: Big ideas are only as good as the…
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Making Ideas Happen
Thursday, September 9th, 2010Swing for the Fences!
Monday, April 26th, 2010In between belting out some blues on his harmonica and coming up with some brilliant ideas, my first creative director, Don Wade would always tell me to “swing for the fences.” At the time, it always made me nervous as hell because being an avid baseball fan, I know that guys who go up there…
Create Work So Good It Makes You Sick
Monday, November 23rd, 2009It’s not everyday that we see work that inspires us. I’m not talking about the kind of inspiration that urges us to go plant a tree, or do something good for others. Both are fine deeds, but I’m talking about something more personal. It speaks to the creative heart dwelling inside all of us. It reminds us that there’s a higher ceiling out there, and urges us to do better.
