Creativity is a revived currency in business. The New York Times Magazine ran a full feature on the burgeoning field of us creativity consultants and idea leaders. Advances in technology have automated numerous jobs and made follow-instructions-and-gather-information managers almost obsolete. Yet what do we entrepreneurs, business owners, and business artists do when we make professional…
Alison had published three books, delivered a talk at a renowned conference, and advanced her distinct brand enough to garner gigs around the world. So, what was the problem? “I’ve kind of run this thing to its end. I’m ready for what’s next, but I don’t know what that is. And whenever I get an inkling,…
“It was clear…that what kept [top performers in flow] motivated was the quality of experience they felt when they were involved with the activity. This feeling didn’t come when they were relaxing, when they were taking drugs or alcohol, or when they were consuming the expensive privileges of wealth. Rather, it often involved painful, risky,…
What led 350 innovators, creatives, and change-makers from around the globe to show up at a summer camp ground just north of New York City for 4 days? It’s a fair question. Sometimes we can say why we’re drawn to a place or an event. Sometimes, we can’t. A renowned painter and photographer from France…
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
Hyperbole repels me. Still, call it a movement. A wave. A surge. A revolution. An evolution. A tide of creative people and business people are driving one another to do business as unusual. To do business as art. We’re not bonded by trade or profession. We’re bonded by hunger. We hunger for something different. We want…
Every once in a while a feeling seizes me. It often comes while writing something seemingly different from the feeling. Last April, I kept feeling something not just about me but about us. Something to do with our mutual frustration with business as unusual and with the phrase that hasn’t left me for two years – business…
But how do execute that idea? More, how do you scale it in a way that’s sustainable beyond being a one-hit wonder?
At our core, every human being longs to belong.
That’s not a claim this former lone wolf artist makes easily, but it’s what I want to get perspective on with you as we advance your business artistry.
There’s no reliable place where entrepreneurs and business artists can gather to learn how to bring their trade nonfiction book’s story from the stage to the page.
Discover the inspiration behind Tracking Wonder. When life (literally) goes up in flames, learn to use the transformative power of wonder to find hope and even thrive in challenging times.
By submitting this form I agree to receive future emails from Tracking Wonder