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Books That Matter to Abby Kerr
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Books That Matter to Abby Kerr

Abby Kerr makes branding artful, meaningful, and – most of all – effective. But it wasn’t always so. Abby’s journey has taken her from English teacher to cool boutique owner to founder of her one-woman show Abby Kerr, Inc. to her latest venture, The Voice Bureau – a boutique branding agency that helps entrepreneurs and micro-businesses show…

Books That Matter to Todd Kashdan
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Books That Matter to Todd Kashdan

  Todd Kashdan, a globe-trotting speaker and dynamic professor at George Mason University, is a wonder-tracker for whom I have great respect. Todd ’s first book Curious: Discover the Missing Ingredient to a Fulfilling Life shows how wonder’s more active cousin can boost health, relationships, creativity, and productivity.  As a thought leader in his field of…

From Fear Toward Creative Mastery
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From Fear Toward Creative Mastery

The piece on The Apprenticeship Gap prompted lots of thoughtful discussion about amateurs, apprentices, artists, masters, and mentors. I also recently corresponded with my friend Tara Mohr, whose work I admire, about the topic. She’s helping me think in new ways about apprenticeship and expertise. Chalk one up for conversation. Check out her piece “Understanding How to…

Talking Wild Money, Creativity, & Books with Luna Jaffe
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Talking Wild Money, Creativity, & Books with Luna Jaffe

“No man but a blockhead ever wrote – except for money.” That’s the wry view of Samuel Johnson, the reputable British writer and author of, among other titles, The Dictionary of the English Language in the 18th century. If true, his view means that I and millions of others are utter blockheads. Yet, his wit…

Jen Louden on the Shadows & Joys to Teach Now
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Jen Louden on the Shadows & Joys to Teach Now

A TRACKING WONDER Conversation with Jen Louden & How We Can Step Up & Teach Now (+ smashing hard-boiled eggs, feeling like fried leather, getting out of fish bowls, why we have no time for sacred fetuses, & lots of laughter) Our Tracking Wonder Conversations connect you with creative people who both captivate our hearts…

State Of Wonder Annual Dispatch
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State Of Wonder Annual Dispatch

Since 2005 – when wonder seemed endangered – I have kept my eye and ear on writers, designers, musicians and artists, and I also have turned an eye and ear toward entrepreneurs, educators, and CEOs. And in so doing eventually founded Tracking Wonder Consulting & Programs to assure that both groups learn from each other to create captivating work that elevates our humanity….

What is Your State of Wonder in 2013?
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What is Your State of Wonder in 2013?

In 2005, where was wonder, this emotional state at the core of creativity, story, innovation, and wisdom? Newly divorced and fresh off a book tour, I hovered that year in a precarious in-between state. So what did I do? I started quietly but deliberately tracking wonder. I thought I would find it chiefly among poets and…

Your Captivating Book Conversation with Jen Louden & Jeffrey Davis
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Your Captivating Book Conversation with Jen Louden & Jeffrey Davis

She comes in colors everywhere;  She combs her hair  She’s like a rainbow  Coming colors in the air  Oh, everywhere  She comes in colors  – Mick (apparently upon meeting Jen) Some people splash into our lives and leave streaks of color in their wake. Author and personal growth pioneer Jen Louden is one of those…

Experience Architects Engage with Love & Wonder
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Experience Architects Engage with Love & Wonder

Memorable enterprises and blogs endure the way memorable art and stories endure. Mind-changing businesses create experiences for their customers the way mind-changing authors and artists design experiences for their audiences. Those experiences are sent with love and infused with wonder. They engage us and surprise us by holding up mirrors to what’s best in us…