Relentless Change Requires Reinvention

The Wall Street Journal recently ranked consultant Gary Hamel as the world’s most influential business thinker.  Fortune magazine has called him “the world’s leading expert on business strategy.”

Hamel has some compelling ideas about how reinventing management.

http://www.youtube.com/das_captcha?next=/watch%3Fv%3Daodjgkv65MM

Where Creativity, Culture and Commerce Intersect.

"Creativity is the biggest mandate in business today," says Teressa Iezzi, editor of Cocreate.

Fast Company's snappy blog is must reading for creative folks.

 http://www.fastcocreate.com/

19 Outstanding Words.

Mental Floss has rounded up some doozies, as my dad used to say that will impress your friends and colleagues.

My favorite: Kummerspeck (German): Excess weight gained from emotional overeating. Literally, grief bacon.

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/110995#ixzz1qvXOLUNU

The Power of Certainty Anchors. In Uncertain Times

Uncertainty can freeze you in place.  It's something many of us have learned over the last few years.

The book Uncertainty: How Turning Fear & Doubt into Fuel for Brilliance by Jonathan Fields shows you how to use it to your advantage.

From finding your certainty anchors to refueling your brain, this is essential reading for those who want to use uncertainty as a creative catalyst.

http://www.amazon.com/Uncertainty-Turning-Fear-Doubt-Brilliance/dp/159184424X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1332975854&sr=1-1

A Better Way to Succeed in Business.

Pick a Fight. Reasons to Quit. Inspiration is Perishable. Meetings are Toxic.

These are the new rules of business according to authors Jason Fried and David Hansson in their terrific book Rework.

It's a plain-spoken playguide to doing business now.

http://37signals.com/rework/

Find Your (Inner) Voice.

Feeling burdened?  Creatively stuck? 

Proprioceptive writing is a method that synthesizes emotion and imagaintion, heightening perception through inner listening.

Prioprioceptive comes from the latin "proprius" meaning one's own.

With daily practice, you can quiet the mind, focus thoughts, clarify feelings and ignite imagination. 

Learn more at http://www.pwriting.org/.

Bad Writing Advice?

"Write what you know" as been oft-repeated,iron-clad advice to would-be writers.

But is it necessary?

See what blogger Nathan Englander has to say on the subject.

http://bigthink.com/think-tank/write-what-you-know-nil-the-most-misunderstood-piece-of-good-advice-ever