Reflections on Creativity for 2023
What (or who) lights your Lamp of Inspiration? In 1997, Reed Hastings was annoyed by being charged a large late fee after returning a videocassette he had rented. The idea for Netflix was born, and those of us old enough...
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Are You (Weighted) Down With OPP?
If you’re shouldering OPP, you may be in serious trouble. I’m definitely dating myself with a callback to Naughty By Nature’s (kinda-sorta) classic jam “O.P.P.” While that song refers to “other people’s property,” this post focuses on a different OPP,...
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Strategy Lessons From a Wanna-Be Ski Bum
In 1993, Aspen Extreme, one of the greatest ski movies of all time, was released. (And yes, die-hard Warren Miller fans, that is a ski hill I will die on — despite the film’s 22 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes.)...
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