I think a lot about process. What are the steps I need to follow from start to finish in order to get the best quality creative product? What needs to be added, changed, or eliminated? How can I be more productive, efficient, and profitable? All great questions a business owner must ask, but somewhere deep […]

When you are standing before a project, how do you face the creative unknown? Do you try to figure out everything you’ll possibly need to know throughout the entire project including every way the project won’t work? Or perhaps you rely on your experience, personality, and creative and business processes to guide the way? Regardless […]

It was a great conversation; full of insight and honesty leading to the inevitable question, “How do I succeed?” My response was swift and immediate, “You just lack discipline.” It’s funny when you say something to someone else, thinking that it’s for them, but really it’s meant for you. I’m not saying I lack discipline, […]

In all of the excitement and positivity surrounding a brand new year and decade, I found myself sick, tired, and frustrated. As I spent time reflecting on the journey to today, I realized something important: I’m mid-career, middle aged, second act, middle of the story. It’s awkward as hell as I struggle with the transition […]

What does it take to rehab and rebuild your career? Whether you are stuck or think it’s impossible to do new things, Kanika Tolver has insight and knowledge on how to both rebuild your personal brand and change the way you think about your career. Kanika is a career coach, consultant, author, and technologist who […]

As we enter into a new year and decade, I want to share my overarching theme for 2020: Be More Human. Inspired by stories, documentaries, conversations, and relationships, I want to go deeper into what it means to bring our humanity to our creative professions. I no longer want to be quiet in what matters […]

Have you ever wondered where ideas come from? More than that, have you ever considered how to capture them and convert them for use in your creative projects? Inspired by David Lynch’s MasterClass on creativity and filmmaking, I wanted to share one of his concepts about the flow of ideas. We are surrounded with infinite […]

How would you describe the way you play in your daily routines and work processes? Is play something you feel you need to hide or is it a critical component of your creative identity? These are the questions that get today’s guest on Getting Work To Work to think deeply. Troy Coleman is a designer and […]

In Episode 369 of Getting Work To Work, I talked about the question of how to document our wisdom and the challenges represented in the expression of wisdom. In today's episode of Free-Form Friday, I continue the theme of wisdom with one potential answer: the importance of connecting to ourselves and others. I connect to Brian Grazer's concept of curiosity conversations as one example of how to successfully build lasting relationships with yourself and others.

I love it when people ask simple questions that are difficult to answer. In a recent email from Jeremy Cowart, he mentioned how much time we spend sharing "our thoughts and our feelings on social media." He added this brilliant question: "What if we put that much energy into documenting our wisdom?" Naturally this got me thinking about what wisdom is, how to document it, and what that would look like over time.