The Innovative Mindset

We can learn many lessons about how a movie production is run. It is often a well-oiled machine? But what happens when it isn't? Or worse, what happens when the powers that be lose their vision? What should leaders do to course-correct? What should people lower in the hierarchy do?

This week's innovation-focused episode explores the answers to these questions.

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Books, Movies, and Shows I mention in the episode

Dune (the 1980s movie), Dune (the books)

The Expanse (the TV series), The Expanse (the book series)

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (movie) and the Graphic Novel

Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe (book), (movie)

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (book), BBC Series

Daniel Coyle, The Culture Code

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Speak From Within**

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Valerie A. Higgs is an Administrative Professional by day and a pianist and music director by night. Currently based in the Washington, DC metro area, she has music directed productions at theaters such as the Ritz Theatre Company in South Jersey, the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia, and the TADA! Youth Theater Company in New York.

Valerie teaches piano online; accompanies for area auditions and competitions; regularly MDs at Ovations Theatre in Rockville, MD, and is a member of the DC Tango Orchestra, the Da Capo Tango Quintet, the Tango Reo ensemble, and sings with the Philosopher’s Tones.

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/PianoWithValerie/

Twitter: @vahiggs

Instagram: @vahiggs

Main website: vahiggs.com

For lessons: higgspianostudio.com

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Petra died suddenly and tragically on November 13th. In tribute to her, this is an encore of the interview she did with me back when the show was called the Creative Mindset Podcast. If you want to know this wonderful, creative, talented, generous, and kind person, listen to this show. You will also learn a ton about writing, publishing, and being creative.

--Original show notes--

Petra Mayer is an editor (and the resident nerd) at NPR Books, focusing on fiction, and particularly genre fiction. She brings to the job passion, speed-reading skills, and a truly impressive collection of Doctor Who doodads. You can also hear her on the air and on the occasional episode of Pop Culture Happy Hour.

Previously, she was an associate producer and director for All Things Considered on the weekends. She handled all of the show's books coverage, and she was also the person to ask if you wanted to know how much snow falls outside NPR's Washington headquarters on a Saturday, how to belly dance, or what pro wrestling looks like up close and personal.

Mayer originally came to NPR as an engineering assistant in 1994, while still attending Amherst College. After three years of spending summers honing her soldering skills in the maintenance shop, she made the jump to Boston's WBUR as a newswriter in 1997. Mayer returned to NPR in 2000 after a roundabout journey that included a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University and a two-year stint as an audio archivist and producer at the Prague headquarters of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. She still knows how to solder.

The most recent Concierge, which links to all the past years:  

https://apps.npr.org/best-books/#view=covers&year=2019

A couple of summer polls: 

https://www.npr.org/series/729710522/summer-reader-poll-2019-funny-books and 

https://www.npr.org/series/617220176/summer-reader-poll-2018-horror

Life Kit/How To Write A Book: 

https://www.npr.org/2020/04/27/845797464/if-youve-always-wanted-to-write-a-book-here-s-how

Reading the Game: https://www.npr.org/series/510664099/reading-the-game

NK Jemisin on worldbuilding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6xyFQhbsjQ or find the PDF here: http://nkjemisin.com/2015/08/worldbuilding-101/

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In this episode, I explore and unlock the key to innovation that will motivate you and your colleagues to stay on the cutting edge of innovation.

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Tamsen Webster's Find Your Red Thread

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In January, three colleagues and I will embark upon a creative voyage. You can join us and awaken your unique creative genius. In today's episode, I preview what we'll do and how we'll do it.

Hint: It has a little something to do with this book that's helped so many rediscover their inner creative. Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way.**

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