by Artie Isaac | Jan 28, 2017 | Coaching Topics, On Creativity, Unsolicited Suggestions
I always have two questions in my pocket: "How Do I…" — What don't you know? What are you trying to solve? What do you want to learn? "What's Next?" — What is the product or service that you plan to introduce during the coming...
by Artie Isaac | Apr 12, 2016 | Coaching Topics, Living an engaged life, New Competence, On Creativity
People ask me if I like my work. They think I'm having fun. So here's what I think of "work." Work has a bad rap.Perhaps most people experience work negatively. I think that 99% of the people I know would rather be off work than at work. And they...
by Artie Isaac | Feb 21, 2016 | Living an engaged life, New Competence, On Creativity
I'm a writer, not an author. This thought came to me on a recent trip through California. I was enjoying being 55 years old — for a month longer, or so — and thinking what I often thought whenever my age ends in a "5" or...
by Artie Isaac | Jan 3, 2016 | On Creativity
I'm delighted to be returning to The Ohio State University to co-teach a class on Personal Creativity & Innovation. My co-teacher is Ida Abdalkhani, who is the primary mover behind re-establishing this class at Fisher College of Business. Yay,...
by Artie Isaac | Dec 29, 2015 | Coaching Topics, Living an engaged life, New Competence, On Creativity, Unsolicited Suggestions
Here's an annual message in a bottle: it's time to set goals for next year! Don't like goals? I hear that from several smart folks every year. "I don't like setting goals." "Too much blame and shame." "Not ambitious...
by Artie Isaac | Nov 2, 2015 | Living an engaged life, On Creativity
As I began at Yale, Bart Giamatti began his term as Yale's president. Long afterwards, as the seventh Commissioner of Baseball, he became nationally famous for banning Pete Rose. I wrote a letter to the Times, applauding Bart's ethical...
