by Artie Isaac | Jun 4, 2011 | On Creativity, On Ethics
Last month's post on tattoos received more views and more responses than any other post ever on Net Cotton Content. Why? It's a topic that is like a tattoo. Positions are taken seriously, for the long term. It's a matter of judgement: everyone reserves...
by Artie Isaac | May 28, 2011 | Coaching Topics, On Creativity, Unsolicited Suggestions
Here is one of many enjoyably motivating comments from this spring's Personal Creativity and Innovation class at The Ohio State University's Fisher College of Business: "Creativity doesn't seem so creative." The student said it politely and...
by Artie Isaac | May 26, 2011 | Living an engaged life, On Creativity, On Ethics, Unsolicited Suggestions
Oh, you don't have to ask yourself any questions, I suppose. But there are some questions — the biggest ones — that the world won't ask you. You are left to ask yourself these questions. Or they might just go unanswered. I'm going to ask these questions of...
by Artie Isaac | May 22, 2011 | Living an engaged life, On Creativity
A hero speaks. James Franco to Charlie Rose (May 6, 2011) on how he gets so much done: "I'm stretched. I'm very busy…. "I find that, if I have free time, it just gets filled. I do do that to myself. But I also don't feel like...
by Artie Isaac | May 21, 2011 | On Creativity, On Ethics
Finkelman showed this to me in his office on Finkelman Friday. So, What's This About?Oddly, this is about everything. It's about all of us, because it's about human behavior.Dan Ariely on Irrational Behavior.By "irrational behavior," I mean, of...
by Artie Isaac | May 20, 2011 | Living an engaged life, On Creativity
If tomorrow is the end of days, the rapture, then what about today? Surely you've heard the talk about tomorrow being foretold as Judgement Day. I'm not a particular believer in that one — I certainly don't like the idea of being left behind — but the...
