Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, SnapChat: so many social media venues to explore, learn from and network on. But for creativity and productivity, is social media the great equalizer or the greatest time drainer ever? We dig in, discuss
These days, safety is big. “Stay safe.” “Safe travels.” “Find your safe place.” But can we be deluded when we make creative sacrifices for what we assume to be a “safe” job? And can that supposed “safe” job actually be anything but? Hell, is th
It’s one thing to motivate yourself to create, but what does it take to motivate others to create with you—either on your personal project or for a professional project. As creatives who have all spent time as creative directors in addition to
What’s the biggest obstacle to your writing that short story, shooting that sunset, composing that song? If you’re like a lot of us, it’s the fear that what you create will be bad shit. So instead of risking it, you just don’t create. Well, we
Based on our personal experiences and those of other creative professionals, we take on the eternal challenge of finding the perfect balance of creating for ourselves, and creating to make a living (spoiler alert: we don’t quite find it, but th
Talk about putting serious mileage on a phrase. Everyone — and every business — is now a storyteller. But what stories are they telling, and are they actually stories? Or are they thinly veiled promotion pieces? Stories are supposed to entertai