Ariane de Bonvoisin (founder of First30days.com) has been chronicling the principles of change for Advertising Age. Since there’s nothing certain but, and we all need to deal with it daily in our professional and personal lives, here are some excerpts. See an installment at http://adage.com/talentworks/article?article_id=139840. I want to know: how do you deal with change? [...]

In the November issue of O – The Oprah Magazine, Life Coach Martha Beck talks about creativity and her theory of deep practice. I heard her speak about deep practice – and it sounds very compelling. For the whole article, see http://www.oprah.com/article/omagazine/200911-omag-beck-right-brain. The excerpts I found most interesting are below. I’d like to know if [...]

BusinessWeek ran a thought-provoking article on the seven deadly sins of an innovator. See the full article at http://www.businessweek.com/managing/content/oct2009/ca20091020_948077.htm. Below are excerpts. Please share: Sins you’ve seen innovators commit. “1. Lust: Innovating in a space you have no business being in. 2. Gluttony: Trying to create too many initiatives with too few resources. Innovation takes [...]

Here are a few highlights of the MPA’s Magazine Innovation Summit. See the whole write-up at http://www.magazine.org/events/conferences/2009-innovation-recap.aspx. I want to know: What have you learned about innovation? New Yorker staff writer Ken Auletta discussed his new book, Googled: The End of the World as We Know It.: one of the smartest things Google “did in [...]

Elizabeth Gilbert, author of “Eat, Pray, Love” spoke on Nurturing Creativity at the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Conference. See the whole talk at http://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius.html. Below are the excerpts I thought were good food for thought on how you can overcome your demons to nurture your creative self. I want to know: What do you see [...]