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The Lateral Action Blog

Creative Rock Stars Reinvent Themselves

Photo by exfordy When Bowie sang 'Who Can I Be Now?’ it wasn't a hypothetical question. The Chameleon of Rock…

Creative Rock Stars Attract Fans

Photo by aleksey.const Who doesn’t want to be adored? To have others think you’re talented, cool, interesting and sexy? Even…

Creative Rock Stars Get Paid to Do What They Love

Money doesn’t buy happiness but it does buy time. And time spent on creative work can be bliss. One of…

Creative Rock Stars Astound Their Audience

Photo by piccadillywilson What was the best gig you ever went to? Stop for a moment and replay the experience…

Creative Entrepreneurs Are the Rock Stars of the 21st Century

Photo by Lenny Montana Eccentrics. Misfits. Outsiders. Starving artists and tortured geniuses. Once upon a time, to be a creative…

Tyler Durden’s 8 Rules of Innovation

We all want to do remarkable things, and lead remarkable lives. No one wants to spend the day engaged in…

Beyond Getting Things Done: Lateral Action

In my last article I looked at the problem of Foolish Productivity or Personal Taylorism, in which you become pseudo-efficient…

Foolish Productivity: The Hobgoblin of Creative Minds

You’re an expert at getting things done. Your inbox is empty, your desk is clear. You turn around incoming demands…

Why Creative Thinking Doesn’t Cut It

Photo by timsnell There's a saying that we all have a book inside us. It’s a lie. Just ask any…

The 3 Critical Characteristics of the Creative Entrepreneur

In the last article we saw that the creative economy opens up a brave new world of opportunity - but…