Teacher, author, and creative Matt Appling has written a new book, Life After Art. Life After Art is not a book about becoming an "artist" in the traditional sense. It's about a journey towards becoming more human - living the lives we were created to live. This is a...

Photo Props When a new cast member is hired at Disney they are taken through "Traditions", an orientation course designed to educate the cast member on the heritage of the culture that Disney has created. The expectation is set in this training that at Disney "We...

Photo Props Everyone! Why? Because inside we all have something to offer. Diversity breeds better ideas. When we're all the same, our ideas are too similar. When we open our sandbox up for others to play, it creates voices, ideas, opinions, and concepts that we may...

MONDAY. Late but still MONDAY.

Photo Props: The call to creativity is being heard loudly and around the world. There are few industries where the call is quieter than in the world of Churches. Everyone believes that being a little more creative could help to woo potential parishioners to give our...

Photo Props: I hate fear. Fear is just a big bully. It intimidates and tries its best to impose itself on creative people. Fear does this because it knows that when creative people stand up and do what they've been made to do that things will change, courage will...

LinkedIn has been a mystery for many, including myself. I just never could understand how a creative person could interface it in a way that made it worth the time. That is why I was really excited when I got a chance to chat with Josh Turner. Josh is the founder of...

Photo Props:   I get bored. Often. And usually when I get bored, I start to drift. I'm just being honest. Doing the same thing over and over doesn't engage me creatively or fill me up...it drives me CRAZY! I like new challenges. I like new projects and new...

Photo Props   Working with artists is an amazing gift. They are some of the most talented people in an organization. It's also likely they're some of the most frustrating and messy. It's like there's a secret code to getting the most from this class of people who...