tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-638117 2007-07-31T08:32:34-04:00 Unraveling the Creative Process -- Putting Wheels Under Ideas TypePad http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.gif tag:typepad.com,2003:post-37095400 2007-07-31T08:32:34-04:00 2007-07-31T08:32:34-04:00 Su Doyle I've been living in a sensory deprivation tank for six weeks. My car radio is still busted, despite 3 replaced fuses. My first two days of commuting in silence, without NPR News, audiobooks or...<br/> <br/> Unraveling the Creative Process -- Putting Wheels Under Ideas<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Whiteboardskateboard?a=DjtdHJtfV5s:R8CqJxpYOeU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Whiteboardskateboard?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://www.revenuedrivenmarketing.com/whiteboardskateboard/2007/07/no-radio-no-wor.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-35125410 2007-06-10T10:38:07-04:00 2007-06-10T10:38:07-04:00 Su Doyle You just completed a creative project. And now you must wait for feedback from: the portfolio review, the audition, the interview, the spiral-bound proposal. So you're pacing the floor/biting your...<br/> <br/> Unraveling the Creative Process -- Putting Wheels Under Ideas<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Whiteboardskateboard?a=XoZWf4_y3vY:9jO7uILLCiI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Whiteboardskateboard?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://www.revenuedrivenmarketing.com/whiteboardskateboard/2007/06/create_while_yo.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-33954320 2007-05-11T16:11:41-04:00 2007-05-11T16:11:41-04:00 Su Doyle I have the resume I dreamed of having 20 years ago. And I hate it. It's perfect for finding the last job I had, but it limits me from finding my next adventure. Successful people are both defined and...<br/> <br/> Unraveling the Creative Process -- Putting Wheels Under Ideas<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Whiteboardskateboard?a=bxKsU-ywQKY:HjI4SjZWXnA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Whiteboardskateboard?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://www.revenuedrivenmarketing.com/whiteboardskateboard/2007/05/why_im_ditching.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-33195320 2007-04-23T17:09:00-04:00 2007-04-23T17:09:00-04:00 Su Doyle To build on Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car" lyrics, the boldest ideas come from those who have nothing to lose. For those of us with established careers, or at "established ages" it's harder to think...<br/> <br/> Unraveling the Creative Process -- Putting Wheels Under Ideas<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Whiteboardskateboard?a=r3-5eFWLmSg:wUhRdAyPa54:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Whiteboardskateboard?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://www.revenuedrivenmarketing.com/whiteboardskateboard/2007/04/starting_from_z.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-32649174 2007-04-08T22:56:36-04:00 2007-04-08T22:56:36-04:00 Su Doyle If only this book had been published ten years ago... I would have avoided some regrettable hiring decisions, and one-sided friendships as well. It's the fairweather friend or colleague that trips us...<br/> <br/> Unraveling the Creative Process -- Putting Wheels Under Ideas<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Whiteboardskateboard?a=zTIq7ZkQ8T4:9Jnciup64kM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Whiteboardskateboard?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://www.revenuedrivenmarketing.com/whiteboardskateboard/2007/04/integrity_redef.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-32043776 2007-03-24T15:07:30-04:00 2007-03-24T15:07:30-04:00 Su Doyle Multi-tasking in front of the TV, I read a book on corporate strategy while watching an Inside the Actor's Studio Interview with Chris Rock. Chris Rock's business advice was far more useful. It...<br/> <br/> Unraveling the Creative Process -- Putting Wheels Under Ideas<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Whiteboardskateboard?a=vRDiuIcytYE:gCyeZbD9I8Y:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Whiteboardskateboard?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://www.revenuedrivenmarketing.com/whiteboardskateboard/2007/03/creativity_unde.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-31592070 2007-03-13T14:04:31-04:00 2007-03-13T14:04:31-04:00 Su Doyle The buzz on Starbucks these days is about getting back to their core business: Coffee. Through the Customer Experience lens, their other other core business is Community -- and it's conspicuously...<br/> <br/> Unraveling the Creative Process -- Putting Wheels Under Ideas<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Whiteboardskateboard?a=eC9eMjMA5WQ:SApjR29YgsI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Whiteboardskateboard?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://www.revenuedrivenmarketing.com/whiteboardskateboard/2007/03/black_coffee_fo.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-31532918 2007-03-12T10:19:28-04:00 2007-03-12T10:19:28-04:00 Su Doyle Conspicuous Consumption is Conspicuous. Does it distract us from what's really going on in the market? In her Marketing Profs article last Tuesday, The Devil May Wear Prada, But Everyone Else Wears...<br/> <br/> Unraveling the Creative Process -- Putting Wheels Under Ideas<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Whiteboardskateboard?a=n-AGTseOKYY:PGvGiH7hGDA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Whiteboardskateboard?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://www.revenuedrivenmarketing.com/whiteboardskateboard/2007/03/the_impact_of_i.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-31345240 2007-03-08T08:49:19-05:00 2007-03-08T08:49:19-05:00 Su Doyle Despite CRM's vision of "Knowing Thy Customer", CRM for most companies has not evolved beyond Sales Force Automation. As a Marketing VP, I've been on the hook for customer experience, outreach and...<br/> <br/> Unraveling the Creative Process -- Putting Wheels Under Ideas<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Whiteboardskateboard?a=-yc0VvlN6G8:UeX2YdTFg2k:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Whiteboardskateboard?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://www.revenuedrivenmarketing.com/whiteboardskateboard/2007/03/making_crm_live.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-31111406 2007-03-02T14:14:27-05:00 2007-03-02T14:14:27-05:00 Su Doyle In The Rise of the Creative Class, The Flight of the Creative Class, and www.creativeclass.org, Richard Florida investigates what makes world regions creative, productive and competitive, as a...<br/> <br/> Unraveling the Creative Process -- Putting Wheels Under Ideas<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Whiteboardskateboard?a=a2T5MTL_6P0:sHlbE_glNB4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Whiteboardskateboard?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://www.revenuedrivenmarketing.com/whiteboardskateboard/2007/03/the_economic_im.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-30919690 2007-02-26T13:39:57-05:00 2007-02-26T13:39:57-05:00 Su Doyle As both a technology executive and artist, I continue to get unsolicited career advice on combining my two vocations, including "you should be in advertising" or "you should design greeting cards"......<br/> <br/> Unraveling the Creative Process -- Putting Wheels Under Ideas<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Whiteboardskateboard?a=N-coLEAncXE:0U0UlbAc41E:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Whiteboardskateboard?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://www.revenuedrivenmarketing.com/whiteboardskateboard/2007/02/creativity_isnt.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-30504682 2007-02-15T10:06:21-05:00 2007-02-15T10:06:21-05:00 Su Doyle No offense intended. I have several copies of The Art of War -- all given to me by former bosses. Could it be that our current generation of CEOs feel compelled to quote military analogies because...<br/> <br/> Unraveling the Creative Process -- Putting Wheels Under Ideas<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Whiteboardskateboard?a=JCRajiVkIyk:IT1HS1X4GNQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Whiteboardskateboard?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://www.revenuedrivenmarketing.com/whiteboardskateboard/2007/02/sorry_sun_tzu_t.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-30387370 2007-02-12T15:06:48-05:00 2007-02-12T15:06:48-05:00 Su Doyle Successful teams have strong personalities -- when brainstorming, these personalities can become caricatures: the naysayer, the vulcan fact-checker, the polyanna, the emotional chest-pounder, etc....<br/> <br/> Unraveling the Creative Process -- Putting Wheels Under Ideas<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Whiteboardskateboard?a=BHr3myWvntk:-rhMmko-A9w:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Whiteboardskateboard?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://www.revenuedrivenmarketing.com/whiteboardskateboard/2007/02/taking_bias_out.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-30250590 2007-02-11T10:26:29-05:00 2007-02-11T10:26:29-05:00 Su Doyle Doing is fast. Thinking is slow. I feel more productive when I check off one little task on my to-do list, no matter how tiny. Then I feel anxious because I haven't started my bigger project -- the...<br/> <br/> Unraveling the Creative Process -- Putting Wheels Under Ideas<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Whiteboardskateboard?a=h453ZVzmb7o:IpEP1xAh4Fc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Whiteboardskateboard?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://www.revenuedrivenmarketing.com/whiteboardskateboard/2007/02/doing_is_fast_t.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-30278828 2007-02-09T09:09:01-05:00 2007-02-09T09:09:01-05:00 Su Doyle Art has the power to inspire us. The real creative inspiration, however, may come from artists themselves. They need to think differently every day - so they know how to get through creative logjams....<br/> <br/> Unraveling the Creative Process -- Putting Wheels Under Ideas<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Whiteboardskateboard?a=e2zzbQ2uvxg:VjK3LYyDQNU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Whiteboardskateboard?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://www.revenuedrivenmarketing.com/whiteboardskateboard/2007/02/inspiration_for.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-30239942 2007-02-08T12:15:21-05:00 2007-02-08T12:15:21-05:00 Su Doyle Like a blank piece of paper or a blank document, a blank canvas is frightening, only bigger. I generally paint large: on a 30 x 40" or 24 x 24" canvas, with big hardware store brushes. So how will...<br/> <br/> Unraveling the Creative Process -- Putting Wheels Under Ideas<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Whiteboardskateboard?a=y4hq9pUIj8M:Nx4i1F5-GT0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Whiteboardskateboard?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://www.revenuedrivenmarketing.com/whiteboardskateboard/2007/02/starting_a_new_.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-30224506 2007-02-08T08:35:38-05:00 2007-02-08T08:35:38-05:00 Su Doyle I do my best work when I get passionate about a project. The project dominates my thoughts during my waking (and non-waking hours). I'm not obsessing over it, but always thinking about how to do...<br/> <br/> Unraveling the Creative Process -- Putting Wheels Under Ideas<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Whiteboardskateboard?a=QjkbXy0RtUk:xB3L7fZVw40:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Whiteboardskateboard?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://www.revenuedrivenmarketing.com/whiteboardskateboard/2007/02/hitting_the_res.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-30160858 2007-02-07T12:18:43-05:00 2007-02-07T12:18:43-05:00 Su Doyle You're prepping for a strategy meeting but have no fresh thoughts to add to what's already been done. An impromptu brainstorming session makes you feel like a newbie comedian at the improv. We can...<br/> <br/> Unraveling the Creative Process -- Putting Wheels Under Ideas<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Whiteboardskateboard?a=HA7QAzTvoCw:J2fpXPT1c2k:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Whiteboardskateboard?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://www.revenuedrivenmarketing.com/whiteboardskateboard/2007/02/getting_unstuck.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-30137478 2007-02-06T09:35:47-05:00 2007-02-06T09:35:47-05:00 Su Doyle A less geeky person might have had a wakeboarding/snowboarding/surfboarding/skateboarding accident. My aggressive whiteboarding resulted in a broken window. Of course, the whiteboard was...<br/> <br/> Unraveling the Creative Process -- Putting Wheels Under Ideas<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Whiteboardskateboard?a=jFVsg5PVWyY:Jx724HHQnRE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Whiteboardskateboard?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://www.revenuedrivenmarketing.com/whiteboardskateboard/2007/02/a_whiteboarding.html