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The Art of Making Art

My family belongs to a ponderous array of arts organizations – symphonies, museums, theater companies and a mélange of performance […]

The same thing happens to me once every three months. I’m productive and prolific and then, all of a sudden,

In the movie Star Trek soon-to-be Captain Kirk is reprimanded for reprogramming theKobayashi Maru, a no-win battle simulation with those wily rascals

When I was eighteen years old I wasn’t exactly college material. Sure I was a champion wrestler and had some

Help! The personal development section of my favorite bookstore is expanding faster than the universe. It is a paradox of

Simplicity is the new thing. Quality is so over and innovation is fading into everythingness. We’ve all but given up

There is a new Starbucks in the main hall of the business school where I teach. I stand amazed as

I have always loved living up north but this year winter sucked. The Great Lakes froze over completely for the

Original article published in Corp Magazine: Innovation 101: Create, Control, Compete, Collaborate When you ask a university professor a question

Originally published in Corp! Magazine. By Michael Carmichael When you ask a university professor a question you should be prepared