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I recently read Gordon MacKenzie’s Orbiting The Giant Hairball, an excellent book about cultivating personal creativity – particularly how to do so in the workplace. It is a brilliant book, chronicling the author’s experiences as an employee at Hallmark. The book is filled with doodles, sketches, stories, and anecdotes chronicling ways in which Gordon managed to leverage his creativity to further his career and enrich his life. The chapters are short, and it is a very …read more
For the past week, much of the conversation around Dayton has been about NCR and their departure from the community. NCR was founded by John H. Patterson over 100 years ago. Patterson was an innovator, a community leader, and one of the pioneers of modern sales techniques. One need not look very far to find reminders of his influence here in Dayton. Like the Wright Brothers, Patterson is one of the iconic figures of Dayton’s …read more
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