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Orville Wright Did Not Have A Pilot’s License

By on July 7, 2009 in FEATURED, LIFE

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 […]

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What Next?

By on June 9, 2009 in LIFE

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 […]

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