![]() ![]() She worked in publicists' offices and spent summers on the "straw hat" circuit along the East Coast of the United States, writing plays that were admired by some of Broadway's leading producers but which somehow never saw the light of day. She called her 1961 memoir Underfoot in Show Business, and it chronicled the struggle of an ambitious young playwright to make it in the world of New York theatre in the 1940s and 1950s. ![]() ![]() Her career, which saw her move from writing unproduced plays to helping create some of the earliest television dramas to becoming a kind of professional New Yorker, goes far beyond the charm of that one book. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she is best known as the author of the book 84 Charing Cross Road, which became the basis for a play, teleplay, and film of the same name. Helene Hanff (April 15, 1916–April 9, 1997) was an American writer. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() The discussion here seemed similar to the argument for “disciplined innovation” that was advocated in another book titled the “Legacy of Good Leadership”. There must also be a process that protects new ideas while they are not yet well formed (what he refers to as “ugly babies”).There must be an active, ongoing process to coax ideas from people and constantly push them to contribute.The main message was that just saying we will be innovative is not enough, management needs to clear away the impediments that frustrate people being innovative and creative. Pixar’s answer is that you need to build structures, processes and institutions that deal with The basic thesis of the book is that being innovative is very hard to do (no surprises there) but the value lies in how Pixar approached this challenge. ![]() Supporting a Creative and Innovative Culture ![]() The overall theme of the book is about developing and sustaining a creative culture but dealing with uncertainty emerges as a big part of this. The observations below are drawn from a book titled “Creativity, Inc” by Ed Catmull who founded and led Pixar. Dealing with uncertainty and the risk of failure is a big topic but I believe there are some useful insights to be gained from looking at how Pixar dealt with these challenges. ![]() ![]() ![]() Rossi also shows how these writings relate to Thoreau's life and career as both writer and naturalist: his readings of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Charles Darwin his failed bid for commercial acceptance of his work and his pivotal encounter with the utter wildness of the Maine woods. ![]() ![]() William Rossi's introduction puts the essays in the context of Thoreau's other major works, both chronologically and intellectually. First appearing in the 1840s through the 1860s, the essays were written during a time of great change in Thoreau's environs, as the Massachusetts of his childhood became increasingly urbanized and industrialized. This volume of seven essays and a late lecture by Henry David Thoreau makes available important material written both before and after Walden. ![]() ![]() ![]() Stories concerning it inspired later Barrie's work. To a religious sect called the Auld Lichts, or Old Lights, and many the Before her marriage Margaret Ogilvy belonged Heard tales of pirates from his mother, who read her children adventure Had ten children, and Barrie was the ninth. Weaver, and mother, Margaret Ogilvy, the daughter of a stonemason. James Matthew Barrie was born in the Lowland village of Kirriemuir, Skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies." (from Peter Pan) "When the first baby laughed for theįirst time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went The first name of Peter Pan was almost certainly takenįrom Peter Llewellyn Davies (1897-1960), one of the several Daviesīrothers that Barrie knew. The boy who lived in Never Land, had a war with Captain Hook, and would ![]() Barrie became world famous with his play and story about Peter Pan (1904), Scottish journalist, playwright and children's book writer. Barrie (1860-1937) - in full Sir James Matthew, Baronet Barrie ![]() A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ![]() ![]() ![]() She deftly draws the reader into their world. The characters she populates this world with are realistic, complex, and engaging. LLoyd-Jones creates a world where everything is upside down and no one can really be trusted. A secret that everyone wants, good and bad, criminal, Feds, and mobsters. When she inadvertently becomes tagged by the mob, she embarks on a quest to gain her freedom that will lead her and her crew to a major discovery, one that will put them all in grave danger. ![]() Through him she enters the world of a criminal. How does and 11 year old girl process having a gift that she must always hide from the world - a gift that has cost her mother her life? What kind of 17 year old does this little girl grow into? She is a tough one, plucked off the street, her life is saved by Kit. ![]() "When Ciere was eight, her mother told her the story of how the immunities came into existence." When Ciere was 11, her mother was gone. ![]() |