TED 2009 + Herbie Hancock

Herbie Hancock is an incredibly talented jazz musician. Watch the video to hear his “all-star set” at TED 2009.

Stanford + Steve Jobs

Check out the moving commencement speech offered by Steve Jobs at Stanford University. To anyone else who is weighing the value of a standard college degree or who is on the brink of change – take fifteen minutes and listen to a person who started out with much against him, chose an unorthodox route, and found success through hard work and creativity.

TED 2009 + Making a Splash in Social Web

I really enjoyed this rapid-fire talk by Alexis Ohanian of Reddit. Here’s how TED describes this talk:

In a funny, rapid-fire 4 minutes, Alexis Ohanian of Reddit tells the real-life fable of one humpback whale’s rise to Web stardom. The lesson of Mister Splashy Pants is a shoo-in classic for meme-makers and marketers in the Facebook age.

And it’s right on. If you have an idea that you want your right people to buy into, take four minutes and watch this clip. “The Lesson of Mister Splashy Pants” will change the way you do social media.

TED 2009 + Imogen Heap

Imogen Heap is an incredible music artist, but I think it’s fair to say she’s an innovator in her field, as well. What do you think?

How to Be an Innovator eBook with Free Preview

I am very excited to announce the release of the eBook version of the How to Be an Innovator Series. This was an incredible series to write and helped me grow personally in so many ways. It also tended to garner the most comments and build the greatest sense of community here at Creative Perch. I think this was mostly because we are all growing, trying to be better, trying to be our best each day. And we want our creative work to reflect our best.

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How to Be an Innovator Series Wrapup

Today we officially wrapped up the How to Be an Innovator series. I’ve posted links to each article and am working on fine-tuning the navigation system. There is a lot of great content in the series, as well as a lot of incredible reader comments. I hope you’ll take some time to check it out. If you’ve missed part of the series, you can find all of the posts on the series page.

I am also working on the eBook for this series and should have it available for download soon. I have an idea for a more appealing layout, and I am super excited to share that resource with you.

But honestly,  I can’t help feeling like the series isn’t quite finished.
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