I read an article about the quirky director 𝗠𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 in a recent New Yorker. I discovered she’s married to another director, 𝗠𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀, who in 2005 made the film version of @WalterKirn ’s novel “𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗯𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿”.

Shown is a photo of Walter in his

Finally arrived Roger von Oech!!

𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗰𝘆, 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 “𝗚𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘁” 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮.

All who tried failed to solve this strangely complicated puzzle.
Then

Certain attitudes can get in the way when we're trying to be creative. @rogervonoech calls these attitudes 'mental locks' Here's the 2nd of 10 he's identified. #creative #innovative

The new Glorious Final (5th) 2024 Edition of 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗖𝗞 is here. Revised, updated, with 40% new content!

Amazon —> bit.ly/whack24
Justin Gary
Tim Ferriss

One of the best non-fiction books of all time...is even better‼️

Generous and kind Roger von Oech sent me the latest edition of his creativity classic. I know first hand the people and careers this one book has rescued and grown. Get it! Read it! Share it w/others! #creativity #innovation #leader

The classics never go out of style!

I get more excited for really old books than new books these days, but in this case I will make an exception. One to read and keep, one as a gift for a wise fool (you need to read the book to understand the compliment). #whack Roger von Oech

This is a good interview — I like the way Williams sums it up:
“We need provocative contrarians like @WalterKirn.” Indeed!

To escape the news about the student encampment at #Columbia , I turned on the 1984 Robin Williams film “𝙈𝙤𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙬 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙪𝙙𝙨𝙤𝙣.”

A half an hour into the film, the Williams character meets a woman at a swanky New York reception who says: “I teach Marxism at

𝗟𝗔𝗨𝗚𝗛 𝗔𝗧 𝗜𝗧: Some off-beat corporate mottos:

• 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆: “The place where ‘when you wish upon a star,’ we charge you for it.”

• 𝗡𝗔𝗦𝗔: “We get it up.”

• 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁: “We’re arrogant and we should be.”

• 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗼𝗳

Here’s a nice piece on AI:

“Where is your company on the AI Acceleration Journey?” by @Armano
open.substack.com/pub/davidarman…

There’s an 𝗮𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 about former British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan’s luncheon with 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗲 𝗚𝗮𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗲 and his wife shortly after de Gaulle left office in 1969.

Macmillan asked Mrs. de Gaulle what she wanted

I’m delighted that April 22nd has morphed into #JackNicholson Day! What a great artist to celebrate.
(Born on this date in 1937.)

RIP Terry Anderson, 76, American journalist held hostage by Hezbollah in Lebanon for 6 years in the late 1980s.

I got to know him slightly when we were both on the speakers program for a dozen IBM 100% Award Sales conferences in 1993. My memory of him at that time was that he

Thought I’d take a break from everything and catch a bit of the #Masters golf.

Instead I felt like I was assaulted every 10 minutes with a commercial promoting how AI will change my life.

Finished watching the 8-part series of #Ripley on Netflix.

Very satisfying: the pacing, the cinematography (b/w by Robert Elswit), and the wonderful #AndrewScott in the title role.

If you like psychological thrillers, this is for you.