Corwin Hiebert Managing Creative People + Creative Projects
Category “Soap Box”
Freedom and Fear
It’s been out for awhile but I just had to watch it again: I Believe I can Fly ( flight of the frenchies ). A free man is someone who is true to himself, who follows his dreams and turns them into reality. Though my experiences outside consists of occasional hikes, some downhill mountain biking [...]
Stop Looking, Start Doing
“Finding success” assumes we’ve been looking for it. Looking assumes we’re searching for something we don’t yet have. I think it’s the hunt that keeps us from actually being successful. Stop looking for success and start doing the things that produce victories (small or large). Success will find you when you’re working hard and taking [...]
Filling the Frames
Thanks to the Camera+ App on my iPhone I’ve had a lot of fun taking pictures lately and for me that’s a big deal. I’m surround by amazing photographers and that type of company tends to make me a little gun shy of the whole thing. But, these past 12 months I’ve let loose a [...]
Between the Lines
I’m feeling the need for a quick rave. Today I met with a fellow entrepreneur, someone who’s totally crushing it and making rain where there ain’t a cloud in sight! Cheesy metaphor, I know. This small business owner is a blue-sky thinker and doesn’t let anything or anyone come between them and their dreams. They’ve [...]
Are You Nuts?
This is a photograph of a nut (or a bolt) on a lamp post in Central Park, NY. I took this picture while in Manhattan with the infamous Martin Prihoda and yogi superstar Wade Imre Morissette in 2008. I don’t think I can keep my mouth shut any longer. I’ve seen it to many times. [...]
Freelancers
Last weekend Dave Seeram and I attended Freelance Camp Vancouver – an un-conference for indie workers. I’m really glad I went. It’s a volunteer-run event run by The Network Hub – I can’t say enough about how great those folks are. Of course there’s some marketing spin by them as they hope for new clients [...]
Step Into My Office
David and I have had a lot of meetings but this one took the cake. A couple weeks after surgery (read the nearly tragic story on his blog) he brought me out from the Westcoast to spend three days in “his office”. Well, it wasn’t so much an office as it was a busy hospital [...]
Making Meetings Not Suck
[Part 2 of 2] As a counter-post to my pissy rant about how much I think meetings suck, let me share with you some ideas on how you can make meetings not suck. The truth is I have very few traditional meetings. I prefer to process the details of project online – that’s what Smartsheet [...]
Meetings Suck
[Part 1 of 2] Meetings suck. That’s right, I said it. Why such a strong reaction you ask? Well – it’s simple. For too long I’ve felt that meetings have a remarkable success rate at wasting my time but I’ve never had much proof (other than that nagging, irritated feeling I get when I’m subjected [...]
What I Found in the Gutter
Years ago there was a game I loved to play – it’s called Gutter Ball; I’d be surprised if you’ve heard of it. The object is simple: two players stand on either end of a 12ft. trough-shaped table, sort of like a shuffleboard table, and they exchange a cue ball in hopes of knocking all [...]
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