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Unthinkable with Jay Acunzo

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An inside look at the unconventional choices of quality-obsessed creators – and the memorable things they made as a result. It's a show about trusting your intuition and your craft more than best practices and blueprints. Since 2016, Unthinkable has inspired creators to ship more personal, powerful … read more

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Art of the Unfinished [Creativity Series #18]

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TODAY:

Your creative intuition is a powerful guide. So why does it occasionally seem like you're wandering in circles, unable to move past a single piece of a project? It just doesn't feel like you can get it RIGHT, so you keep agonizing over that part of the work.

 

Today, we learn about the Art of the Unfinished. We assume that, to ship something successful, we need to share only the good stuff, the completed stuff. But new Unthinkable contributor Cara Hogan joins us to share a story that refutes that -- the story of the George Washington painting on the US dollar bill.

 

Then, we hear from two product managers, Adam Sigel and Karen Rubin, about how they involve others in their process. If your default setting is to believe your ideas are wrong, how do you keep shipping your work? We'll find out from them.

 

LINKS TO KNOW:

Professor Patricia Hills: http://www.bu.edu/ah/profile/patricia-hills/

Cara Hogan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CaraHogan27

Adam Sigel on Twitter: https://twitter.com/adamsigel

Karen Rubin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/karenrubin

What did you think of this episode? Say hi to me (Jay) on Twitter: http://twitter.com/jayacunzo

or go behind-the-scenes with making it each week on Snapchat: http://snapchat.com/add/jayacunzo

 

SUPPORT FOR THIS EPISODE:

RightSideShirts.org - empowering kids to be more creative and helping art programs in need.

TOPICS DISCUSSED:

Creativity

Craft

George Washington

Government

History

Painting

Self Portraits

Art

Content Marketing

Product Management

Design

Business

Intuition

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