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TCE stands for The Creative Economy, a great book by John Hawkins. Inspired by his ‘10 rules for success in the creative economy’ I explore how this affects my daily life and work.
Define yourself by your own (thinking) activities
Do not shape yourself by the job title somebody else gives you. People who are brave call [...]

05 Oct, 2009

‘Be nomadic’ (TCE rule #3)

Posted by: Bob Jansen In: Creativity| Personal

TCE stands for The Creative Economy, a great book by John Hawkins. Inspired by his ‘10 rules for success in the creative economy’ I explore how this affects my daily life and work.
Be nomadic
Nomads are at home in every country. You can choose your own path and means of travel, and choose how long you [...]

TCE stands for The Creative Economy, a great book by John Hawkins. Inspired by his ‘10 rules for success in the creative economy’ I explore how this affects my daily life and work.

Put the priority on ideas, not on data
Create and grow your own creative imagination. Build a personal balance sheet of intellectual capital. [...]

31 Mar, 2009

‘Invent yourself’ (TCE rule #1)

Posted by: Bob Jansen In: Creativity| Personal

TCE stands for The Creative Economy, a great book by John Hawkins. Inspired by his ‘10 rules for success in the creative economy’ I explore how this affects my daily life and work.

Invent yourself
Create a unique cluster of personal talents. Own your image. Manage it. Build momentum. Leave school early, if you want, but [...]

28 Mar, 2009

Working eight hour overtime for charity

Posted by: Bob Jansen In: Creativity| advertising

Yesterday I attended to 8UO (8 uur overwerken) which basically is a gathering of creative people that pull an eight hour overtime to help charities with problems like their advertising campaigns. Throughout the country 45 teams spread over 9 cities worked on a variety of assignments.
Most of the assignments involved communication problems, to be more [...]