Category: process

  • Duke Ellington, Deadlines and Attribution

    Duke Ellington, Deadlines and Attribution

    —

    by

    Erik Moe
    in ,

    I don’t need time. What I need is a deadline. —Duke Ellington Here’s a deadline: publish something inspired by Duke Ellington’s quote above by the end of the day today. Each morning for the past month or so, I have been picking a quote as my parting thought for the end of a thirty-minute session…

  • Welcome to the Conversation

    Welcome to the Conversation

    —

    by

    Erik Moe
    in

    Last week I posed a question without answering it: “What is the conversation you want to be having?” (or, “What conversation do you want to be a part of?”). I drafted an answer as part of that post before realizing that (a) the question part was plenty long and deserved to stand on its own,…

  • What is the Conversation You Want To Be Having?

    What is the Conversation You Want To Be Having?

    —

    by

    Erik Moe
    in

    This was my friend Danny’s question to me years ago when I was struggling to balance my identity as both an artist and a consultant. To find clients, it seemed necessary to put my most commercially valuable experience out there front and center. Coding, project management, Photoshop and digital marketing were far more likely to…