{"product_id":"orbiting-the-giant-hairball-a-corporate-fools-guide-to-surviving-with-grace-hardcover","title":"Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving with Grace - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGordon MacKenzie\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCreativity is crucial to business success. But too often, even the most innovative organization quickly becomes a \"giant hairball\"--a tangled, impenetrable mass of rules, traditions, and systems, all based on what worked in the past--that exercises an inexorable pull into mediocrity. Gordon McKenzie worked at Hallmark Cards for thirty years, many of which he spent inspiring his colleagues to slip the bonds of Corporate Normalcy and rise to orbit--to a mode of dreaming, daring and doing above and beyond the rubber-stamp confines of the administrative mind-set. In his deeply funny book, exuberantly illustrated in full color, he shares the story of his own professional evolution, together with lessons on awakening and fostering creative genius.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally self-published and already a business \"cult classic\", this personally empowering and entertaining look at the intersection between human creativity and the bottom line is now widely available to bookstores. It will be a must-read for any manager looking for new ways to invigorate employees, and any professional who wants to achieve his or her best, most self-expressive, most creative and fulfilling work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGordon MacKenzie worked at Hallmark Cards for thirty years, where he inspired his colleagues to slip the bonds of Corporate Normalcy and rise to orbit - to a mode of dreaming, daring, and doing above and beyond the rubber-stamp confines of the administrative mind-set. In his deeply funny book, exuberantly illustrated in full color, he shares lessons on awakening and fostering creative genius. He teaches how to emerge from the \"giant hairball\" - that tangled, impenetrable mass of rules, and systems, based on what worked in the past and which can lead to mediocrity in the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGordon MacKenzie \u003c\/b\u003eis an artist and cartoonist. After working for Hallmark Cards, he started to give workshops and tutorials centered on maintaining creativity in the corporate world. His workshops were further developed into his book \u003ci\u003eOrbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving with Grace\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Kansas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.39 x 5.36 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756852936992,"sku":"9780670879830","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/cf654b636d34ac7b27f18d07348eedc6.webp?v=1780087978","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/orbiting-the-giant-hairball-a-corporate-fools-guide-to-surviving-with-grace-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}