Book Launch Roundup
The new book The Accidental Creative: How To Be Brilliant At a Moment’s Notice has launched into stores. The book has been many years in the making, and it’s so great to see it finally on the market. (The latest AC podcast shares a little about what’s in it.)
Here’s a roundup of some early online action related to the book:
- Fast Company – an excerpt from chapter three about expectation escalation
- AMEX Open Forum – Matthew E. May offers a great review of the book (thanks Matthew!)
- Harvard Business Review – guest post on the importance of Creative Rhythm
- Forbes.com – Q&A with Dan Schawbel about the dynamics of creating on demand
- Fortune Magazine – how great innovators are made, not born (featuring The Accidental Creative)
- Huffington Post – guest post on why cover bands don’t change the world
- US News & World Report – the journey to entrepreneurship around The Accidental Creative
- Washington Post – no-cost leadership training ideas (featuring The Accidental Creative)
- Washington Post Express – shares insights for creating on demand
- the99Percent – guest post on Unnecessary Creation
- Steven Pressfield – Q&A about the process of writing the book
- Jonathan Fields – guest post on the fallacy of compartmentalization
- Six Pixels of Separation – interview with Mitch Joel about the dynamics of creating
- Personal MBA – post featuring key insights and concepts from the book
- Escape From Cubicle Nation – fun interview with Pamela Slim about the book
- There Are No Rules – excerpt on Jane Friedman’s very cool Writer’s Digest blog
- New York Journal of Books – offers up a very thorough review
- Intrepid Radio – interview about creating on demand
- Noah Scalin – Noah offers a very kind review (thanks Noah!)
- Expert Access Radio – interview about how to build practices that lead to long-term effectiveness
- Church Marketing Sucks – guest post on false assumptions
- Michael Buckingham – great review of the book (thanks Michael!)
- Michael Hyatt – guest post on what it means to “die empty”
- Tyler Hurst – offers up a review and why he thinks creating on demand is challenging
- Lendio – Q&A with Dan Bischoff on how entrepreneurs can be more creative
- Work Awesome – guest post on staying in your Red Zone
- Morris Branding – Steven Morris offers his thoughts on the book and two others as well
- Aaron Goldfarb – a very cool review (thanks Aaron!)
- 800-CEO-READ – selected by Jack Covert for a wonderful review
- US News & World Report – 12 ways to be creative at work (featuring The Accidental Creative)
- Philadelphia Inquirer – article about thinking on your feet
- Hartford Business Journal – review of the book and tips on using time effectively
Much more to come throughout the day today. If you posted something about the book, send the link to book [at] accidentalcreative.com and we’ll add it to the list!
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I'm Todd Henry.
I write books, speak internationally on productivity, creativity, leadership, and passion for work, and help people and teams generate brilliant ideas. More
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Happy publication day Todd! There is nothing like it. 🙂 Great press coverage, well done! I really enjoyed our conversation, and know my audience will get great value from it. Best of luck with the launch!
Thank you Pam! I really enjoyed our conversation as well, and look forward to sharing YOUR interview with the AC community as well… 🙂 Thanks so much for all you do.