Working

Tue, 13 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0800

A great job is a common variant of the American Dream. But the prototypical “work life” in America has been steadily changing for decades. Today, almost half of all Americans make a living outside a traditional workplace. The shift is having an impact on commerce, on work-life balance, and on governmental policy.

In the latest episode of The Findings Report Podcast we delve into the world of work in the U.S.A. We start in a discussion with Josh S. Rose, a high-ranking advertising agency creative who suddenly found himself out of a job. Before making his next move, he hit the road with his camera and travelled the country developing a series of photo-essays titled Americans at Work. He shares what he learned and how it has shaped his view of work life.

Telling a Story Without a Literal Narrative

Sat, 12 Oct 2013 18:14:30 +0000

In his thought-provoking book The Storytelling Animal, Jonathan Gottschall constructs a compelling case that we are all natural born storytellers. We can’t help it. It is part of our brain’s wiring. It is how we comprehend the world. Even when we’re not trying, we’re always constructing stories.

I come back to this fact of life often, especially when someone says they can’t come up with a story; when they tell me they have writer’s block or they just aren’t creative enough to put a story together. That’s bunk. Each of us has been piecing stories together without much conscious thought since we were infants.

Photography on The Findings Report

Working

Telling a Story Without a Literal Narrative