Orbiting the Giant Hairball

Gordon McKenzie worked at Hallmark Cards for thirty years. Many of these he spent inspiring his colleagues to rise above the rubber-stamp confines of the administrator mindset and become innovators, using techniques in which he had been schooled by the legendary artist and thinker W. Eugene Smith--a mentor to a generation of photographers, including Garry Winogrand, Lee Friedlander, Robert Frank, Duane Michals, Joel Meyerowitz, and Gordon Parks. McKenzie's experiences form the basis for Slipping the Bonds of Corporate Normalcy, a uniquely entertaining look at the intersection of creativity and corporate life that reveals how to avoid being stifled by non-creative opponents--those who have lost their ability to dream or feel--and instead be liberated by them. It is both personally empowering and an entertaining blueprint for corporate success.