Here is the thing. Being a geospatial science professional requires, or let’s see, is enhanced by skills in tech, spatial awareness, geography and adjacent disciplines. There is an economy around all of it. Who do you know, who else knows that you know them, how marketable is your question, what can you build and how much money can I make using it — blah, blah, blah.
Think about the part of your job that you would be willing to do for free. My joke is that I speak for free — clients pay me to travel. If there isn’t enough of what you spend the majority of your life doing that you would miss terribly (beyond your economies) maybe it is time to pause.
I am not advocating for burning bridges or quitting gainful employment I am asking for awareness. Just this week alone I have been hustled by social media HR professionals for multiple jobs in an industry where I no longer belong and haven’t for over a decade.
Recruited (unsuccessfully) to rely on AI to create reels that would catapult me into the speaking stratosphere. Their pitch was something like knowing “0” about a topic to be hired for 5 figures as an expert.
When has leap frogging over expertise and fast lane logic ever sparked creativity or interest?
Here is how a series of happy accidents is fueling my work for the next week…
My thoughts from the slower lane invite you to see the graphic clip from Petra.
Petra Stefankova FRSA: A Drawn Life Presented by Arts and Culture
The film I discovered while researching Petra, A Drawn Life is actually Geoff McFetridge: Drawing a Life. This is fabulous and was the final push to return to illustration as part of my work life. You can do a free MUBA trial to watch for free or a few dollars for draconian Amazon Prime video.
A Drifting Life by Yoshihiro Tatsumi is a hefty book(800+ pages) that caught my attention at Politics and Prose in the neighborhood where I like to stay when heading to DC.
Manga is masterful as a guide to telling stories. Think about how important white space is for writing and drawing, even when speaking. The space between panels does some heavy lifting especially with stories as relevant as Yoshihiro Tatsumi’s memoir reaching into Japans culture and history beginning over 60 years ago.
Multi-media is my first love of creativity. It reminds me of the saying, if all you have is a hammer everything looks like a nail.
If all you have is a powerpoint, everything is a slide. YAAwWWwwwnnnn.
There isn’t an influencer out there that holds the secrets of better talks, slides, books or anything else trying to shortcut creativity and the space it needs to grow.
You need to attend class. A class that focuses on excellence. What fascinates you and brings wonder or makes you pull up a seat and focus your attention? Your job is to create that syllabus.
Harry Styles is a master storyteller or is great at pulling teams together that highlight his ethos, culture and vision. GO ahead…fight me on this one.
The Four Conditions of Happiness
Life in the open air, love for another being, freedom from ambition, creation — Albert Camus
