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Some of the connections may not be so appealing to everyone. Creativity resists even the most creative definitions. "Trying to pin down creativity," as a speaker noted recently at one of the Hallmark card company's regular seminars, "is like trying to nail Jell-O to the wall." When the corporate back is to the wall, however, a wild swing can be the best move. "Desperation is a good motive," says David Luther, senior vice president and corporate director of quality at Corning. "Customers came to us and said if we didn't change, they'd go somewhere else...
...meeting by digression, challenging and revising every assumption presented and switching subjects to alight on a new idea before circling around to finish the last. The method is collaborative: a free-form Scrabble game that reflects her scanning, multitrack way of thinking. Gradually, eventually, problems are solved: story ideas jell, stereotypes are smashed, cliches dissolved and media-worn phrases reconstituted into acceptable headlines...
...household name and producer of consumer products, Kraft Inc., to Philip Morris Companies Inc. for an estimated $13.5 billion. Each year, Kraft sells $10 billion worth or products like Cheez Whiz, Miracle Whip and something called Frusen Gladje. Philip Morris makes items such as cigarettes, beer, coffee, lunchmeat and Jell...
...talking about something that destroys people's lives . . . to the point that they're no longer normal human beings." Reagan drew an angry picture of future decadence: "You drive down the highway, and you look up, and there's a billboard, and it doesn't say EAT JELL-O; it says TRY COCAINE. And your papers and your magazines ((would be)) full of attractive ads saying OH, HAVE A BALL, GET STONED ON COCAINE, YOU'LL NEVER TRY ANYTHING ELSE." Senator D'Amato earlier sardonically suggested some snappier slogans: "The weekend belongs to heroin," for example, or "This crack...
...little by little, the film began to come into focus. The results were just taking their time halfway through the season, Harvard Coach Pete Roby sees a team that may be beginning to jell...