The Creative Lead Workshop

The Creative Lead Workshop

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The A**hat Rule

“Once you wanted revolution. Now YOU’RE the institution. How’s it feel to be ‘The Man’”? —Ben Folds

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The Creative Lead Workshop
May 12, 2025
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Ben Folds summarized a terribly uncomfortable truth in his 2001 hit single “The Ascent of Stan.” He described how a young man, full of '“hippie ideals”, grows up and gets a job and becomes successful…

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