Hi Hollis,

Thanks for sharing such a deeply personal -- yet shared by so many of us -- challenge. I wonder if a different terminology might open new paths for you to think about these problems. I just finished reading Elizabeth Gilbert's new book, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear, and I think the concepts of creativity and innovation are closely related, but may lead us toward different approaches to our work.

I've also been spending time with a lot of different sources (books, TED, blogs, webinars, conversations with friends) taking various angles at teamwork, collaboration, flat organizations, etc. I'm growing ever more convinced that partners or teammates or some person or group of confidantes are a key to happy achievement, in work and in life.

Does any of that resonate?