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Lawyers & Hypnotists…

By Kevin Houchin on Thursday, June 30th, 2011 | No Comments

Last year I was invited to give a couple of presentations at The National Guild of Hypnotists Annual Conference. You might wonder why an attorney would be presenting to hypnotists, but it’s really very simple—hypnotists are one more service profession trying to escape the bondage of the billable hour. Like almost everyone who is tired [...]

I love creative clients.

By Kevin Houchin on Wednesday, June 15th, 2011 | No Comments

I’ve been doing a lot of writing for other blogs lately, so my posting here has dropped off a bunch, and I want to do something to change that. What is that something? Get up early and write more. I had a meeting with a new client yesterday. This man retired after 20 years in [...]

Experience+Knowledge=Wisdom

By Kevin Houchin on Wednesday, February 16th, 2011 | No Comments

Here’s the video from my Ignite Fort Collins #7 talk. It comes down to this: Wisdom is only found when we share a combined experience with a mutually understood language. Those languages can be in any form, written, spoken, symbolic, etc. Engage the experience. Learn the language. Share the Wisdom. Take a look a the [...]

Alchemy of Ideas

By Kevin Houchin on Sunday, June 20th, 2010 | No Comments

— Here’s a little video on the Alchemy of Ideas. Hopefully this will shed some light on why Intellectual Property law does not care about your idea – only what you’ve DONE with your idea to bring it into the word and share it with the rest of us. Granted, I still have a lot [...]

Joint Works (copyright)

By Kevin Houchin on Wednesday, May 5th, 2010 | No Comments

No, we’re not talking about creativity that originates from prison. Nor are we talking about helping a bud roll one. — We’re talking about when at least two people work together on a creative project. — Unfortunately, “inadvertent” joint authorship happens all the time. Here’s the analysis: 1. A work is “jointly authored” automatically upon [...]

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