For our November theme of CHANCE, we’ve going to have an incredible talk from Hillel Cooperman. 

Hillel worked for Microsoft from mid-1997 to late 2006 as a program manager, a product unit manager, and all the positions in between. Now Hillel is the co-founder with Jenny Lam of Jackson Fish Market, a premier user experience and branding consultancy in Seattle, WA as well as makers of Slide Bureau and A Story Before Bed.

Tickets will be available November 3rd.

CMSEA: How do you define creativity and apply it in your career?
HC: I’m not really sure what this means. I guess if you forced me, I would say that creativity is the purpose of life. And I try to apply it to everything I do.
CMSEA: Where do you find your best creative inspiration?
HC: From people who underestimate me.
CMSEA: What’s the one creative advice or tip you wish you’d known as a young person?
HC: Yes, it’s true that you need to surround yourself with people who are better than you (I knew this already, but this next part I didn’t know) but that doesn’t mean you don’t have something amazing to contribute yourself.
CMSEA: Who would you like to hear speak at CreativeMornings?
HC: Neal Stephenson
CMSEA: What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever done?
HC: I turned off the Citgo sign that sits above Fenway Park.
CMSEA: Where was the last place you travelled?
HC: Shelburne Vermont. The inn was like the hotel in The Shining.

CMSEA: Thanks, Hillel! We’ll see you on the 3rd!