Great and enormously helpful! Mark Walton shows us that the shape of a crisis may be novel, but the secrets to surviving and thriving through it are not. In Crucial Creativity, he looks to companies and individuals who have overcome calamities in the past, and applies their strategies to today and tomorrow. -Barbara Bradley Hagerty, New York Times bestselling author of Fingerprints of God, and contributing editor at The Atlantic If you're ready to turn a crisis into a business opportunity, this book is for you. Lucidly written and filled with inspiring examples and practical insights, Mark Walton's Crucial Creativity can help you reinvent your organization or career to meet the moment with verve and success. -William Ury, Ph.D., international bestselling co-author, Getting to Yes, and co-founder, Harvard Negotiation Program In this timely new book, Mark Walton delivers clear, innovative strategies to help us successfully recover from staggering career and business setbacks with fresh confidence and wisdom. -Kerry Hannon, career columnist for the New York Times and AARP Magazine, and author of Never Too Old to Get Rich: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Starting a Business at Midlife Mark Walton is one of our most perceptive thinkers on the importance of creativity in career and business transitions.

In Crucial Creativity, he delivers thoughtful answers to what may be the most timely and important question yet: How do you reinvent yourself in a crisis economy? -Mark Miller, Reuters columnist, New York Times contributor, and publisher of RetirementRevised.com A powerful book! A beautiful blend of strategy and storytelling that will be an invaluable companion to anyone working on a business or career reinvention or even a mindset shift. -Marci Alboher, VP Encore.org and author of the Encore Career Handbook: How to Make a Living and a Difference in the Second Half of Life A crash course in crisis creativity! In his warm, welcoming style, Mark Walton asks: "If life has changed, how do we create a new game?" He goes on to provide lived examples and real-life recommendations for moving forward from where you are to where you need to be, in the midst of discomfort and uncertainty. -Anisa Mehdi, Executive Director, Abraham Path Initiative, and Emmy Award-winning producer for ABC and PBS.