The Poet in the C-suite

Welcome to The Poet in the C-Suite, a book about what poets do to conjure inspiration, think around obstacles, banish cliches and give feedback. We follow a fictional poet into conference rooms and living rooms, into scenes where she offers creative strategies.

The book includes conversations with leaders who have some of the traits of thinking like poets, including a polar bear scientist, investment banker, media mogul, middle school principal, roboticist, a nurse/inventor and two craft beverage entrepreneurs. 

Seven creative practices emerge, providing a wry and engaging guidebook for creativity across professions, interests and backgrounds.

“My experiences as a practicing civil engineer and a poet for most of my adult life—or a poet-engineer—have led me to firmly believe that I am a better engineer because I’m a poet. Thinking like a poet has helped me approach familiar and challenging design problems in innovative ways. In The Poet in the C-Suite, Frances McCue gives credence to what I’ve believed. Indeed, the writing and/or study of poetry has genuine capacity to make anyone better, more successful, and fulfilled in whatever they do. - Richard Blanco, 2013 Presidential Inaugural Poet.

This is a cross-over, breakout book for our times—while AI leaves the gap for original, human-imprinted thinking and authentic voices, we can’t afford to keep the arts and humanities quarantined from engineering, technology, business and government.  

This book breaks down the door into the executive suite so that the poet can enter the discussion. 

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