Creative Trespassing

Listening to Tania Katan narrate her call-to-arms guide to expressing more of your creative self at work, some listeners will wish that she were less effusive. Her dramatic embellishments are often distracting and sometimes interfere with phrasing clarity. But she's a likable messenger with an appealing message: Instead of tolerating a dull job or routine workplace, shake things up by pushing the boundaries of propriety and letting your messy self blossom. With colorful examples, she describes how employees at all levels can change a company's culture and improve their own lives by being more fun and spontaneous. She makes the case, with her effort and idealism as much as her message, that we don't need to be powerless in an environment that is restrictive and draining our love of life. T.W. � AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine