"Symphony," says Daniel Pink, business writer and former chief speechwriter for Vice President Al Gore, "is the ability to see the big picture, connect the dots, combine disparate things into something new.  It's a signature ability that is a great predictor of star performance in the workplace."  That is a concept related to creativity that I talk about a lot but have failed to articulate as succinctly as this.  Thank you, Daniel, for saying it so well.  This quote came from his interview with Oprah in the Dec. 2008 issue of "O, The Oprah Magazine."  Pink wrote, A Whole New Mind, which says right-brain thinkers (i.e., creative, artistic, empathetic) now have the advantage over left-brain thinkers (i.e., logical, linear, by-the-numbers) whose talents can easily be outsourced.  I haven't read his book yet but it's now on the list.