![]() ![]() Worldwide, Tracy’s ‘look’ stays the same. It captures the vibrancy and clarity of Jacqueline’s characters and stories. Nick’s visualisation of Jacqueline’s story created a rock solid brand. The partnership between Jacqueline Wilson (words) and Nick Sharratt (pictures) began with Tracy. ‘The Story of Tracy Beaker’ published in February 1991 tells you everything you need to know about Tracy, including what she looks like. For her publisher, Doubleday, perhaps one tale stands out. She served for 2 years as Children’s Laureate and sold over 35 million books in the UK alone. Jaqueline Wilson is one of the most successful and prolific authors working today. Jacqueline Wilson and Nick Sharratt’s first attempt at collaboration (Image provided by Penguin Random House UK) The writer Tracy Beaker, despite her tendency to tell even her best friends to ‘bog off’, has found a place in generations of children’s heart. It’s not a rags to riches tale – it’s a riches from rags story. She is waiting, forever, for her mother to return from Hollywood and sweep her off in a big pink Roller. Take the story of a girl, stuck in children’s home which she calls the Dumping Ground. But big picture principles still apply – even in the most forlorn circumstances. Thankfully, most of us don’t need to worry about the fundamental laws of the entire universe. The management of innovation requires an ability to balance bright sparks who don’t necessarily flash in the same places. Innovation, when seen as a process, depends on groups. Isaac Newton’s famous observation ‘if I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants’ wasn’t false modesty – Newton was an observer of nature. ![]() ![]() So long as the gifted few have a chance to prosper – we will all benefit by following in their footsteps.Īt least one genius saw a problem with this approach. The story of the next new thing is predicated on a comfortably easy-to-package idea – that of the genius, the one-off or, as José Mourinho put it ‘the special one’. Brunel with his trade mark topper, Jane Austin in her mop cap and floaty dress, Einstein with his big hair, or Van Gogh without the ear. When we think of great inventors, artists and writers a gallery of individuals parade through our imaginations. ![]()
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