Career
He is author of a series of business books with psychologist Harvey Robbins, including (Peterson"s, 1995), Why Change Doesn"t Work (Peterson"s 1996), Transcompetition (McGraw Hill, 2000), and The Accidental Leader (Jossey-Bass, 2003)., the first of their collaborations, was named "Best Management Book, The Americas, 1995" by the Booz-Allen & Hamilton/Financial Times Global Business Book Awards. lieutenant was published in a second edition, titled The New, by Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2000.
In addition, Finley is author of a business book of his own, Techno-Crazed (Peterson"s, 1996).
In 2009, Supersession Press published an art book of Finley"s remembrances of growing up in Amherst, Ohio, titled The Orchard. In 2001, Finley self-published his collected works, Yukon Gold: Poemes de terre.
He described the 500-plus page collection as the largest chapbook ever published. And he has published many books of poetry, nonfiction, and humor, from presses such as Litmus, Incorporated.
(Lucky You, 1976); Minnesota Writers Publishing House (Home Trees, 1976).
Vanilla Press (The Movie under the Blindfold, 1976). And Salthouse Press (Water Hills, 1985). Other books by Finley include: Foreign the Young Poets of Cleveland (NightBallet Press) The Poet Voznesenski Spit on the Griddle Poets Ruin Everything Letting God Go The Curtis Hotel and Other Confabulations Don"t Be Like the Moon He is coeditor with Saint Paul bread baker Danny Klecko of LIEF Magazine, an online journal of arts dedicated to bright messages, Finley has collaborated on three print volumes with Klecko: Out for a Lark (2013), The Bluebeard of Happiness (2013) and A Pox on Your Blessings (2013).
Finley is a video maker, with over 50 short films.
