I work in advertising, but try not to make it my life. I love writing, art and design - and focus my time on these when I'm not working or hanging out with my family.
Former BBH Vet (and Tokion publisher) takes the crowd-sourcing broo-ha-ha to a whole new level of organized "fishing" for ideas with his latest venture, the idealists.
Post an idea you have, or ask for help from prospective creative types and see what happens. Check the Adweek article for more info + make sure you read the comments, too.
Crowdsourcing has always been around in one form or another, but the dismantling of the ad biz as it was is not. Is it going to keep building steam & become a new ad model? Maybe. Would that be so much of a bad thing?