Leadership is about empowerment. My job today is equipping designers to take risks, discover possibilities to ultimately do phenomenal work. This requires a lot of freedom and autonomy for them to explore and look at other great work. We share discoveries, innovations and interesting ideas. Together we challenge the status and push boundaries. This keeps them […]
I am enamored with number two in the list I’ve linked to. Teach Creativity Systematically, in Mr. Swartz’ list below. I am already contemplating, at how I can be the one to teach Systematic Creativity where I work company. LEGO® are an awesome tool for understanding systematic creativity. Kristiansen, Lego’s founder, wanted to create a toy that kids could put together over and […]
I am always looking at ways to increase my own and others capacities. This is a great concise list: 1. Great leaders recognize strengths in us that we don’t always yet fully see in ourselves. 2. Rather than simply trying to get more out of us, great leaders seek to understand and meet our needs, […]
In asking myself the question, “What is it that only I can do?” instead of, “Who can do this best?” I have found a joy in my work I truly didn’t expect. I am not a CEO, so it took me awhile to get the elegance of this simple paradigm, and how it might work in my […]
In an age where speed is everything, getting to market with an idea quickly, is imperative. This way you beat out competition, keep up with demand and one’s creative culture maintains inertia. The question for me is how to discover our management’s Innovation DNA. At our core, how do we as a company makes decisions, […]
The holy grail of a Creative Director or any design company is determining the value of design (or creativity), either before or after its creation. Seeing ” the value ” that creative work produces not only nice to know it is imperative when moving forward. If we truly learn from, we need quantifiable data […]