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People say they want creativity but they only really want it when they themselves are the source of the creativity. People want creativity for themselves but th
by thegayngler 9y ago
People say they want creativity but they only really want it when they themselves are the source of the creativity. People want creativity for themselves but then want to shoot down everyone else's ideas so theirs can be the only one standing. I think the Silicon Valley has not been able to rid itself of this aspect of traditional corporate settings.
It feels like people are constantly in competition with others on their team and creativity suffers as a result. Lately, I have found myself giving people room to collaborate on (or do) things I would typically do myself. They can get satisfaction out of being a contributing part of the creative process. I also don't feel as though them being creative or succeeding is a failure on my part or a negative reflection on me.
- reactor 9y agoThis is spot on from my experience.
- YCode 9y agoI thought Google's Project Aristotle [1] nailed the problem. TL;DR: They propose two traits of an effective team. First, long term everyone speaks about the same amount even if the meeting to meeting amounts differ. Second, there is a general awareness among team members that if they take interpersonal risk (i.e. say something that may turn out to be wrong) they wont be embarrassed, rejected or punished. And I think this paper's results fall in line with that train of thought. If "risky"/creative ideas are shot down on sight your sense of psychological safety and probably your average amount of talking is going to take a big hit over time. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/magazine/what-google-learned-from-its-quest-to-build-the-perfect-team.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/magazine/what-google-lear... (If you decide to read it the second half is the meat/results, the first is background info)