Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
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Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
To disentangle the good and the bad parts of failure, we have to recognize both the reality of the pain and the benefit of the resulting growth.
Amy Wallace • Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
they must pay attention to and engage with anything that creates fear.
Amy Wallace • Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
“from suck to not-suck.”
Amy Wallace • Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
when a problem is festering and everyone seems to be looking the other way or when people are sitting around waiting to be told what to do, the crew gets antsy. It’s not that they don’t like the director—they usually do. It’s that they lose confidence in the director’s ability to bring the movie home. Which is part of why, to me, they are the most
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Being candid doesn’t have to mean that we are attacking or being attacked.
Amy Wallace • Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
Earning trust takes time; there’s no shortcut to understanding that we really do rise and fall together.
Amy Wallace • Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
Healthy cultures and healthy companies are not stable. They are ever-changing. And that change requires that leaders need to remain vigilant and nimble and, above all, that they make sure that core values are protected.
Amy Wallace • Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
I often say that managers of creative enterprises must hold lightly to goals and firmly to intentions. What does that mean? It means that we must be open to having our goals change as we learn new information or are surprised by things we thought we knew but didn’t. As long as our intentions—our values—remain constant, our goals can shift as
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What interests me is the number of people who believe that they have the ability to drive the train and who think that this is the power position—that driving the train is the way to shape their companies’ futures. The truth is, it’s not. Driving the train doesn’t set its course. The real job is laying the track.