Bias Against Creativity
While the allure of safety and predictability is strong, achieving true balance means engaging in activities whose outcomes and payoffs are not yet apparent. The most creative people are willing to work in the shadow of uncertainty.
Ed Catmull • Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
Creativity is scarce because of censorship. Not in the usual sense of that word—the cops closing down a strip show, or some government official collecting and burning politically offensive books—but rather in the sense of “discouragement,” of telling those who have creative ideas that the ideas aren’t really interesting, that they aren’t sensible, ... See more
Everett Hughes • Articles
In most organizations, the typical mentality is, “I have so many obvious needs and threats, I can’t possibly spend time looking for the non-obvious threats—much less doing something about them.” Through these types of exercises, teams at Amazon can pick a couple of ideas, build programs around them, and make progress.