Comments on: Creativity Killers http://www.jackieadkins.com/2009/07/07/creativity-killers/ Conversations on Marketing and Social Media Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:49:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jackie Adkins http://www.jackieadkins.com/2009/07/07/creativity-killers/comment-page-1/#comment-61 Jackie Adkins Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:49:40 +0000 http://jackieadkins.wordpress.com/?p=165#comment-61 Thanks everyone for all the great comments! Some of this is based on my personal experiences at school as well as during my internship last summer at a financial institution. If anyone else has any personal experiences like these, I'd love to hear them! Thanks everyone for all the great comments! Some of this is based on my personal experiences at school as well as during my internship last summer at a financial institution. If anyone else has any personal experiences like these, I’d love to hear them!

]]> By: Are you committing creativity suicide? « That’s All I Have To Say About That http://www.jackieadkins.com/2009/07/07/creativity-killers/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Are you committing creativity suicide? « That’s All I Have To Say About That Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:19:11 +0000 http://jackieadkins.wordpress.com/?p=165#comment-60 [...] My last post talked about how bosses can often stifle your creativity and I deemed them “creativity killers.” This was all well and good because we love placing blame on others. The truth is, however, that we can just as easily inhibit our own creative juices from flowing by doing things that cause us to commit “creativity suicide.” Here are a few tips that can help you make sure you are doing everything you can to optimize your creativity: [...] [...] My last post talked about how bosses can often stifle your creativity and I deemed them “creativity killers.” This was all well and good because we love placing blame on others. The truth is, however, that we can just as easily inhibit our own creative juices from flowing by doing things that cause us to commit “creativity suicide.” Here are a few tips that can help you make sure you are doing everything you can to optimize your creativity: [...]

]]> By: Jackie Adkins http://www.jackieadkins.com/2009/07/07/creativity-killers/comment-page-/#comment-59 Jackie Adkins Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:47:20 +0000 http://jackieadkins.wordpress.com/?p=165#comment-59 Leah, thanks for stopping by the blog and commenting! A lot of times doing what you did may be the only thing you can do to let your full creative potential get to work. Congrats on the Apple Creative Group, it looks like you've got some good things going over there! Leah, thanks for stopping by the blog and commenting! A lot of times doing what you did may be the only thing you can do to let your full creative potential get to work. Congrats on the Apple Creative Group, it looks like you’ve got some good things going over there!

]]> By: Leah Humphries http://www.jackieadkins.com/2009/07/07/creativity-killers/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Leah Humphries Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:13:28 +0000 http://jackieadkins.wordpress.com/?p=165#comment-58 The biggest reason I started my own company. I'm too creative to work for an ass...Most of my past bosses were just that. The biggest reason I started my own company.
I’m too creative to work for an ass…Most of my past bosses were just that.

]]> By: Jackie Adkins http://www.jackieadkins.com/2009/07/07/creativity-killers/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Jackie Adkins Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:56:19 +0000 http://jackieadkins.wordpress.com/?p=165#comment-57 @Stephen – Thanks for stopping by the blog and dropping me a message! It definitely seems that these companies built around creativity are “in” right now for our generation, just look at some of the interesting/creative/desparate attempts at getting an interview with companies like CP+B. There’s no doubt companies like these have an environment which allows creativity to thrive and the managers have to sift through these good wild creative ideas and the bad wild creative ones, sometimes with mixed results. Maybe some companies who aren’t “built” around this creativity framework should take notice of some things they’re doing to foster creativity. @Stephen – Thanks for stopping by the blog and dropping me a message! It definitely seems that these companies built around creativity are “in” right now for our generation, just look at some of the interesting/creative/desparate attempts at getting an interview with companies like CP+B. There’s no doubt companies like these have an environment which allows creativity to thrive and the managers have to sift through these good wild creative ideas and the bad wild creative ones, sometimes with mixed results. Maybe some companies who aren’t “built” around this creativity framework should take notice of some things they’re doing to foster creativity.

]]> By: Stephen Spiewak http://www.jackieadkins.com/2009/07/07/creativity-killers/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Stephen Spiewak Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:21:06 +0000 http://jackieadkins.wordpress.com/?p=165#comment-56 I think creativity and ingenuity are often the oxygen that many companies, especially young/Gen Y companies, breath. Great bosses can foster a creative spirit within a company. They don't have to adopt every new idea, but listening to those ideas--and discerning which are worth pursuing--is imperative. I think creativity and ingenuity are often the oxygen that many companies, especially young/Gen Y companies, breath. Great bosses can foster a creative spirit within a company. They don’t have to adopt every new idea, but listening to those ideas–and discerning which are worth pursuing–is imperative.

]]> By: Jackie Adkins http://www.jackieadkins.com/2009/07/07/creativity-killers/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Jackie Adkins Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:03:59 +0000 http://jackieadkins.wordpress.com/?p=165#comment-55 @Matt - Thanks for taking the time to drop me a comment again! I definitely agree and think that some managers think that when new ideas are presented they feel like if they utilize them they're in a way losing control of their employees, which shouldn't be the case. @Ryan - I like your point about hiring the right people. Assuming most managers have a say in hiring decisions, they should feel confident their employees can get the job done. If they don't, then they need to re-examine how they hire talent. Thanks to both of you for your contributions! Are there any other things you'd add to this list? @Matt – Thanks for taking the time to drop me a comment again! I definitely agree and think that some managers think that when new ideas are presented they feel like if they utilize them they’re in a way losing control of their employees, which shouldn’t be the case.

@Ryan – I like your point about hiring the right people. Assuming most managers have a say in hiring decisions, they should feel confident their employees can get the job done. If they don’t, then they need to re-examine how they hire talent.

Thanks to both of you for your contributions! Are there any other things you’d add to this list?

]]> By: Ryan Stephens http://www.jackieadkins.com/2009/07/07/creativity-killers/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Ryan Stephens Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:58:18 +0000 http://jackieadkins.wordpress.com/?p=165#comment-54 Well said, Matt. I think my biggest pet peeve is also the micro-managing aspect of it all. Managers should hire the "right people" the 1st time and then give them the tools and the guidance to succeed without having to see and critique every document. The sick cycle carousel wastes valuable time and creates inefficiency in addition to stifling creativity. Well said, Matt. I think my biggest pet peeve is also the micro-managing aspect of it all. Managers should hire the “right people” the 1st time and then give them the tools and the guidance to succeed without having to see and critique every document. The sick cycle carousel wastes valuable time and creates inefficiency in addition to stifling creativity.

]]> By: Matt http://www.jackieadkins.com/2009/07/07/creativity-killers/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Matt Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:18:34 +0000 http://jackieadkins.wordpress.com/?p=165#comment-53 I know all to well what it means to have a superior act as a creativity killer - Do I need to be able to express myself creatively in my work? Ideally, yes. But at the very least, I want a manager who is going to trust me to do the job, not micromanage, and value my opinions and ideas. Too often superiors have a 'certain way they want things done' and do not welcome in new ideas and methods - The best managers manage, but allow room for new ideas and innovative thinking from their staff. I know all to well what it means to have a superior act as a creativity killer – Do I need to be able to express myself creatively in my work? Ideally, yes. But at the very least, I want a manager who is going to trust me to do the job, not micromanage, and value my opinions and ideas. Too often superiors have a ‘certain way they want things done’ and do not welcome in new ideas and methods – The best managers manage, but allow room for new ideas and innovative thinking from their staff.

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