Culture of Creativity
There’s a fascinating conversation over on the Adaptive Path website between Henning Fischer and Chris Conley from Gravity Tank. The dialogue focuses on the challenges around fostering creative culture within an organisation.
In the same way that Sir Ken Robinson’s TED talk highlights prevailing attitudes to creativity in education, Fisher and Conely seem uniquely placed to reveal similar patterns within ‘design’.
I particularly like Henning Fischer’s reference to ‘creative stagnation’ at Motorola:
“Does survivorship bias contribute to creative stagnation? To me there seems to be an almost reactionary thing going on. Organizations will break new ground, and then do almost everything they can to stop and consolidate that position and maximize returns. Motorola did that with the Razr and look where it got them. Before long, the organization realizes that it needs to recapture its creative voice and so begins the endless back and forth between breaking into new territory and holding your hard earned ground.”