Artists Should Act Like Leaders
Nearly all of my creative energy these days has been going into our Christmas Eve services starting at the end of this week. As such, this space has been hearing from a multitude of other voices that I hope are leaving you inspired and ready to get back to work full of vim and vigor.
Today is no different.
This morning I stumbled across a great article on Todd Henry’s Accidental Creative on how leaders should act more like artists and vice versa. The original article is by John Maeda and can be found here.
Mr. Henry pulled out a few nuggets from the larger piece that I think are worth sharing. As I read them I realize how many of them I don’t do as well as I would like. I’m taking the following to heart today and hope you will as well:
- I speak my mind and fight for ideas but refuse to play the “victim” when my idea doesn’t win out.
- I do what’s in the best interest of the team and the project, even when it costs me something.
- I do the little things that matter even when I could feasibly cut corners.
- I stretch myself to see things from new points of view.
- I think strategically, even when I don’t have all the information I want.
- I don’t point fingers, talk trash or assign blame behind closed doors.
- I have something that guides my creating beyond comfort and preference.
What would you add to this list?
