How to Beat the #1 Creativity Crusher to Innovation: You
Next week at the world’s biggest design event, Salone Del Mobile, Milan you might be overwhelmed by miles & miles of the best designers in the world thinking your firm isn’t innovating because of your CFO’s R&D spending attitude or your Board’s risk averse ways. You might feel you can’t compete but here’s how top innovators beat that feeling:
1) It’s all self doubt, so cut that out and you’ve beaten it. How?
2) Remember why you create and innovate in the 1st place
3) Take small steps. or you’re going to kill yourself in the process
4) Marvel at others’ talent – because someone’s always “better” than your firm
5) Re-frame your self-doubt & make it a monster to be slain
6) Surround yourself with supportive people and focus on your teams capabilities
7) Celebrate all that you create
8) Talk to someone you trust not just people that you pay to work for you
9) Find what puts you and your firm in the creative zone. If it’s beer, drink more, if it’s outings to customers, take more.
10) Feed the fire and it grows warmer
11) Just go for it via the original articles wise words.