Larry Hubatka, the Creative Pastor at Elevation Church wrote a great post about creative people… read it here (due to a domain name change, the post has disappeared so I copied the whole post below).
This one really got me – because I have been guilty of it!
If you need them to create something for you, let them create. If you just need them to produce something you’ve already created in your mind, let them know on the front end. It’s a different process for them. The very worst thing for a designer is to not have clear direction and then be told they didn’t deliver on what you wanted.
Here is the entire post:
April 17, 2008 at 8:40 am |
Wow dude! Fantastic post. Thanks for putting that up on your site.
April 17, 2008 at 8:11 pm |
[...] new friend, Chris Bell points us to some great advice from Larry Hubatka at Elevation on how to deal with, and work with, creative-minded individuals [...]
April 17, 2008 at 8:21 pm |
Yep, great post. Thanks for giving me fodder for Tuesday staff mtg. Found you through Twitter. Don’t you just love those social networks?
April 18, 2008 at 1:15 pm |
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Kenny –
I’m just a gym rat in your dojo… trying to keep it in Ninja New York speak
You’re right – post could have been much more. Add on, brother, add on.