I’m a creativist learning from others and teaching myself how to navigate a results-oriented world. Trying to reconcile compassion and competition, listening and speaking, leading and following, connectedness and individualism. What I’ve ultimately learned is there’s so much to learn. And the most creative posture is openness, humility and curiosity through the eyes of a growth mindset.
As a creative, I’ve become more fluent in the language on the side of business and people. I’ve come to embrace and take on the responsibility of championing art, as the expression of the story of the product, company, people. Art, creativity, design, writing, storytelling is the interface of product between the people and the people. I’ve been thinking and a thesis I’ve been proof-of-concepting is, if there are people with a problem, you have a purpose, if you have a purpose then theoretically it will tell you the story of the product.
I’ve embraced the mindset of generosity and giving, which has helped me discover it’s not what you’re doing, but it’s bringing all of yourself to what you do. What I’ve found is this creative/business mesh is unique and necessary. It’s a communication bridge between the creative and business.