Letting go of trying to know the process, forcing the process, but letting the process happen as it happens. Not letting the mental and emotional tax of going through a new process rob the experience and intentionality of discovery and creativity. Being open to not trying to meet some expectation of what the end result should be, but going on the journey of discovering what it is.
Intentionality in being open, generous, curious to the discovery. Iterations, giving and letting go of the previous generation of ideas for new better ones.
Integrity and rigor. Brainstorming. Ideating. Challenging. Refining. Iterating. Building a process, through the process. But a process that creates fluidity between process and freeform. A delicate balance, too much freeform can lose form, too much process can be too rigid. Careful to maintain both. Mindfulness. Respect. Unselfishness. Humility. Creativity. Invigorating to feel the energy come together, the diligent work upfront payoff, carrying through like a tailwind at the end.
The challenge, trying to have that open posture but how does that work in a professional setting, when outcome, results and expectations are required by co-workers, teams and companies. I think what I’ve tried to do is create that space of openness around the projects and people that I work with. Allowing permission to work it out, iterate, be open, keep moving forward. And bring people on that journey and confidence in the openness of the process.
Learning, maybe that this isn’t just a hypothesis or experiment, that the ability to be open and let it be fluid is a valid, creative, intuitive approach – but can also create some uncertainty and anxiety with those that aren’t used to it so I need to be mindful and be even more open, transparent in those places.