Comments on: The Creative Path to Results

By: yowchuan

yowchuan — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 23:46:00 +0000

Yeah, I agree that time is an important factor in any projects that we do. Indeed, if we take out time from the equation, then the entire project’s purpose would have lost its purpose, which is why I think many R&D; projects which either has got endless supply of cash (money), no fixed deliverable date (time) and improper selection of talents (quality) usually results in failures.To add to my Creative vs Practical discussion, the best results does not mean that you must be at a certain point of the scale or achieve an equilibrium of Creativity and Practicality.The best results will depend on how flexibility one is in adjusting the scale to meet the requirements of the projects or problems at hand.

By: Avijit Paul

Avijit Paul — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 12:57:00 +0000

Well, well, lets say, we asians need to educate our clients and us a lot more. because lot of the time we get very tight deadline jobs as ppl think its just so easy to make pretty stuff. But since we (say programmer or designer) we have a life too, so we get frustated fast and cant produce good work. So, we need to tell ppl that, we need more time to do some stuff, because if given time, a crazy creative can finish the job on time and also a very practical person can give him or her a chance to be more creative. thats just my 2 cents.

By: Oysterman

Oysterman — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 09:25:00 +0000

Most of the times I think it also depends on the manager’s ability to handle/manage these creative/technical people.Malaysians in general lack proper management and people skills needed to properly manage a team of creative or technical people.They approach them as if they were managing factory staffs who are easily cowed by fear. Technical/creative people are also thought of as ‘dispensable’ and replaceable which is why there’re no incentives to properly manage them or keep them in the company for long. Malaysia is a trading nation with 3rd world mentality, and so this mentality will reflect on the workforce. The issue is to make fast money in the shortest time as possible and as much as possible.Everyone wants to be a manager but very few wants to do the actual work. Tons of manager wannabees CANNOT manage, they have no talent and so the only way for them to make themselves seemingly useful is to move to a management position by hook or by crook.In the end you have so many of these no-talent politicians finding their way up above everyone else so they can piss on talents with their own ego, causing staff turnovers in so many companies.The other issue is micromanagement, should study that topic in depth, because it is still being practiced in this era by dinosaur people.