Since the day I started at Adaptive Path, I’ve loved talking to folks here about how our work in other creative fields influences the way Adaptive Path approaches a project. Over the years, we’ve had staff who’ve run arts organizations, restaurants, galleries, theaters, bands and publishing companies. We’ve had (and still have) musicians, writers, dancers, chefs, painters, sculptors, and a welder.
It is with this in mind that Sarah Nelson and I undertook a little project to articulate this learning in a way we can share with others. We looked to the experience of other creative professionals — working screenwriters, performers, chefs, directors, and musicians — to help better understand what we’re calling Ten Tips for Managing a Creative Environment.
Sarah Nelson and I have been talking about the ways in which these other creative disciplines can provide great tools for managing our creative process. As a classically trained musician (the violin), Sarah comes from a tradition where there’s a highly structured way to approach creative challenges. She can pull from centuries of experience and the tools that have been developed to support the process.
Similarly, I spent a number of years early in my career as a stage manager and a company manager in New York. The principles I learned in the theater about how to manage an environment where creative people do their best work — while working under inflexible deadlines, with limited budget and a ridiculous number of stakeholders — serve me well to this day.
On Wednesday, July 16 we’ll be presenting these Ten Tips in a virtual seminar. Please join us. Use the promotional code BLOG and get a 10% discount!
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