The Creative Team Quotes

“And you will not be able to put a training bandaid on the open wound of change.”
― Andrew Carlson, The Creative Team: Notes on Design and Operation of Creative Organizations

“Volatile Uncertain Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA) environment. It’s a world defined by variability and constant change.”
― Andrew Carlson, The Creative Team: Notes on Design and Operation of Creative Organizations

“Their time is their life. A good leader won’t waste it.”
― Andrew Carlson, The Creative Team: Notes on Design and Operation of Creative Organizations

“Your time is not more important than the people you work with.”
― Andrew Carlson, The Creative Team: Notes on Design and Operation of Creative Organizations

“It’s being the one who brings the weather.”
― Andrew Carlson, The Creative Team: Notes on Design and Operation of Creative Organizations

“Because they tend to be inputs into other work, you can spot a zombie artifact by asking who it’s for and then asking the intended audience how much it improves their work quality.”
― Andrew Carlson, The Creative Team: Notes on Design and Operation of Creative Organizations

“Unused artifacts are the illusion of work.”
― Andrew Carlson, The Creative Team: Notes on Design and Operation of Creative Organizations

“The alternative to change is irrelevance”
― Andrew Carlson, The Creative Team: Notes on design and operation of creative organizations