On 21 Dec 2007, at 13:15, Mark Schraad wrote: [snip] > What IS frustrating within the corporate environment is that so > often compromise is the outcome.
Aye. > Collaboration and consensus is generally what happens when there is > talent, domain expertise and mutual respect. It has been said over > and over, but a singular vision is worth its weight in gold. The > larger the group, the harder it is to maintain the passion, drive > and vision for a product. True. I just find it annoying that folk often seem to pick the easy answer of "pick some dude" to have the singular vision. Especially when, as so often happens in my experience, the "some dude" starts denigrating/ignoring everybody else input. Fostering that environment of talent, domain expertise and mutual respect is much harder to pull off, but much more effective in the long term. IMHO anyway :-) > I also thin that corporate management (and the performance goals > therein) will often drive decisions towards safety, where > coincidentally, innovation is rare. Bold or daring moves are more > germane to designers than to business types. Risk is more typically > taken when there is nothing to lose, or the goals are exceptionally > difficult to reach. Not quite sure how I feel about that. If I'm offering risky solutions to somebody in a risk averse environment I don't think I'm doing my job very well... Cheers, Adrian ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
