Well, now I definitely must join the thread. A few comments throughtout:
I think Rick's original article was pretty much full of it, and little more than an expression of small-minded designer thinking. The thing that most amused me is that after he quotes me (out of context, and with no link to my original words), he then writes, "Enough of those pesky design stars with an overinflated belief in their own creative vision!" And he says it as if he's in favor of design stars with overinflated beliefs. Which is, of course, my problem with folks like him. I think Scott had it exactly right when he called out that designers are rarely, if ever, the heads of companies other than consultancies. And that we don't take the risks to start capital-intensive businesses that require significant upfront investment. Consultancies are much safer businesses to start, because you can start small, they make money immediately, and there is little risk if they fail. And to Will's statement: > This issue is interesting given the recent news that Adaptive Path is > looking for a CEO. An interesting note is that they don't explicitly > say > they are looking for someone with "Design Thinking/Strategic Design" > skills. > In fact - nowhere in the posting on AP's blog to the current > leadership team > mention design. ... > Business, Operations, Leadership. That's what they are looking for. > Wouldn't > it be interesting if they could find a person with those qualities > who comes > from a design background? We explicit do NOT want someone from a design background. If Adaptive Path has a gap, it's in our business background. We have plenty of designers/creatives/practitioners who appreciate business. What we don't have, and what we want, is the business person who appreciates the impact that design can have on the world. We're looking to diversify the minds that power the business -- why simply hire another person who thinks like us? --peter ________________________________________________________________ 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
