Creativity means taking the bad with the good.

Nice post on Dave Trott's blog today, in which he tells a good story about an unpredictable and enigmatic old school british ad guy I've never heard of. Nice story though.

Creatives can be unpredicatable and enigmatic. Creativity is messy and non-linear. Messy and non-linear is what allows creativity to happen. So you often end up working with unpredictable, enigmatic, inconsistent, messy people. I personally like that.

Obviously, project managers don't. They want order and predictability and they do everything they can to herd the cats and get them to produce 'on time and on budget'.

Here's a nice quote from Dave Trott's post:

The good news about creativity is that it stands out.

It’s different, unusual, and sometimes it can be unsettling.

The bad news about creativity is that it stands out.

It’s different, unusual, and sometimes it can be unsettling.

But isn’t that the point?