Artful Making: What Managers Need to Know About How Artists Work

Artful Making

Requires a

Secure

Workspace

Artful collaboration requires exposure to risks. There’s

a risk that superiors, or customers, or others whose opinions

matter might disagree with choices we make or opinions we

express. Bad things can happen if the project fails to accom-

plish its “goals.” In Chapter 6 we discussed how artful makers

release themselves past tensions and inhibitions by using their

ability to focus, to direct attention away from the source of

inhibitions. Artful managers must also do their part; they must

create conditions in which makers can work at risk.

Willingness to work at risk is vital in artful making, in part

because exploration ...