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fraudusa1000 — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:48:42 +0000

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Surf’s Up: Top Creativity Links for December 3, 2009

creativeliberty — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:34:28 +0000

Photo courtesy Patrick Hajzler via SXC.

Is Burnout Inevitable in the Creative Industries?

Mark McGuinness has written an excellent review on the Wishful Thinking blog about a survey of creative workers in the gaming industry done in May by Develop Magazine. The report, and this post, document the poor morale and working conditions that exist when “crunch” (excessive overtime) periods before product launches become a way of life.

The survey was specific to game designers, but McGuinness rightly asserts that it contains very important insights for ANY staff in creativity/design-related fields, as the conditions that lead to burnout are similar.

“It’s no secret that prolonged workplace stress can lead to employee burnout, accompanied by symptoms of anxiety, depression, addictive behaviour, relationship problems and illness. Not to mention days off, sick leave, resignations, low morale and lost productivity.

“Yet several of the survey respondents suggested that ‘crunch’ is normal and inevitable, not just in computer gaming, but in any creative industry.”

He notes that the survey respondents blame poor project management and unrealistic expectations for much of the pain in “crunch” influenced work cultures. Yet he also notes that the designers themselves may play a role in creating their woes. He references an article on creative burnout that he guest posted on Lateral Action last year, and recounts weaknesses that can fuel behavior that eventually leads to burnout, including obsession, perfectionism, hypersensitivity and the weight of self-imposed expectations.

“I’m not suggesting workers only have themselves to blame for burnout. But if you’re a creative worker feeling under pressure, have an honest look through the list and ask yourself whether any of them apply to you.

“If so, maybe it’s time to ease up a bit and find some time for rest and relaxation. And talk to someone you trust about your situation. Workplace stress and burnout are sadly common experiences, and there are plenty of options for getting help if you need it – often the biggest step is acknowledging that you need it.”

Overall, this post is a nice summary of the survey by Develop and a balanced look at the causes of creative burnout in a workplace environment.

Is Imitation the Hidden Key to Creativity?

This provocative post on FastCompany.com by Cliff Kuang discusses a mathematical model of idea profusion by Stefan Leijnen and Liane Gabora at the University of British Columbia in Canada. While their work relies on a very specific set of conditions (not all of which match the real world!), I share Kuang’s obvious intrigue with the idea that someone has to follow a creative person’s lead for anything to come of it.

Here’s how he puts it:

“(Leijnen and Gabora’s) key insight is that creative ideas can only spread if they’re actually adopted by others. Too much creativity, and there’s not enough imitation–ideas die on the vine, because there are so many of them and few ever catch fire. For good ideas to spread, there’s an optimal balance to be reached between creating and imitating.

“Leijnen and Gabora modeled that dynamic, and they found that to optimize the profusion of good ideas, we should spend less than 50 percent of our time on creativity. If some individuals spend all of their time creating new ideas, then they shouldn’t comprise any more than 30 percent of a population.”

As a creative agent provocateur, I read this post the first time and thought the researcher’s conclusions were awful. Telling people NOT to be creative! Blasphemy!

But then I thought about it. Earlier in his article, Kuang notes that entrepreneurs such as Catherina Fake, the Flickr co-founder, tout the importance of not working constantly and taking time off to let ideas simmer. And it’s also important to note that one can spread a good idea by adapting it, creatively, to one’s own needs and vision, and having others do the same with that variation of the original idea.

All doing with out thinking leads to dullness and groupthink, and, as this research model asserts, all thinking without someone doing (acting on the idea) leads to a life of frustrated fantasy.

Make Things: The 6 Things All Creative People Make

I link to Ken Robert at the Mildly Creative blog frequently because, as the Quakers say, he “speaks to my condition.” Rather than offer grand life-hacks that purport to solve all your creative issues, he frequently posts tips and bits of inspiration that allow readers to use the material to solve their own creative angst or just keep on going when the inspiration stops flowing.

In this introduction to this lovely six-part series, he focuses on “making,” in the sense of actions that are inherent in any genuine attempt to develop something new. According to him, creative people make decisions, commitments, attempts, mistakes, adjustments, and meaning.

He explains that while creative exploration is fun and rewarding, creative making is the necessary other side of the coin.

“Exploration is vital, crucial, exciting, and fun, but it would seem futile if you never took the things you discovered and made something of them….

“Of course, there’s an infinite number of things you could choose to make, and that’s the point of exploring. You’re sifting through the possibilities, searching for the ones that catch your eye, grab your heart, and beg you to make them real.”

Ken is very good at coaxing the creatively fearful to believe in themselves, and a series that covers meaning-making, mistakes and the art of adjustments goes a long way toward bringing would-be artists’ ideas out of their head and into reality. And that is a wonderful thing.

Bonus Links!

21 Great Innovation Methods

A nice checklist of innovation methods that businesses can try when they need fresh sources of new ideas. By Paul Sloane of Blogging Innovation.

RSS Creativity: Routines, Systems, Spontaneity

Great set of tips from the 99 Percent blog.

Eight ways to kill an idea : FLIRTing with the Crowds

Sami Viitamäki posts a hilarious series of cartoons about idea-killing drawn by Scott Campbell.

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What can Christians learn from a bottle of Scotch?

Daniel Burke — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:12:14 +0000

What can Christians learn from a bottle of Scotch? In the U.K., The makers of Scotch whisky have banded together to protect the standards of their industry. Too many cheap imitations have flooded the market, hurting their sales in the short term but also ruining the consensus of what Scotch whisky really is. New regulations will help better identify what is genuine Scotch whisky, and just as important: what is NOT Scotch whiskey.

So, what can Christians learn from a bottle of Scotch? Certainly they can identify with the dilemma shared by the makers of Scotch whisky. For the alchemists in their laboratories it is simple: Imposters, imitations, and the poor standards of others have hurt the reputation of genuine and high quality products. The finely crafted product that is true Scottish whisky is not known and appreciated due to the lousy knock offs on the market. Now consider hard working, people loving, followers of Jesus Christ. Cheap imitations of genuine Christianity exist today like a bottle of cheap booze. Turn on the television and one news station has a group of people with signs that read “God Hates Fags” and then change the channel to see an ordained minister explain why God wants you to donate to a particular political organization. The person of Jesus Christ is reduced to hate speech by one group and a campaign slogan of another.

How can Christians protect their brand name? Sometimes when I “let my light shine before men” I feel like I’m waving a flashlight around on a sunny day. I didn’t jump out of the womb as a follower of Jesus Christ; many of my old school friends and neighbors already wonder what in the world happened to me that I ended up in this direction! I find myself wondering “What if people see some of these idiots on television and think that is me?” I think that DOES happen to some degree. Folks are always going to have misconceptions of what I believe, based on misunderstandings, and sometimes even due to lame decisions I have made. However, not every generalization is something I can live with. Maybe it is worthwhile to think about what Christianity is NOT for just a moment.

A life lived following Christ is not a catchy jingle to sell a product. Somewhere since the literal resurrection of Jesus Christ and this afternoon, somebody got the idea of reducing Faith in Christ into something extremely easy, fast, and hours of fun for the whole family. The Gospel is the definition of Grace revealed through Jesus and the contrast between how Holy God is, and how much I am not. The problem? That generally doesn’t sell books or fill auditoriums so faith gets reduced into stuff we do rather than what we receive.

Then there is the whole ridiculous spiritual side of what we believe. We’re talking about a religion that involves a man who is also God being born from a virgin mother, performing miracles (like water into wine to keep with our booze theme), then being beaten and executed , with a climactic follow up of coming back to life. The very object of our faith is mostly illogical and unbelievable. Rather than trust God to reveal truth to whoever He wishes, we sell people a few catch phrases about how coming to church will help you become a better you, and how being a Christian will help you have your best life now (tell that to Christians in Iran). When faith in Jesus is portrayed as easy and pretty, it is probably a cheap imitation. To drink from our metaphor again, think about a bottle of Dom Perignon at a nice restaurant next to a bottle of Boone’s Farm from the gas station. People who aren’t Christians already know how abstract our beliefs can seem. Hiding some of them to offer a watered down “faith” to gain “converts” is just plain silly. You get consumers of a mass produced cheaply made product, not believers. Think Wal-Mart rollback special rather than an expensive Neiman-Marcus shopping spree. The thing about consumers: when they find what they want cheaper and faster, they go after it. Man that just isn’t Christianity.

Jesus Christ did not let people use Him for political gain so why in the world do we? Seriously in the 2008 US Presidential election I had to endure seminary grads arguing against each other about which candidate God was supporting. The message of the Gospel brings the redemptive power of God to all humanity. Jesus has a greater message than tax rates, building border fences, and who we should drop bombs on next. The message of Christ reveals that we all need a savior. Jesus isn’t running on a campaign of what He will do for you if you support Him. He is about what He’s done to defeat the power that distorted the very nature of our existence. Nothing screams “Fraud!” like a guy listing a bunch of things he’ll do for you if you just agree to choose him over someone else for a job. I’ve heard Jesus described this way!

And Finally, Jesus Christ didn’t get excited to see people fail like some other people do. It bothers me when I see people crowding the umbrella of Christianity while rejoicing in the misfortune of others. Can you imagine if in John 4, Jesus called the woman He met at the well in Samaria a skank and told her to find another well to get her water from? How about if in Matthew 14 Jesus calls the 5000 people who came to see Him fools for not bringing their lunch? And did we see Jesus happy in Luke 23 to see two other guys crucified next to him? A religious system that is happy to see others hit rock bottom or worse is far from Christian. The same is true with people.

So what does this have to do with Scotch? My response is another question: “What do you have to do with Jesus? Does your life reflect a high end single malt scotch or a cheap 40 oz. bottle of malt liquor? What brand do you represent? Is your faith high end or cheap and watered down? Are you a consumer of the least costly knock off brand? Whatever you’re drinking, I hope it is the real thing! Would hate to see anyone settle for a cheap imitation and never taste the real stuff!

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I’m a part of a big FRAUD racket. So be aware from me or a bloody like me. So for all kinds of FRAUD information or technique. call– 608-790-2229.or contact me by mail : rholum@couleetechlink.com

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