And that is how creativity dies. Not all at once with a swift, decisive blow. More like the bites of 10,000 mosquitoes coming 1 at a time, about every 5 minutes so you don't notice that they've stolen a significant amount of your blood until it's too late.
No, this is how creativity is shut out after one too many incidents where she wandered in, decided to be helpful and, due to imperfect understanding how things work, caused massive loss of productivity, money and reputations.
No, creativity is a process to be leveraged and managed like any other. This story is an account of life at a company where the process simply does not support the needs of the business. There are no excuses.
