“We should do it this way, and here’s why.”
“No, we should do it this way, and here’s why.”
Then, it goes back and forth or round and round.
The most underrated characteristic of a high-functioning, creative, A-player team is creative tension.
Useful creative tension includes several features:
- “Here’s why…”
- “Ok, I see that…”
- “Good point…”
- “I think the most important requirement is…”
- “If we do it that way, here’s the downside…”
- “Ok, we’ll try it this way…”
Reasons. Acknowledgment. Respect. Discussion of requirements and outcomes. Trade-offs.
High-functioning creative teams don’t always agree on the path to the solution. But they always agree on where they’re trying to get to and they respect each other as people and professionals.
