John Bowie
Turn 'em Loose #9: Motivation
Any acknowledgement of a job well done is appreciated, but the most potent motivator is a thank you from a customer.
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John Bowie
- Oct 29, 2020
- 3 min
Turn 'em Loose! #8: Performance
I’ve led creative teams for over 25 years. This means there have been over 25 times in my career when I seriously considered quitting.
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John Bowie
- Oct 14, 2020
- 3 min
Turn 'em Loose! #7: Failure
We all face failure; we just have to have the persistence and confidence to push past it, to see it as an opportunity for greater success.
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John Bowie
- Oct 6, 2020
- 2 min
Turn 'em Loose! #6: Energy
You can’t fabricate the same level of creative energy in virtual meetings that you can during in-person design jams.
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John Bowie
- Sep 30, 2020
- 3 min
Turn 'em Loose! #5: Trust
The paternalistic attitude that employees are like children who need constant supervision is obsolete in the age of the knowledge worker.
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John Bowie
- Sep 23, 2020
- 3 min
Turn 'em Loose! #4: Place
You need to care – not about how much time your team spends at their desks – but about giving them the latitude to go to inspiring places.
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John Bowie
- Sep 16, 2020
- 3 min
Turn 'em Loose! #3: Time
Expecting a creative person to innovate eight hours per day (especially in a cube farm) is a ridiculous vestige of the industrial age.
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John Bowie
- Sep 9, 2020
- 3 min
Turn 'em Loose! #2: The Death of the Mockup Factory
Today, virtually every software organization has embraced Agile development principles and practices. Many improvements in efficiency,...
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John Bowie
- Sep 2, 2020
- 2 min
Turn 'em Loose! #1
As businesses transition from the information age into the design age, rapid innovation is essential to success. In-house creative teams...
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