What a lovely and huge topic we needed to dig into this time. The team I was in took an approach of finding information about ways and specific environments that inspire to become creative to get creative ideas and to use that knowledge in practice by transforming one person’s apartment into a creative space. In the beginning, everything was rainbows and sunshine and we seemed to work very well together. Somewhere along the way, this changed, and we became these toxic human monsters that fight and don’t seem to see where we’re going. I got really confused when we didn’t so much search information or use the information, we’ve found but started to do things and try to find stuff into the apartment. I couldn’t see the goal in this way anymore. When I shared my concern it all blew up and we ended up in a conflict. The situation finally cooled off and we were able to find our way back when we met in a cafeteria together, talked everything through, and started to rebuild our plan and what the end goal was here.
In a way our project was a failure; we didn’t finish it on time, we had huge conflicts, etc. But we learned something very valuable; what kind of environment does not help you to get brilliant ideas. That environment is toxic, people take things personally and you don’t have a real trust in the team. If you don’t have trust in the team, sharing thoughts becomes hard. You need to find the best way and place for communication, for us online did not work. Also, someone’s personal space is probably not the best option. You don’t necessarily feel as comfortable sharing your thoughts against what you are doing in that environment. You need to remember that the project is not an image of you and not to take everything related to the project personally. It would also be important to plan first before starting to do things. Pushing too hard doesn’t really give space for being creative, but also going in circles doesn’t work either. You need to find a balance between giving time and not staying stuck. Explaining the goal for everyone to understand is a key thing. Don’t assume that because you know what your idea is everyone else knows too. One important thing is to think about how you say things, because how you share your thoughts has a huge impact on whether or not you’re being understood the way you want. On the next project, we shall have all the knowledge to create trust in our team, understand the importance of communication, and launch the great minds of creativity. The most important lesson to learn here is that failure can turn out to be the best possible outcome for learning.
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