Stage Managers wrangle directors, designers, writers, and actors every day, under strict union guidelines. Editors cajole writers into producing on time(ish) for each week’s publication. Conductors balance the needs of dozens of musicians while staying true to the needs of the music. These disciplines can teach us how to set up and support creative environments that are conducive to excellent design and development. Bryan Mason and Sarah Nelson of Adaptive Path introduce you to 10 techniques used by creative management professionals to get great work from a wide range of employees.

1. 10 tips
for managing a creative environment
Bryan Mason, chief operating officer
Sarah B. Nelson, design strategist

2. Bryan

3. Sarah

4. Creative
Environments

5. The Neo-Futurists

7. Aqua

8. Orchestras

9. The Job Factory

10. Steppenwolf

11. Avenue Q

13. Web Techniques/
New Architects

14. The tips.

15. 1.
Cross-train the
entire team.

16. 1.

17. 2.
Rotate creative
leadership.

18. 3.
Actively turn
the corner.

19. divergence convergence

20. 3.
Actively turn
the corner.

21. 4.
Know your
roles.

22. 5.
Practice,
practice,
practice.

23. 6.
Make your
mission
explicit.

24. 7.
Killing your
darlings.

25. 8.
Leadership is a
service.

26. 9.
Generate projects
around creative
interests.

27. 10.
Remember
your audience.

29. 11.
Celebrate
failure.

30. Thank You!
bryan@adaptivepath.com
sarah@adaptivepath.com