Agreed. What Romero and others fail to realize is that creativity for its sake alone is nice but will rarely result in a finished and cohesive product without focus.
group of creative people benefits from having someone focus their efforts toward a conclusion. Picture an orchestra without a conductor or someone to decide which piece of music they will practice or perform, venues, etc.
Or, picture an IT department isolated from its end-users which doesn't meet deadlines or complete products that are useful. I've been fortunate enough to work with IT staff that produce unbelievable amounts of finished products in short time with limited staff, simply because they remain connected with the end-users and recognize that it's a synergistic effort.
Romero got into a and as such his primary responsibility was to ensure that he played by the rules of the business, which is to complete products. If he wanted to play around with cool ideas and produce nothing, simply basking in the act of creating (like the first three weeks of a new romance) he shouldn't be wasting other people's money doing it.
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Agreed. What Romero and others fail to realize is that creativity for its sake alone is nice but will rarely result in a finished and cohesive product without focus. group of creative people benefits from having someone focus their efforts toward a conclusion. Picture an orchestra without a conductor or someone to decide which piece of music they will practice or perform, venues, etc. Or, picture an IT department isolated from its end-users which doesn't meet deadlines or complete products that are useful. I've been fortunate enough to work with IT staff that produce unbelievable amounts of finished products in short time with limited staff, simply because they remain connected with the end-users and recognize that it's a synergistic effort. Romero got into a and as such his primary responsibility was to ensure that he played by the rules of the business, which is to complete products. If he wanted to play around with cool ideas and produce nothing, simply basking in the act of creating (like the first three weeks of a new romance) he shouldn't be wasting other people's money doing it.