Creative Leadership: Art by committee versus art by collaboration

February 26, 2010 at 9:04 am, by Rich Kirkpatrick

Art by committee comes out rather ugly, but art by collaboration shines.

One of the biggest frustrations in any creative endeavor is dealing with committee-driven process. This is not the same as collaboration. Its one thing to sit in a group that nit picks rather than team together to create. Let me contrast the two.

Committee vs. Collaboration

policy / results
opinions / ownership
tinkering / crafting
power / process
beige / colorful
safe / risky
boring / fun
defused / potent
status quo / fluid

Let me know what you think about the differences here. Are these true to your experience?

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http://aldancyspeaks.com Al Dancy

Rich, I love this idea and I think the examples are great.

God has been teaching me about this recently. Not that I didn’t have head knowledge of this already, but i’m learning that I can’t do it all on my own. It’s even better when you learn how to not do it all on your own and build a team of people. Maybe a team of “collaborators” is a better term.

I think it makes perfect sense, and it fits in with how God designed us too. I think God designed us for community, and that design/need should spill over into every aspect of our lives. So in the case of Creative Leadership, God wants us to team up for success and creativity.

It’s kind of lonely to celebrate the win alone don’t you think?
http://aldancyspeaks.com Al Dancy

I just thought of this:

Control/Co-Laboring

Eh?

http://richkirkpatrick.com Rich Kirkpatrick

absolutely!

and based on your first comment..

Corporation/Community ?

http://aldancyspeaks.com Al Dancy

Nice!

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