Comments on: Visioning with People with Vision http://mikeberta.us/blog/2009/05/14/visioning-with-people-with-vision/ A doctoral learner's journey Mon, 12 Jul 2010 23:59:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Foley http://mikeberta.us/blog/2009/05/14/visioning-with-people-with-vision/comment-page-1/#comment-14346 Foley Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:41:59 +0000 http://mikeberta.us/blog/?p=545#comment-14346 This is what I have come to realize about this topic. This is the hardest part when it comes to creative process. This is where you have to realize you will not have 100% control of the final project. The first draft is the only thing you completely owned. That is until you start looking for feedback and input. You need to have a firm grasp of your idea and at the same time that grasp cannot become a crushing grip. Control issues stall the idea quicker than anything else. This next part is what I call the “papers on the wall”. People like to look at all of their awards and certificates they have hanging on their wall. They look at what ones are hanging on the walls of other people. And they make comparisons. If the two walls do not match then they have a tendency to feel that those people cannot have any valid input. Experience and education are two completely different things but at the same time can hold equal value. However, it may be hard to see that value. The use of the word “expert” is thrown around way too much these days. The truth is there are no absolute “experts” but there are “knowledgeable” people. Just remember if so called experts were always infallible then we would not have any need for insurance and lawyers in this world. Feedback and acknowledgment are critical but both of them are hard to come by. I have learned that any feedback that is just two words and emoticon really are useless for the most part. It also shows they are really disinterested in what you are attempting to do. We want what we create to make people engage the idea. The other thing is to be weary of is people who give a lot of feedback. I have found they are trying to take over your idea and make it their own. They are also the ones who when it comes to actually implementing the idea will be nowhere to be found. There will be a time when you get no more if any feedback. When you no longer get any information then it is time to make a decision. It is the moment to have a “gut check” and move on. If anyone starts giving you feedback then, you just have to ignore them because they are just road blocking you. This is what I have come to realize about this topic.

This is the hardest part when it comes to creative process. This is where you have to realize you will not have 100% control of the final project. The first draft is the only thing you completely owned. That is until you start looking for feedback and input. You need to have a firm grasp of your idea and at the same time that grasp cannot become a crushing grip. Control issues stall the idea quicker than anything else.

This next part is what I call the “papers on the wall”. People like to look at all of their awards and certificates they have hanging on their wall. They look at what ones are hanging on the walls of other people. And they make comparisons. If the two walls do not match then they have a tendency to feel that those people cannot have any valid input. Experience and education are two completely different things but at the same time can hold equal value. However, it may be hard to see that value. The use of the word “expert” is thrown around way too much these days. The truth is there are no absolute “experts” but there are “knowledgeable” people. Just remember if so called experts were always infallible then we would not have any need for insurance and lawyers in this world.

Feedback and acknowledgment are critical but both of them are hard to come by. I have learned that any feedback that is just two words and emoticon really are useless for the most part. It also shows they are really disinterested in what you are attempting to do. We want what we create to make people engage the idea. The other thing is to be weary of is people who give a lot of feedback. I have found they are trying to take over your idea and make it their own. They are also the ones who when it comes to actually implementing the idea will be nowhere to be found. There will be a time when you get no more if any feedback. When you no longer get any information then it is time to make a decision. It is the moment to have a “gut check” and move on. If anyone starts giving you feedback then, you just have to ignore them because they are just road blocking you.

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