Comments on: Do You Have Just One Creative Department? http://frogblog.biz/2009/04/04/do-you-have-just-one-creative-department/ Jump In, The Water's Fine Wed, 16 May 2012 15:49:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Fred H. Schlegel http://frogblog.biz/2009/04/04/do-you-have-just-one-creative-department/comment-page-1/#comment-224 Fred H. Schlegel Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:36:53 +0000 http://frogblog.biz/?p=938#comment-224 Hi Terry - I think I've worked in the Whack department...memory is a bit fuzzy though....lol. At Hallmark for a time we had a department called the Humor Workshop - designed from the ground up by the creative talent housed there apparently via visits to thrift shops, garage sales and abandoned movie theaters. Became a place a lot of groups would pilgrimage for popcorn, brainstorms and inspiration. I think the group was less threatening to biz types in part because they weren't trying to claim they would bring some super creative juice to the party...only that they would think different. Hi Terry – I think I’ve worked in the Whack department…memory is a bit fuzzy though….lol.

At Hallmark for a time we had a department called the Humor Workshop – designed from the ground up by the creative talent housed there apparently via visits to thrift shops, garage sales and abandoned movie theaters. Became a place a lot of groups would pilgrimage for popcorn, brainstorms and inspiration. I think the group was less threatening to biz types in part because they weren’t trying to claim they would bring some super creative juice to the party…only that they would think different.

]]> By: Fred H. Schlegel http://frogblog.biz/2009/04/04/do-you-have-just-one-creative-department/comment-page-1/#comment-223 Fred H. Schlegel Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:01:24 +0000 http://frogblog.biz/?p=938#comment-223 Hi Brad - lol! Given how some departments seem to work at odds with their mission - could you be on to something even bigger here? Maybe role reversal will inspire the mavericks to new heights. "So the boss want's me to go through the motions? I'll show her!" Hi Brad – lol! Given how some departments seem to work at odds with their mission – could you be on to something even bigger here? Maybe role reversal will inspire the mavericks to new heights. “So the boss want’s me to go through the motions? I’ll show her!”

]]> By: Terry Heath http://frogblog.biz/2009/04/04/do-you-have-just-one-creative-department/comment-page-1/#comment-220 Terry Heath Sun, 05 Apr 2009 00:34:01 +0000 http://frogblog.biz/?p=938#comment-220 Yeah, the practice of creative accounting is generally frowned upon, isn't it? But otherwise, people might say you're onto something . . . or on something, which is an entirely different issue. In your examples, maybe the existing creative department could be called Creativity Headquarters or even Creativity Facilitation. Not great titles, these, but semantically speaking these ideas have merit. What if we got really creative and did away with department titles altogether? Now <em>that</em> might shake things up. How about "Whack On The Side Of The Head Department"? <abbr><em>Terry Heath’s last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/terry-heath/~3/_7aq8kwgKPE/" rel="nofollow">Aesthetic Poets and “To Thine Own Self Be True”</a></abbr></em> Yeah, the practice of creative accounting is generally frowned upon, isn’t it? But otherwise, people might say you’re onto something . . . or on something, which is an entirely different issue.

In your examples, maybe the existing creative department could be called Creativity Headquarters or even Creativity Facilitation. Not great titles, these, but semantically speaking these ideas have merit.

What if we got really creative and did away with department titles altogether? Now that might shake things up.

How about “Whack On The Side Of The Head Department”?

Terry Heath’s last blog post..Aesthetic Poets and “To Thine Own Self Be True”

]]> By: Brad Shorr http://frogblog.biz/2009/04/04/do-you-have-just-one-creative-department/comment-page-1/#comment-219 Brad Shorr Sat, 04 Apr 2009 18:09:52 +0000 http://frogblog.biz/?p=938#comment-219 Fred, Great idea, and I can prove it's not silly by articulating the opposite of what you propose. How does the Uncreative Customer Service Department sound? Go Through the Motions Shipping Department? Play It Safe Sales Department? We all want and need to be creative in our work, if for no other reason than creativity is what customers demand. <abbr><em>Brad Shorr’s last blog post..<a href="http://www.wordsellinc.com/blog/online-marketing/an-online-marketing-fairy-tale/" rel="nofollow">An Online Marketing Fairy Tale</a></abbr></em> Fred, Great idea, and I can prove it’s not silly by articulating the opposite of what you propose. How does the Uncreative Customer Service Department sound? Go Through the Motions Shipping Department? Play It Safe Sales Department? We all want and need to be creative in our work, if for no other reason than creativity is what customers demand.

Brad Shorr’s last blog post..An Online Marketing Fairy Tale

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