I love solving the problems of having groups work together and removing barriers. But to actually turn around and be in the center of that is an awkward place to be.

Success hides problems...you don't need to address problems.

Every creative person can draft into service those around them who exhibit the right mixture of intelligence, insight, and grace.

Art isn't about drawing; it's about learning to see. What organization doesn't need this ability?

It's pretty popular today to say that everybody should learn to fail and that failure's a good thing. Intellectually, it's an obvious thing. But in fact, it gets conflated with another meaning of failure, so when we grow up as kids, failing in school was a really bad thing.

If you give a good idea to a mediocre group, they'll screw it up. If you give a mediocre idea to a good group, they'll fix it. Or they'll throw it away and come up with something else.

Creativity doesn't follow titles. It just comes from where it comes from.