How do you balance the tension between maintaining order and releasing creativity?
"We are in charge of maintaining institutional, moral, and intellectual order in places brimming with the energies of creative spirit." Eugene Peterson
As institutional leaders we manage chaos and maintain order. That’s how we ensure incremental, healthy, steady single-digit, sometimes double-digit, compound annual growth rates.
But that focus on maintaining order can quench creativity and lead to plateaued and decaying growth.
As entrepreneurial leaders, we release the brimming energies within ourselves and our colleagues. That’s how we get exponential growth.
But exponential growth can unleash chaos and destroy companies. Things that grow fast often die fast.
What are some tips that you use to maintain this balance?
What’s a different way to frame this?
"We are in charge of maintaining institutional, moral, and intellectual order in places brimming with the energies of creative spirit." Eugene Peterson
As institutional leaders we manage chaos and maintain order. That’s how we ensure incremental, healthy, steady single-digit, sometimes double-digit, compound annual growth rates.
But that focus on maintaining order can quench creativity and lead to plateaued and decaying growth.
As entrepreneurial leaders, we release the brimming energies within ourselves and our colleagues. That’s how we get exponential growth.
But exponential growth can unleash chaos and destroy companies. Things that grow fast often die fast.
What are some tips that you use to maintain this balance?
What’s a different way to frame this?