Stop Investing in Big Ideas - Ross Chaldecott

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Luminaries with big ideas get much attention in the press, but aiming solely for big ideas and assembling teams around them doesn’t always pan out. In this talk we’ll cover how we build a balanced culture of innovation that fosters creative teams to deliver great things far better than any one person's ideas alone.

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ROSS CHALDECOTT • DESIGN MANAGER • ATLASSIAN • @RCHALDECOTT

Stop investing in big ideasHow you can innovate like Apple… sort of

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Balanced creative teams

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Creativity

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1650before

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Genie

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Genius

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#1 Eureka

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Anterior Superior Temporal Gyrus

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Alcohol

30%+

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#2 Hard work

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All great artists and thinkers are great workersN I E T Z S C H E

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Eighty percent of success is showing upW O O D Y A L L E N

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#3 Connecting things

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Creativity is just connecting thingsS T E V E J O B S

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Diverse networks

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#3 Connecting things

#2 Hard work

#1 Eureka

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Levels of team work

95%+

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Average team size

20%+

each decade

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Hard problems Specialised skills Work together∴

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Teams

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PM

DesignEngineering

BUSINESS

USERTECHNOLOGY

Triads

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Hmmm…R O S S C H A L D E C O T T

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1945 1989-

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Nobody creates a Broadway musical by themselvesB R I A N U Z Z I

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New relationships =

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Old relationships =

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= Mix of relationships

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Cabals

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We would create our own ideal by combining the strengths of a cross section of the company, putting them together in a group we called the 'Cabal.'K E N B I R D W E L L

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Cabals

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Boom!R O S S C H A L D E C O T T

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Keep things safe

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Focus on exploration and

delivery

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The team isn't fixed

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Doing the dirty work

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Not everybody needs to be involved in everything

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Location, location, location

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Brainstorming

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1948Your creative power

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Using the brain to storm a creative problem—and doing so in commando fashion, with each stormer attacking the same objectiveA L E X O S B O R N

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Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom while discouragement often nips it in the budA L E X O S B O R N

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It doesn’t work

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Debate and criticize

20%+

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Candor

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Gentle manners + human kindness

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Culture

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Creativity

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References

• http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/131815/the_cabal_valves_design_process_.php

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• http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/01/30/groupthink?currentPage=all!

• http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052970203370604577265632205015846

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• http://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius!

• http://www.creativityincbook.com

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ROSS CHALDECOTT • DESIGN MANAGER • ATLASSIAN • @RCHALDECOTT

Thank you!