| It should be noted to maximize creativity or | | | | stress to perform. We see this in sports, military, |
| innovation, or to solve problems for that matter, that | | | | politics and we also see it in the R&D |
| it makes sense to alleviate as much stress as | | | | departments of the largest corporations. |
| possible on the individuals that are doing the creative | | | | What do I mean by stress? Well, in a research and |
| genius work. This is why managing a research and | | | | development department they are under stress to |
| development division of a large corporation is a lot | | | | perform and if they don't perform the project is |
| harder than it looks, and it takes a little Finesse. | | | | sacked and everyone is sent back to another division. |
| It all sounds easy, after all, we have all sorts of six | | | | It's not that you don't want results it is that you |
| Sigma project management groups that tell us how | | | | have to be careful how you get to those results and |
| to do these with the ultimate efficiency. Everything is | | | | the strategic management methods that you used to |
| logical and reality-based and they can quantify their | | | | produce the desired outcome. |
| results thus, appease the executive management of | | | | If the project manager is constantly micromanaging |
| the corporation. | | | | the inventors, innovators, and creative geniuses it will |
| Still, you must be very careful with the human mind, | | | | cause them to turn their minds off and away from |
| and if you overload it with stress, you will find it | | | | their work, the exact opposite of what the |
| cannot cope with complex problem solving, and | | | | management intends. Please consider all this. |
| important innovation exploits, while under extreme | | | | |