Understanding and solving the Innovators Drama​

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Change and transformation always involve tensions and conflicts, some of which are known and predictable, while others are unknown and unpredictable.  

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Tensions and conflicts left unresolved cause further conflict and tension, ultimately leading to drama. During times of drama, progress is disrupted, conservatism rises, and creative ideas stagnate. 

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Dramas are based on a simple but fatal economic principle.

 

Transformation skills are not nurtured when creative attention seems expensive and productive habits seem to be cheap. When complexity exceeds our capacity to handle, things start deteriorating. The cost of productivity rises, our transformative skills are inadequate, and creative attention seems out of reach - leading to conservatism. 

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As innovators, we often tackle challenges and address constraints. But, unfortunately, when dramas appear (e.g., conflicts), we are forced to deal with conservatism instead of progress, and ultimately, our attention and resources run out before we can complete transformations. 

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Conservatism cannot be defeated directly - it only strengthens it. Instead, the cost of creative attention must be reduced to repair productivity habits before complexity increases. 

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If we wish to build, strengthen, or modify our individual, organizational, and social creative economies, we must attend dramas instead of avoiding them. 

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Using simple thinking exercises, we can break down complicated situations, complex challenges, and wicked problems into simple and addressable tasks that allow us to understand creative challenges better, learn faster, and solve them more effectively and efficiently.