Ramando

What are the keys to building creativity: be in a space where you like what you are doing, a space that is nurturing, reward people through other means,

professor:
movtivating yourself to a hostile response or a boring response
preserver
stay motivated, know what you are doing has value

Creativity in a leadership position is about managing your own creativity in a democracy.
Negotiation: mutual gain
A lot of value left un-gained because of the processes we use to make decision. Human happiness can be much much greater if we were all really successful negotiators. Thereby, don't be secretive with your wants because otherwise you are eliminating the possibility of discovering some benefits that could have been on the negotiating table.

take no more than 9 months, people lose motivation

powerful proposal, brought to the political group of selectmen, they said no. he stayed motivated. he stayed committed. He said that was great feedback, proposed a blue ribbon commission, it should include the most severe critics, improve the plan and bring it back, six more months, created incentives for local plans rather than making them mandatory (WHAT WERE THE INCENTIVES). Redrafted the legislation, the selectmen said no again, a miracle happened, should their be a new regional planning law, a county charter and a moratorium?

planning is an unnatural act that needs to be nurtured.

don't fallow your job description.
get the job and make something of it.
you should quit if there is no hope.
do what you want. show up to meetings, make suggestions, organizations with technical political power that is going unused, but you can harness that. people like that attention. don't just follow your job description. think outside the job description.


scratch your back if you scratch ours, get politicians involved so you have political support. Know when to compromise, know when to back off, nurture and support your staff.

don't keep regular hours.