Ars Pandemonium

Reflections on the art and craft of managing creative professionals.

"You can't have done it until you do it."

"Always give them an out."

"Intentional. Transparent. Inclusive. Accountable."

"Authority is granted. Credibility is earned."

"It is easy to know things. It is hard to do things."

"Empathy does not scale indefinitely."

"Ascribing motivation to behavior is a perilous endeavor."

"Consensus is nice if you can get it."

"All endeavor creates process."

"Right diagnosis. Wrong prescription."

Ars Pandemonium

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Musings on the chaos. Observations. Advice. What not to do.
Memoir, opinions, a little shoe-gazing. Pointing out the blatantly obvious. Medium-hot takes.

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After 30 years as a creative professional — and more than twenty as a manager and leader of creative professionals — I decided to write down some things that I’ve seen and heard, thought, said, experienced, regretted, accomplished, and learned.
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- Andrew Boyd