“Invite the voices that never get heard. The passion needs to come from everybody.”
– Paul Comstock, Director of Landscape Design and Disney Imagineer
Susan Cain’s compelling book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts In A World That Can’t Stop Talking, is a long-form commentary on this concept from The Imagineering Way. Creativity (along with productivity, efficiency and other worth-pursuing outcomes), it seems, is inclusive.
It’s not always (or often?) the loudest voice in the room that ought to be heard. It’s rarely the most dominant voice that needs to be heard. The harmony that comes when everyone sings their part, though, well, we’d all ought to by tickets to that performance.
Action verb: Invite! Invite the voices that never get heard. Engage their passion (in their way) and make sure that the creativity isn’t forced on anyone — rather make sure it flows, effortlessly and contagiously, throughout the team.
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