CHAPTER 1

STUCK IN STATUS QUO

I find the people strangely fantasied, Possessed with rumors, full of idle dreams, Not knowing what they fear, but full of fear.

—Philip in King John, William Shakespeare

Do you ever feel stuck? Trapped by inertia? Too comfortable with the devil you know? The status quo can often feel safe and familiar, but it can undermine our creative identity. The choice to remain stuck in the status quo is often driven by fear. The only path to a better place is charted one brave step at a time.

How do you build the unseen future together? How do we stop looking out for number one and start truly collaborating as a team? With collective creativity.

FEEDING OUR CREATIVE IDENTITY

You are not your idea, and if you identify too ...

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