I really enjoyed to playing football when I was a child, but when adults came and wanted to arrange our play into clubs and time manage our training there was no fun left for me and I left. I enjoyed very much to sing but when started school and I was forced to sing alone everything changed and I stopped singing. I was paralyzed of fear since my singing was suddenly measured and I was also told it sounded terrible.

Your post is well focused on the pressures of innovation in the workplace. I think it extends beyond the workplace for many – especially in today’s uncertain economy. I have been thinking about the real human cost of all this focus away from “The Big Shaggy”. I know for me, a person who studied theatre and the creative arts, I am ever more thankful as I grow older that I have at least some appreciation of being challenged and not always knowing the answer… of being prepared for the bumpy road. I’m sure I could be a better businessman if I had learned more cold-hard business sense, but I’m pretty sure it wouldn’t have made me a happier person. And I’m not sure my employees would enjoy working here as much.