Checklist for Preventing Innovation – What Would You Add?

Watch the video, you really need to see the examples.

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10175915&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1

My Anti-Creativity Checklist from Youngme Moon on Vimeo.

From the Video

1. Play it Safe.
2. Know your limitations.
3. Remind yourself it’s just a job.
4. Show you’re the smartest guy in the room.
5. Be the tough guy.
6. Respect history.
7. Stop the madness before it can start. Crush early-stage ideas with your business savvy.
8. Use experience as a weapon.
9. Keep your eyes closed. Your mind too.
10. Assume there is no problem
11. Underestimate your customers
12. Be a mentor. Give sound advice to the people who work for you.
13. Be suspicious of creatives /liberal arts majors /poets /anthropologists /wackos in your organization
14. When all else fails, act like a grown up.

My additions:

15. Never admit you are wrong

16. Be an island unto yourself, don’t ask for help.

What would you add?