Our design collective used to critique each other's work openly but now that we're all getting more established professionally those conversations feel loaded and nobody wants to risk hurting someone's career or reputation so we've stopped being honest and the work is getting safer.
More people experience this than they realize.
Career stakes are making authentic creative dialogue feel too risky, diminishing the quality of both the work and the creative relationship.
“Where Are You with Creative confidence across traditions?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.