this morning i sat in on an entrepreneurial session. listened to people talk about their start-ups. listened to awesome ideas and was overwhelmed by the amount of brain power i could literally feel within the room.
(exciting, yes)! my mind was racing. the thoughts were coming from my mouth in a completely non-understandable format. the images were leaping from brain wave to brain wave.
but then i walked into my own workplace... and i was overwhelmingly drained. not because of the overt thought processes that had just occurred, but rather because all i could see was the gray wall in front of me that seemingly repels the taste of 'new.'
i have ideas. i have good ideas. i want to help those people with awesome ideas get to 'the people' they want to reach. and i can. problem solving is fun for me. give me a puzzle and let's make the picture whole. let's find something to fill that empty void that is a result of a piece gone missing ten years ago. let's make it work (to borrow from tim gunn).
the company i work for just doesn't work that way. there are hierarchies. there are processes. there are rules. there is not 'on the spot' problem solving. no 'on the spot' creation. definitely no running with it because it could be the next big thing.
is it crazy to want to work outside of those rules? crazy to think that working outside those rules can actually move things forward? crazy to think that sometimes you just have to throw a can of paint at the gray wall and hope for the best?
i hope it's not crazy. the can of paint is coming.
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