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Their wordsNegativity and criticism are an important part of creating anything of quality. You have to be critical of what you make or else you end up making total crap and never improve.
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Attempting to eliminate criticism of ideas is a sign of immaturity and an abuse of power.
Their wordsTaking criticism in stride is just part of quality, and trying to eliminate any criticism of your ideas is a sign of both immaturity and abuse of power.
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Teams work better when individuals create ideas first and then the team produces the good ideas.
Their wordsWhat I believe works better is if individuals come up with ideas and create in the beginning, and then teams produce the good ideas.
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