Creativity is LOVE Creativity is LIVE Creativity is GIVE Creativity is in the world a energy that change persons nothing more to say...

We have team-lunch together twice a week - here we mainly do NOT talk about the job, but "refresh" ourselves with experiences outside the office or current social issues. Even better: walk & talk for an hour in the fresh air... But I admit that I unfortunately often lack the discipline here too.

When deadlines loom, it's easy to get caught up in pressure. But as a leader, I know that's when creativity is needed most. To keep my team's spark alive, I remind them to take a step back, breathe, and break down the task into smaller chunks.I encourage breaks that spark joy, whether that's a walk, doodling, or chatting with a colleague. These breaks often lead to fresh perspectives or new ideas. And when we return to the task, we approach it with renewed energy and creativity. Celebrating small wins along the way helps keep our team motivated, engaged, and creative, even under pressure. By acknowledging progress, we stay focused on the end goal and keep our creative spark alive.

In 12th grade, I learn one of the Taylor strategy that is fatigue study which means how long team members works & how often they take breaks. I believe taking a small intervals while working on anything make you to work effectively and it's important for everyone

I believe in being a strong pillar of support for my team, working alongside them as a leader who inspires, motivates, and encourages them whenever needed. To keep their creativity alive, especially during intense deadlines, I focus on creating a positive and balanced work environment. Here’s how I ensure this: 1. Motivate and support team members whenever and wherever required. 2. Foster a collaborative and open atmosphere to encourage idea-sharing. 3. Add moments of humour and lightheartedness to make the workplace enjoyable. 4. Strike a balance between focus and fun to sustain creativity and energy. 5. Lead by example, ensuring deadlines are met without compromising on enthusiasm or innovation.

Creativity doesn’t have to mean more time. Be open to creative approaches to the most mundane project tasks and you may have greater success by a team sharing novel views, passion for the work, having fun and using both sides of their brain. For example, add elements of “reality” to end to end systems testing, adding color and details from personal experience to your test scenarios. Your realistic cases will end up being be more effective than the business as usual step checks.

In today’s competitive world this schedule crunches are very common. I do take following strategies dealing with such tighter deadlines 1. Break the tasks in to smaller and shorter lengths and take a break before you start next task 2. Reward the team achievements for each task. Keep that healthy competition amongst team for early achievements 3. Share the milestone achievements and it’s benefits keeping transparency in to the team for what’s in it for them

In my role, a lack of creativity often means a lack of inspiration. Getting out of the office (even for half a day) and looking for new products, other successful retailers, or paying our peer London museums/galleries a short visit, can have a huge impact on work ethos and productivity. Closing the laptop might sound counter-productive, especially when it comes to the never-ending emails, however it really resets the system and allows you to approach your deadlines with new perspective.

Ironically, you need to get the team "ignore the deadline". The reason is: for some people they can't ideate freely if they know they are under certain deadline. . Just tell and reassure your team that: there is no such thing called good or bad idea. We just love ideas. Share with us 1 more idea please. . Then another idea, then another.