I've done creative sprints like these a couple times. And while they're fun, and while they're entertaining and creative and inspiring, they've left me kinda dry.
Why? Because I found them unsustainable, for commercial processes or otherwise. It felt like a big dose of clinical Mania. Again, this is only my own experience. I found that I could crank out the work, but without a framework (business model, group project, customers, etc...) I just ended up with a pile of semi-interesting work.
Now, if this whole thing were couched in a mentorship framework where you signed up for a specific skill and had some master in that skill to bother for 5-15 minutes a day. Or all the projects were of a single type like 24 hour comics or LudlumDare. Then I'd be more enthusiastic for it.
As it is now I'm pretty satisfied with what I crank out, creatively. I'm sure there's lots of people that aren't. And I am glad that people are doing this kind of thing. I wish creativity was as enshrined in culture as much as sports fanship is.
Why? Because I found them unsustainable, for commercial processes or otherwise. It felt like a big dose of clinical Mania. Again, this is only my own experience. I found that I could crank out the work, but without a framework (business model, group project, customers, etc...) I just ended up with a pile of semi-interesting work.
Now, if this whole thing were couched in a mentorship framework where you signed up for a specific skill and had some master in that skill to bother for 5-15 minutes a day. Or all the projects were of a single type like 24 hour comics or LudlumDare. Then I'd be more enthusiastic for it.
As it is now I'm pretty satisfied with what I crank out, creatively. I'm sure there's lots of people that aren't. And I am glad that people are doing this kind of thing. I wish creativity was as enshrined in culture as much as sports fanship is.