Challenging Teams to be Creative
Audrey Cooper
08.16.19
How do you keep things fresh and creative? Audrey Cooper, first editor in chief of the San Francisco Chronicle talks about some of the challenges of keeping a creative spark going with her teams. She recognizes that at the Chronicle there’s never a safe place where you can “just turn a corner, and then rest.” You’ve always got to keep pressing on to define the future.
Summary:
How do you keep things fresh and creative? Audrey Cooper, first editor in chief of the San Francisco Chronicle talks about some of the challenges of keeping a creative spark going with her teams. She recognizes that at the Chronicle there’s never a safe place where you can “just turn a corner, and then rest.” You’ve always got to keep pressing on to define the future.
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