What stands between you and where you want to be is time, patience, work and creative tension.
This applies to people, teams and organizations.
Creative tension = an emotion.
I have a great idea I want to go to market… but I cannot find funding. Our team has set a large goal for next quarter… but we lack a sense of direction on how to get there. Our organization is working to make a strategy shift… but with the size and complexity of the organization it seems nearly impossibly.
Creative tension.
On a personal level, I want to lose weight but cannot get over my fascination with carbs. This makes me anxious. I will not hit my goal.
Creative tension.
Creative tension is the emotion (or emotions) created inside of us when we realize the price we will need to pay to get to where we want to go as a person, as a team, as an organization.
Yet, as human beings, we do everything we can to resist any amount of tension in our lives.
Published by JC Hurtado-Prater | Leadership Professor + Consultant
JC Hurtado-Prater serves as Assistant Dean and Associate Professor of Leadership at the Fermanian School of Business at Point Loma Nazarene University where he oversees the graduate business and leadership programs. In addition, through his company, Bluestone Consulting, LLC, JC serves as a leadership consultant for executives and teams at global organizations such as Johnson + Johnson, Cisco, Visa, U.S. Navy, U.S. Department of Interior, U.S. Centers for Disease Control, Harbor Freight, Park Hyatt and more.
A veteran of the United States Army, JC earned a BA from UCLA, MBA through Saint Joseph’s College and is currently completing his doctorate in business administration through Indiana Wesleyan University. Passionate about community service in San Diego, JC serves on several local boards for organizations such as UC San Diego, South Bay Community Services, Thrivent Financial Southwest Region and Southwestern College Foundation. JC resides in the 4S Ranch area of San Diego, CA. In his free time, JC enjoys reading, working out and kayaking the California coast.
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