Blurring the Lines: Blending Personal with Professional to Achieve Creative Results

Like separation of church and state, the usual approach to a work/life balance is to put up walls between the two. But achieving a true balance for a creative digital team requires more than simple sequestration. We actually try to break down the walls to invite personal passions, creative energy, hobbies, and interests into the workplace, and by doing so have fostered a culture of curiosity and experimentation that both satisfies and achieves results.

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1. BLURRING THE LINES Blending Personal with Professional to Achieve Creative Success David Baker Director of Web Communications @dave301 Santiago Uceda Interactive Design Manager @suceda
3. Oregon State University Corvallis, OR
4. DOUGLAS ENGELBART Class of 1948 First computer mouse
5. PINTO COLVIG Class of 1911 Original Bozo the Clown
6. e Crew
7. e Crew
8. Up Next: Audience Participation
9. Benny sez
10. Benny sez Hey kids! What do you want to be when you grow up?
12. I can’t stress this enough: Do what you love…in between work commitments, and family commitments, and commitments that tend to pop up and take immediate precedence over doing the thing you love.
13. It could be anything—music, writing, drawing, acting, teaching—it really doesn’t matter. All that matters is that once you know what you want to do, you dive in a full 10 percent and spend the other 90 torturing yourself because you know damn well that it’s far too late to make a drastic career change, and that you’re stuck on this mind- numbing path for the rest of your life.
14. Work-life “balance”
15. Oliver Day Interactive Designer Drawing and painting Homebrewer
16. Oliver Day Interactive Designer Drawing and painting Homebrewer
19. Callie Newton Web Editor and Writer Blogger, baker, rock climber
20. Callie Newton Web Editor and Writer Blogger, baker, rock climber
21. 50th anniversary of historic Everest climb
22. David Baker Director Web Communications Winemaker Filmmaker
23. David Baker Director Web Communications Winemaker Filmmaker
27. Kegan Sims UX & Web Marketing Specialist Keganness, Keganisms Bacon
28. Kegan Sims UX & Web Marketing Specialist Keganness, Keganisms Bacon
30. beaver cam Beavercam (photo: oregonzoo.org)
31. Justin Smith Multimedia Production Manager Filmmaking ings that go
32. Justin Smith Multimedia Production Manager Filmmaking ings that go
33. Justin Smith Multimedia Production Manager Filmmaking ings that go
37. Santiago Uceda Interactive Design Manager Creating images, making them move
38. Santiago Uceda Interactive Design Manager Creating images, making them move
42. Carol Andrews Web Coordinator OSU web historian, outdoors, gardening, sculptures
43. Carol Andrews Web Coordinator OSU web historian, outdoors, gardening, sculptures
45. Darryl Lai Multimedia Producer Maker and tinkerer Hyperlapses
46. Darryl Lai Multimedia Producer Maker and tinkerer Hyperlapses
49. Finding inspiration
55. Developing your team
56. Build-A-Team
57. More than a pretty resume
58. Commitment to failure
59. Speak up
60. Why can’t we all just get along?
61. Case Study
62. Intrument Labs
72. ★ Decide who you are
73. ★ Decide who you are ★ 9-5
74. ★ Decide who you are ★ 9-5 ★ Love your work
75. ★ Decide who you are ★ 9-5 ★ Love your work ★ Speak up
76. ★ Decide who you are ★ 9-5 ★ Love your work ★ Speak up ★ Do it anyway
77. ★ Decide who you are ★ 9-5 ★ Love your work ★ Speak up ★ Do it anyway ★ Plan to fail