Some Tips On Establishing The Context For The Creative Process

i) no such thing as perfection (when you encourage perfection, you are putting unfair pressure on people; creative merit isn't about flawlessness)

ii) focus on production before reduction (the process should be non-judgemental
"...Generate and ideate without editing, critiquing, limiting, or censoring. Let it all flow out. You'll have time to sort through it later..."
LeaderFactor, 2023f)

iii) avoid an over-planned process (
"...Make like a vacation without an itinerary, incremental discovery will bring you to places that you could never have planned for.  Let yourself wander, be open to new avenues of thinking..."
LeaderFactor, 2023f)

iv) persevere into the unknown (at times you can be unsure of where you're going and how you got there; it requires stamina and resilience to work on outcomes that seem fuzzy - keep going)

v) distil for clarity (keep experimenting, testing, etc your creation; don't settle for first iteration; continue to seek improvements)

vi) find tensions and harness them ("...the ability to connect things from different fields can uncover tensions that make art interesting. Enhancing your powers of observation will help you see pattern, connections and paradoxes, note the ironic, and find the pulse of what is relevant and timely..."
LeaderFactor, 2023f)

Furthermore,
"...a positive work experience lifts one's creativity by 50%......this positive impact on creativity can continue for 2 days..."
Teresa Amabile et al as quoted by Andrew O'Keeffe, 2011
NB
Healthy disagreement and conflict is good as it can spark new ideas and new thinking, ie thinking that is different from existing ideas or thoughts. For example, many people said Uber and Airbnb would not work, people wouldn't book travel on apps, gay marriages took decades to be accepted legally, etc
Debate should spark curiosity.
Be careful of expressions like 'I believe what I believe' or 'that's my opinion and I am entitled to it'; these statements will stifle creativity

Summary

"...The creative process isn't linear and clean. It's messy and iterative.......is a culture of rewarded vulnerability, art embraces vulnerability. What you create is valuable because it's true, good, and beautiful, not because it's perfect..."
LeaderFactor, 2023f