Working at MacICT

I have been doing a lot of reflecting lately about the opportunities that have come my way whilst working at MacICT. It is a particularly unique space for so many reasons. I have never been in a place where absolutely everybody in the building is passionate about being there.
What exactly is it that harvests such passion? Is it that the people are always passionate, regardless of where they work? There are people who I have met and worked with in my career who are able to find the positive in everything they do. But I don't think that it is that simple.
When you get the opportunity to work with like-minded people who are highly experienced and willing to share this depth of experience, the collaborative potential is made possible. But more than that, these people do not have any issues with acknowledging and accessing the expertise of others in the space. It is often seen as a risk to admit that we don't know it all and we value the opinions and ideas of others. This risk-taking attitude allows us to open our minds to the most creative ideas.
I really think that creative minds are flexible and pliable. Innovation becomes intrinsic, embedded and expected. Creating high expectations can a bit like high-jumping. As long as the risks are calculated, the bar is not too high and the jumper has practised and practised, then the likelihood for success is also high. It takes mental as well as physical training. Importantly, there should be a soft-fall for when we don't quite make the jump. If these high expectations are balanced with risk-management, then the likelihood for success is high.
In my time at MacICT, it has been such a pleasure to work with the best group of creative people I have ever had the pleasure to work with. It has not been an easy road, but we have worked together to map out the directions we wanted to take. The research into This has helped us all to jump so high and when we don't quite make it, it's OK because we always learn from it and ensure that we do it better next time.