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From Perfectionism To Play: Get Out of Your Own Way

When pressure to be perfect kills your spark, how do you get momentum back? We sit down with creativity catalyst and author Melissa Dinwiddie to explore a simpler, braver path: process over product, micro experiments over massive bets, and empathy over information dumps. Melissa opens up about the decade she spent creatively stuck while making a living as an artist—proof that tying every act to revenue can strangle the joy that started it all. Her breakthrough came from embracing intentional imperfectionism and a playful rigor summed up in her delightfully direct mantra: play hard, make crap, learn fast. We unpack a deceptively powerful idea: complex is not complicated. Complicated problems behave like recipes—optimize, control, and you get consistent outputs. Complex challenges are jazz—improvise, listen, and let something emergent take shape. That single shift explains why overcomplication is a fear response to ambiguity and why leaders need learning loops more than ironclad plans. Melissa shows how she builds psychological safety without the cringey “let’s play” framing, guiding teams through small, high-impact drills. The standout: her Time Traveler exercise, where you must explain a smartphone to someone from 1526 without getting condemned as a witch. It’s impossible by design, forcing empathy, analogy, and clarity—skills that turn buried insights into decisions people act on. Along the way we talk creative identity (“I’m not creative” is a common myth), outcome obsession, and the comparison trap. We trade stories about letting go of applause and finding peace in the work itself. Melissa shares her Golden Formula—self-awareness plus self-compassion equals the key to everything good—and how returning to process actually improves performance. We also preview her new book, Innovation at Work: 52 micro experiments leaders can run in minutes to spark ideas, unstick teams, and build what’s next without sidelining day-to-day work. If you’re ready to lead through uncertainty with curiosity and courage, this conversation is your roadmap. Subscribe, share with a friend who needs permission to make a small bet today, and leave a review with the one guidepost you’re claiming this week. Melissa's new book, Innovation at Work, is a practical field guide for leaders, teams, and changemakers who are told to “innovate faster” without being given tools that work under real constraints. Instead of big frameworks or performative brainstorming, the book offers 52 micro-experiments—small, low-risk actions that help people: • Break perfectionism and fear loops • Learn faster from real conditions • Move forward even when certainty is impossible This is not a book about creativity as self-expression. It’s about creativity as a survival skill in complex systems. Learn more and download a free preview at https://melissadinwiddie.com/publicat.... The official release date is March 10, 2026.