Thoughts

• Just because it's always been done that way doesn't mean that it's the right way. However, just because it's different doesn't always mean it's better. The key, and challenge, is to use what works; sometimes that means using a tried & true method - sometimes that means inventing a new one.
• People do better work when they are happy. Cosimo Medici, godfather of the Renaissance, embraced this, allowing his artists their quirks, excesses, mood swings, and the like - out of this came some of the most groundbreaking works of art and architecture known today: such as Donatello's "David" and Brunelleschi's tower for Florence Cathedral. The big stuff comes out of people who are able to work in their optimum operation style; within "their" parameters.