From the course: Working with Creative Millennials

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Give effective critiques and feedback

Give effective critiques and feedback

From the course: Working with Creative Millennials

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Give effective critiques and feedback

- A great collaborative team needs a safe framework to practice presenting, giving and receiving critique. Skilled critique is about reflection and improvement. A good critique provides focused, actionable insights that support the designer's goal and process. Ad hoc feedback and opinion aren't critique. Because critique is so important to the creative process, I've taken the time to analyze how language is given and received in a critique. I teach this in my classes at Art Center. This technique isn't just for millennials but for every creative person, no matter the generation. Understanding critique language is an important skill for both the giver and the receiver. As the person giving feedback, you want to make sure your comments are clearly understood and actionable. The receiver needs to not only understand what's being said, but what kind of comment is being made in order to best respond. The first kind of comment I'll illustrate is called a subjective judgment. An example…

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