Three Mini-Rules of Thumb

What’s the best way to cope with disorganization in the creative mind?

The best scheme I’ve come up with is simply to supply the organization yourself, and to arrange the job so that it’s virtually impossible for your designer’s innate disorganization to jump up and take control.

For example, when I have changes to give a designer, I usually do it by phone, with me reading one change at a time, while the designer actually makes the change then and there right on the computer screen. This lets the designer focus on just one thing at a time, minimizing the chance of distractions and mental side trips, while I organize the sequence and can focus on making sure that nothing is overlooked.