Tell me if this sounds familiar, you're in a weekly design crit... Everyone's cameras were off. Work was good enough but felt… too safe. No spark. No "what if we tried this crazy thing?"Just polite nods and "looks good to me." I've been in more than one of those sessions. Usually after that meeting, I think to myself: Is this the best work we can do? IMO, safe work might be a designers biggest enemy. Bland. Mediocre. Emotionless.Going through the motions. (unless you're in Enterprise SaaS...