Forbes February 10, 2025
Francis Dinha is CEO and cofounder of OpenVPN Inc., a leading enterprise network security company.
The tech industry thrives on innovation, and behind every technological breakthrough are teams of creative thinkers. When anyone mentions “creative professionals,” we tend to think of marketing, design and art—and of course, those are inherently creative jobs. However, it’s important for leaders to recognize that these aren’t the only creatives in their organizations.
Developers and engineers are often pigeonholed as logical problem-solvers rather than creative thinkers, which is a great disservice to the work they do. It takes incredible levels of creativity to build code, program a system and solve the technical problems these teams take on. This misconception can limit how tech leaders manage...