Creativity & Leadership

1. Creativity & Leadership David A. Mack, Ph.D.

2. Creativity & Leadership MANAGEMENT vs. LEADERSHIP

3. Creativity & Leadership Managers – See Different Things Leaders – See Things Differently

4. Creativity & Leadership Managers – Motivate People Leaders – Inspire Them

5. Creativity & Leadership Managers – Are Fired Leaders – Resign

6. Leadership Experience + Creativity + Management = LEADERSHIP

7. CREATIVITY EXPERIENCE MANAGEMENT

9. Experience • Experience is essentially the accumulation of “Assets”: • Skills • Knowledge • Credentials

10. Experience • Experience leads to an understanding of cause and effect: • Look at the big picture • Work environments are not stable • Events don’t often happen in isolation • Chain of events

11. Experience • Experience also means developing contacts: • Knowledgeable others • Diverse viewpoints • Professional and personal • Networking Inexperienced people tend to be captive to a small circle of acquaintances

13. Management What is Management? The major responsibility of management is to manage -- Harold Geneen, ITT

14. Management • Management functions: • Scheduling activities • Assigning responsibilities • Training • Resource allocation • Anticipating problems • Coordination with outside entities • Monitoring results

15. Creativity Creativity – what is it? Are you a creative person?

16. Creativity Some men see things that are, and ask 'Why?' I dream of things that never were, and ask 'Why not?' Robert F. Kennedy

17. Creativity • Creativity: • Novel associations that lead to new outcomes

18. Creativity • Requirements for creativity: • A pool of inputs • The ability to see novel connections amongst them • The courage to pursue them

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25. Creativity • Psychological Barriers • Cultural Barriers • Environmental Barriers Barriers To Creativity

26. Creativity Barriers To Creativity • Psychological Barriers • Cultural Barriers • Environmental Barriers • Thinking Language Blocks • Functional Fixedness • Habitual Ways of Visualizing

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28. How can we enhance our Creativity • Relax • Expand your horizons • Listen • Read • Observe • Don’t sweat mistakes • Seek agreement to be creative up front

29. How can we enhance our Creativity • Criticize kindly • Look beyond the answer • Write down all the ideas • Use “brainstorming” • Value and seek out diversity • Ask for feedback

30. Creative Leadership Good News: Creativity barriers can be overcome. Bad News: You have to work at it!!