Creativity & Leadership

David A. Mack, Ph.D.

Creativity & Leadership

MANAGEMENT

vs.

LEADERSHIP

Creativity & Leadership

Managers –See Different Things

Leaders –See Things Differently

Creativity & Leadership

Managers –Motivate People

Leaders –Inspire Them

Creativity & Leadership

Managers –Are Fired

Leaders –Resign

Leadership

Experience +Creativity +

Management =

Experience

Experience is essentially the accumulation of “Assets”:

• Skills

• Knowledge

• Credentials

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

Experience

Experience also means developing contacts:

• Knowledgeable others

• Diverse viewpoints

• Professional and personal

• NetworkingInexperienced people tend to be captive to a small circle of acquaintances

Management

What is Management?

The major responsibility of management is to manage -- Harold Geneen, ITT

Management

Management functions:

•Scheduling activities

•Assigning responsibilities

•Training

•Resource allocation

•Anticipating problems

•Coordination with outside entities

•Monitoring results

Creativity

Creativity – what is it?

Are you a creative person?

Creativity

Some men see things that are, and ask 'Why?'

I dream of things that never were, and ask 'Why not?'

     Robert F. Kennedy

Creativity

Creativity:

• Novel associations that lead to new outcomes

Creativity

Requirements for creativity:

• A pool of inputs

• The ability to see novel connections amongst them

• The courage to pursue them

Creativity

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ALL/world

Creativity

Psychological Barriers Cultural Barriers Environmental Barriers

Barriers To Creativity

Creativity

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

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How can we enhance our Creativity

Relax Expand your horizons

Listen Read Observe

Don’t sweat mistakes Seek agreement to be creative up

front

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

Creative Leadership

Good News:Creativity barriers can be overcome.

Bad News: You have to work at it!!