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 = LEADERSHIP

CREATIVITY EXPERIENCE 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 Networking Inexperienced 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

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Creativity Barriers To Creativity Psychological Barriers Cultural Barriers Environmental Barriers

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!!