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 see 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

20. Creativity
oholene

21. abde
TIME

22. Cluck Cluck
Quack Quack

24. ALL/world

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

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

27. EACH BOOK’S PAGES ARE 2 INCHES THICK
VOLUME I
VOLUME II
VOLUME
III
VOLUME IV
EACH BOOK’S PAGES ARE 2 INCHES THICK
EACH COVER (FRONT OR BACK) IS 1/6 INCH THICK

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!!