Chapter 7: Creative Leadership

Creativity #7: Creative Leadership Tathagat Varma Knowledgepreneur http://thoughtleadership.in

IBM 2010 Global CEO Study: Creativity selected as the Most Crucial Factor for Future Success

https://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/31670.wss

Problem Solving

Creative Leadership: Skills that Drive Change – De Gerard J. Puccio et al

https://youtu.be/1EF0ziuZO50

However, reality is broken!

What is Creative Leadership?

  Creative leadership is the combination of creativity (the ability to generate ideas) with leadership (the ability to execute them through the actions of others).

  What separates creative leaders from non-creative leaders is their ability to generate and execute innovative ideas. Traditional leaders tend to execute “tried-and-true” strategies such as cost-cutting or product extensions, but they rarely disrupt their industries or create new product categories.

http://www.creativeleader.com/creative-leadership-development/

Creative Leadership is a set of sought after skills that have been forged by the digital economy, where the pace of change is fast and furious, and disruption can come from any angle. Creative leaders inspire, cultivate, and implement imaginative solutions that can redefine an organization and ignite meaningful change.

http://parttime.syr.edu/bps/creative-leadership/

Creative leadership is built on the idea that everyone at every level in the organization is a leader; that leaders must know themselves, alert to their failings and graces, to better serve the organization; and that only by mastering complexity – both human and organizational – will leaders be able to achieve alignment.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/dougguthrie/2012/06/01/creative-leadership-humility-and-being-wrong/

https://creativeleadershipblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/creativelead.pdf

9 Rules of Creative Leadership

  It’s not about your creativity. It’s about your team’s creativity

  You don’t need to be creative. But you need to Understand creativity

  Diversity

  Identify strengths and weaknesses on your team

  Trust your people

  Embrace failure

  Encourage debate

  Champion ideas

  Make ideas come true

https://theleadershipnetwork.com/article/innovation-management/creative-leadership

Six Pillars of Creative Leadership

  Self

  Business Partners

  People

  The Enterprise

  Products

  Market and Society

https://www.berlin-school.com/creative-leadership#creative-leadership

THNK Creative Leadership Model

 Five key competencies:   Acting with passion and purpose   Applying an explorative mindset   Envisioning a better future  Orchestrating creative teams  Driving breakthrough change

http://www.innovationmanagement.se/2015/07/08/cl-the-paradoxes-of-creative-leadership/

John Maeda

The creative leader always questions authority. Even when it is his/her own. By doing so, s/he opens the door to vulnerability and the ability to change.

http://creativeleadership.com/cl/note-to-self.html

Creative Leaders

  Where creative leaders excel is developing unique or innovative strategies. Traditional leaders are effective at implementing ideas, but their ideas or solutions are often formulaic or even backwards looking.

  More often than not, traditional leaders stick with incremental change while creative leaders attempt revolutionary changes.


David Ogilvy

  High standards of personal ethics.

  Big people, without pettiness.

  Guts under pressure, resilience in defeat.

  Brilliant brains — not safe plodders.

  A capacity for hard work and midnight oil.

  Charisma — charm and persuasiveness.

  A streak of unorthodoxy — creative innovators.

  The courage to make tough decisions.

  Inspiring enthusiasts — with trust and gusto.

  A sense of humor.

http://www.businessinsider.com/traits-of-creative-leaders-2015-8?IR=T

5 Traits of Creative Leaders   They rattle cages

  First provoke themselves into action, and then the people around them

  Constantly imagining new possibilities, and something rather than be dictated by others

  They listen to intuition

  They sense things and listen to them

  Intellect without intuition makes for a smart person without impact. Intuition without intellect makes a spontaneous person without direction. Creative leaders get them working together.

  They move fast

  Pursue progress over perfection by making consistent strides, no matter how big

  Quicker the stride, greater the progress and they may make mistakes, but learn quickly and keep moving

  They have convictions and stick to them

  They have convictions that makes them “come alive”

  They pursue them against all odds / external pressures

  They don’t (only) do what’s expected of them

  They come up with original thinking and new ideas

  They inspire others by action

https://www.fastcompany.com/3049844/5-hallmarks-of-the-most-creative-leaders

Authoritative vs Creative Leader

Authoritative Leader Creative Leader

Symbol of Authority Symbol of Inspiration

More Sticks More Carrots

Hierarchical Networked

Linear Path Non-linear Path

Plan and Execute: Launching with 1.0 Iterate and Do: Living in Beta

Sustaining Order Taking Risks

Yes or No (clear) Maybe (comfort with ambiguity)

Literal in Tone Metaphorical in Tone

Concerned with Being Right Concerned with Being Real

Think like a General or Conductor Think like an Artist or Designer

Delegates Action Hands-on Driven

http://creativeleadership.com/cl/characteristics-of-the-creative-leader-versus-authoritative-leader.html

Authoritative vs Creative Leader

Authoritative Leader Creative Leader

Closed System Open System

One-way Interactive

Close the Ranks Permeable

Follows the Manual Improvises when Appropriate

Reliability Validity

Orchestra Model Jazz Ensemble

Community in Harmony Community in Conversation

Wants to be Right Hopes to be Right

Open to Limited Feedback Open to Unlimited Critique

Your Opinion Matters What are You Really Thinking?

http://creativeleadership.com/cl/characteristics-of-the-creative-leader-versus-authoritative-leader.html

Role of Creative Leaders

https://youtu.be/KAGHCwlfh-o

Humility and Being Wrong

  Humility and admitting mistakes are two very important qualities of a creative leader

  By embracing humility, leaders advances their organizations and themselves   Humble leaders are not weak or meek, but secure enough to

recognize their mistakes and seek other’s help or inputs   They are self-aware not insecure, but “quietly confident”

  By (publically) admitting mistakes, they can find both authenticity and opportunity   Gain respect and admiration of team, and have more

committed followers   By admitting you were wrong, you become more creative and

innovative person, take more risks and explore new paths


Developing Creative Leaders


70:20:10 Rule

  70%: challenging assignment   Turnarounds   Increase in job scope   Horizontal moves   New initiatives

  20%: developmental relationships   Bosses and superiors   Managing direct reports   Self-awareness

  10%: coursework and training   Creates an amplifier effect

http://insights.ccl.org/articles/leading-effectively-articles/the-70-20-10-rule/

Further reading

https://www.fastcodesign.com/3059787/ideos-ceo-on-how-to-lead-an-organization-creatively

https://creativityandinnovation.blogspot.in/2007/01/top-ten-creative-leadership-traits.html

http://www.creativeinnovationglobal.com.au/2012/09/top-ten-creative-leadership-attributes-any-21st-century-organisation-needs-to-survive/

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/222421332_A_Propulsion_Model_of_Creative_Leadership

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/70/20/10_Model

http://www.forbes.com/sites/berlinschoolofcreativeleadership/2013/10/08/six-creative-leadership-lessons-from-the-military-in-an-era-of-vuca-and-coin/#18e3a3ee3b2a

http://www.robinsharma.com/blog/01/the-8-faces-of-exceptionally-creative-leaders-3/

http://www.milesfinchinnovation.com/blog/2015/02/04/seven-cs-lightening-round-with-mark-fernandes/

http://alexanderklebe.com/creative-leadership

https://hbr.org/2008/10/creativity-and-the-role-of-the-leader


  http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/special-report/five-takes-on-creative-leadership/

Recap

  In this “VUCA” world, leadership can’t simply be about status quo!

  Creative leadership requires a creative mindset and a leadership resolve to see them through

  Creative leaders are more effective than traditional leaders in solving complex problems

  In next lecture, we will study how creative leaders crate creative organizations!

Chapter 7: Creative Leadership

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