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