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The Importance of Creative Leadership

9 August 2009

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The post “Why Are Creative Leaders So Rare?” by Navi Radjou who reflects on Dr Kalam’s (former President of India) lecture titled "Creative Leadership in the Global Knowledge Economy" in which he articulates the following eight key tenets of creative leadership.

The leader must have a vision for the organization
The leader [...]

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Time management for creative people

16 January 2008

 

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Mark McGuinness has collected a bunch of his best posts into one free ebook and has some additional time management  resources here. I found the book filled with valuable time management insights. Given the pressures leaders have on their time, Mark’s time management practices are extremely useful. I case you don’t want [...]

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Leaders Focus on Creating, Not Problem Solving

19 November 2006

Robert Fritz in his book “Path of Least Resistance” discusses the idea that creating is not problem solving and that understanding the distinction between these two concepts makes all the difference to the results we get as leaders. What is the difference between problem solving and creating?
“The fundamental difference between creating and problem solving is [...]

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The Leader as Artist

15 November 2006

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What do we mean, when we describe leadership as an art? How does the idea of leader as artist affect the way we think about, and practice leadership? When pondering on the idea of leader as artist and considering the parallel between an artist and the practice of leadership, provides some useful insights [...]

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An explanation of creativity

21 June 2006

I stumbled accross this great explanation of creativity from Steve Jobs:
“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That’s because they were able to connect experiences [...]

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Book Review: The Creative Habit

18 June 2006

The book “The Creative Habit : Learn It and Use It for Life” by Twyla Tharp is a practical book describing how you can develop a creative habit. I really enjoyed this book, it’s an engaging read, worth the time and effort.
The author, Twyla Tharp, is one of America’s greatest choreographers. She has created more [...]

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Working Smarter Not Harder

3 April 2006

The effects of overwork are discussed in a Fortune article entitled “Be smarter at work, slack off” discussing the effects of over work on our ability to think creatively.
“it’s really, really hard, if not impossible, for the human brain to come up with fresh new ideas when its owner is overworked, overtired, and stressed out. [...]

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The Best Times to Be Creative

24 March 2006

Paul Williams from Idea Sandbox has a follow-up post to a Time article describing the best times to be creative. He has used his creativity and produced the following images to illustrate the best times to be creative.
For the Morning Person

For the Evening Person

Low Concentration – the body’s clock shifts, lowering concentration.
Creativity – best time [...]

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Where do you wear your thinking cap?

25 February 2006

An article entitled “Where do you wear your thinking cap?” found that….
“New research into entrepreneurial thinking conducted by mobile phone company Sony Ericsson……offers an intriguing glimpse into patterns of creativity. A survey of men and women, working predominantly in “progressive” areas such as IT and biotechnology found that 81% of people have their best ideas [...]

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Stimulate Insights with the Relaxation Response

18 February 2006

I stumbled across an interesting article from the November 2005 issue of Harvard Business Review, titled “Are You Working Too Hard?“. In the article stress is defined as “a psychological response to any change, whether good or bad, that alerts the adaptive fight-or-flight response in the brain and the body“. Stress plays an important role [...]

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