Creativity

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Creativity Leadership

• David A. Mack, Ph.D.

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Creativity Leadership
MANAGEMENT vs. LEADERSHIP
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Creativity Leadership

• Managers
• See Different Things
• Leaders
• See Things Differently

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Creativity Leadership

• Managers
• Motivate People
• Leaders
• Inspire Them

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Creativity Leadership

• Managers
• Are Fired
• Leaders
• Resign

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Leadership

• Experience
• Creativity Management

LEADERSHIP
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CREATIVITY
EXPERIENCE
MANAGEMENT
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Experience

• Experience is essentially the accumulation of
  Assets
• Skills
• Knowledge
• Credentials

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Experience

• Experience leads to an understanding of cause and
  effect
• Look at the big picture
• Work environments are not stable
• Events dont often happen in isolation
• Chain of events

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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
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Management
What is Management? The major responsibility of
management is to manage -- Harold Geneen, ITT
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Management

• Management functions
• Scheduling activities
• Assigning responsibilities
• Training
• Resource allocation
• Anticipating problems
• Coordination with outside entities
• Monitoring results

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Creativity
Creativity what is it? Are you a creative
person?
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Creativity

• Some men see things that are, and ask 'Why?'
• I see things that never were, and ask 'Why not?'
•      Robert F. Kennedy

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Creativity

• Creativity
• Novel associations that lead to new outcomes

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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

• oholene

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TIME
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• Cluck Cluck
• Quack Quack

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• ALL/world

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Creativity
Barriers To Creativity

• Psychological Barriers
• Cultural Barriers
• Environmental Barriers

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Creativity

• Barriers To Creativity
• Psychological Barriers
• Cultural Barriers
• Environmental Barriers

• Thinking Language Blocks
• Functional Fixedness
• Habitual Ways of Visualizing

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VOLUME I
VOLUME II
VOLUME III
VOLUME IV
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How can we enhance our Creativity

• Relax
• Expand your horizons
• Listen
• Read
• Observe
• Dont sweat mistakes
• Seek agreement to be creative up front

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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

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Creative Leadership
Good News Creativity barriers can be
overcome. Bad News You have to work at it!!