Creativity in a chaotic world
In a chaotic world, creative leadership plays a crucial role in generating new ideas and influencing actions. Explore theories, structures, and studies that assist in developing creative leadership skills and fostering innovation within teams. Discover how project team leadership at MBS utilizes the Manchester Method to identify patterns of success and failure, leading to the emergence of insightful team leadership theories.
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Creativity in a chaotic world Tudor Rickards ISSEK, November 2017
Working definitions Creativity: The process which generates new and valuable ideas [valued in practice] Leadership: The process directed towards influencing the actions and achievements of a wider group Creative leadership: The process which generates new and valued ideas in practice directed towards influencing those actions and achievements
Creative leaders release creativity in self and others The leader s secret weapon is the application of personal creativity directed towards releasing more creativity in others Creativity Creativity Team Factors Creativity Creativity Leader Benign structures Creativity Creativity
Theories have privileged the individual Insight theories Self-actualization Transcendence Cognitive reframing Evolutionary psychology Information processing Problem-solving Experiential learning Intrinsic motivation
Structures to Assist Creativity Developed Paul Torrance Alex Osborn Edward De Bono Genrich Altshuller Tony Buzan
Creative Leadership: The MBS studies
Project Team Leadership and The Manchester Method The Project Team studies at MBS were part of an educational innovation known as The Manchester Method MBA teams learn while doing business projects Team tutors began to recognise consistent patterns of success and failure
Three Kinds of Team? A small proportion of teams struggled ( Teams from Hell ) The majority of the teams achieved the goals set them ( Standard Teams ) Another minority performed beyond expectations ( Dream Teams ) ?
A Team Leadership Theory Emerged It proposed two barriers to team success Leaders created new and benign structures for action and change Seven factors are associated with creative leadership and team effectiveness
The Seven Team Factors Influenced by Creative Leadership Platform of understanding Vision Experiential learning Climate Creative Leadership Idea Ownership Network activators Resilience
How the Two-barrier Proposal Modifies Team Development Theory Outperform Outstanding teams Strong performance barrier Norm and Perform Standard teams Weak behavioural barrier Storm Dysfunctional teams Form
The role of benign structures in creative leadership Creative leaders help reconfigure the structures under which team members operate. Team-building structures overcome inter-personal barriers and establish team norms In a dream team , leadership provides benign structures which transcend established norms
Benign structures MBS students trained in benign structures based on lateral thinking approaches, versions of brainstorming, mindmapping and Yes and invitations (encouragement of positivity) These leadership procedures can be developed through training and practice (C.f. NLP)
The Mapping Metaphor A map helps you prepare for your journeys Map-Reading By map reading, map-testing, and map-making, you will be more successful in your learning journeys Map-Testing Map-Making
Mapping as a life skill By applying the principles of map-reading, map-testing, and map-making you become more skilled at assessing The usefulness (reliability) of anything you read : Text-books Articles Reports Videos It is the basis of clinical observation, diagnosis and research
Mapping for dealing with media manipulation The internet increasing pours out news Map-testing helps individuals to challenge false news Study the assertions and assumptions of attention-seekers The right-wrong or either-or simplification
The team studies are being extended into studies of creative organizations and creative industries
The Creative Organization HEALTH WARNING The creative organization is under-researched territory
Emerging maps Leadership moving to a non-essentialist and interpretive perspective Creativity moving to collaborative co-creation processes Linear innovation shifting to open complex Processes Complexity and networks of influence
Creativity in a changing world Environment: Smart cities Globalization: The macro-micro dilemma Technology: Vision and the iron rules of implementation Society: Expectations, experts, and exceptions Finance: Bitcoin; Amazon; Politics: Brexit; Zimbabwe; Alt truth
References Dilemmas of leadership: http://cw.routledge.com/textbooks/0415355850/ Handbook of creativity: http://www.researchmethodsarena.com/books/The- Routledge-Companion-To-Creativity- isbn9780415773171 Regular updates on creativity and leadership: http://leaderswedeserve.wordpress.com/ My website: http://tudorrickards.co.uk
