A Vision provides clarity of direction that unites stakeholders and sets a creative tension that inspires and motivates. This video looks at the attributes of an inspiring Vision that generates enthusiasm to strive towards a goal.
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This video emphasises the importance of understanding your purpose and personal values – timeless guiding principles that require no external justification because they have internal value to you.
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The world is increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA). This video gives a flavour of some of the ways in which studying Creative Leadership can help you to develop the skills for creative and resilient leadership.
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To improve in any field of activity, we need to change and grow - which means we have to take risks, let go, try new things and continually learn from our own experiences.
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VIEW is a self-assessment instrument that examines three important dimensions of style that relate directly to creative behaviour, problem solving and change – like a mirror that provides valuable feedback about ourselves.
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The Situational Outlook Questionnaire® (SOQ) is an assessment tool that measures climate, helps make the invisible more visible and points the way to a more productive, more creative and healthier environment.
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In management literature ‘culture’ is often muddled with ‘climate’, but the difference can be likened to a tree: climate is the observable parts above ground and culture is the roots hidden below ground.
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High performance people, teams and organisations are never satisfied with the status quo - instead, they nurture a ‘climate’ for innovation. This post looks at the impact climate has on innovation, and how it can be improved.
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This paper looks at the ‘T-shaped’ engineer as a response to ‘wicked’ problems - the need for engineers to not only demonstrate technical capabilities (the vertical part of the ‘T’), but also to develop horizontal capabilities to be effective wicked problem solvers.
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Published by Assist Knowledge Development in Analysts Anonymous, this article looks at what we have learned about credibility and new forms of leadership and whether these can be useful insights for strengthening business analysts.
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This paper focuses on the systemic nature of creativity and the role of business schools in stimulating and enhancing organisational creativity. The concept of ‘ba’ represents a shared creative environment.
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Only a small percentage of an iceberg lies above the waterline and its reflection only shows what can be seen on the surface. This article by Perspectiv’s Nikki Barker focuses on ways for engineers to ‘look below the waterline’.
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We know that leadership plays an important role in establishing a climate for job satisfaction and that climate also influences organisational innovation, but what leadership behaviours influence the creation of climate - both positively and negatively?
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If you don’t have a healthy climate, then you will not have the appropriate conditions for effective teams, departments and organisations. Recent research suggest the main role of leadership is to create climate.
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This major innovation survey attributed the chasm between the innovative capabilities of the highest and lowest performers to the way in which ideas were fostered and managed at every level of the organisation.
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