If corporate leaders were elected – who would their constituencies be? The public? The people working at the organization? The shareholders? Customers? If two or more people were running to be the leader of an organization, how would each of the constituencies vote? What criteria would they use to cast their ballot? If you could […]
Month: November 2010
Thanksgiving Leadership – Turkey or Table?
Do you focus more on the turkey or the table on which it is served? In other words, in your leadership role, do you focus more on the outcome or on the environment surrounding it? This metaphor isn’t mine – it comes from long time friend John Sedgwick. “What good is it,” he once said, […]
Electronics and creativity – opportunities for new decisions
Annie Leonard has done it again. Following her films The Story of Stuff, of Cosmetics, of Bottled Water, of Cap and Trade is her new contribution to understanding how things work, The Story of Electronics. Worth the view. Might inspire you during this holiday season to exercise your creativity by using new ideas and making […]
Mirror Neurons and Creativity – is there a relationship?
If we feel what others are experiencing as we observe it, does that mean if we see others using their creativity we are similarly inspired? Related Articles Wikipedia – mirror neurons Science Daily report on mirror neurons (April 13, 2010) Mirror Neurons – Can You Get Better at Sports by Just Watching? (toddhargrove.wordpress.com) Brain Imaging […]
How to Overcome Three Threats to Creativity – from Teresa Amabile
Teresa Amabile from Harvard Business School is one of my favourite creativity researchers ever since her 1982 book, The Social Psychology of Creativity was published.She introduced the intrinsic theory of motivation for creativity – that creativity is supported more when a person does something he or she likes for the sake of the activity, not […]
