What is creative leadership? Creative leadership is the ability of organizational leaders to generate ideas and to implement them in their organization and society at large.
How do you develop Creative Leadership? Becoming a good leader is not easy. A common definition of a leader is a person who has influence over followers. The definition of a creative is who is skilled at generating and implementing novel ideas. Regular leaders are also good at implementing idea, except their ideas are either status quo or within the range of customary ideas (acquire, expand into new markets, cut costs, etc.). A creative leader will do things that no one has ever done before.
For instance, while Sony Corporation dominated the market for personal Mp3 players, Steve Jobs of Apple revolutionized the consumer music hardware, software, and distribution markets. Jobs did this with superb visionary thinking – imagining the potential for completely integrated music distribution combined with sleek consumer products.
What are the skills and attributes of Creative Leadership? Creative leaders must possess the seven creative thinking skills – diagnostic, visionary, strategic, ideational, evaluative, contextual, and tactical. Common attributes of creative leaders include curiosity, imagination, questioning, brainstorming, evaluating, persuading, and decisiveness. By developing these skills and attributes, a person can become an exceptional creative leader like Steve Jobs.