- NEO... NOBODY HAS EVER DONE THIS BEFORE.
- I KNOW. THAT IS WHY IT IS GOING TO WORK.
Innovative organisations communicate well and employees are open to each other’s ideas. Teamwork and collaboration are conducive to innovative environments.
A large part of the environment and creative
culture depends on the leadership. Studies have shown that 20 to 67% of the variance of the measure of the climate for creativity in organisations is directly attributable to leadership behaviour. Does that mean that it all comes down to the people at the top? Maybe not. Anonymous once said, “You have no choice about being a role model. You are one… it comes with the job. The only choice you have is which role you will model”.
Conclusion In today’s economic environment, Innovation and Leadership must go hand in hand in order for companies to stay ahead of their competitors and on the
forefront of their
market segment. Ways of combining these two are simply through Innovative Leadership methods, for unifying employees into a common creative thinking machine, and Leadership for Innovation, which aims to produce creative environments where people are free to share creative thoughts. These liberated environments are the complete opposite of some corporate environments, where power is protected and secrets are kept close to the chest. If a company can grow the areas of
Innovation and Leadership, and implement them effectively, it will eventually find itself in a very good position of growth and of solving difficult issues, placing it on the cutting edge of its market segment.
The Innovation Journal
References [1] Joanna Barsh, Innovative Management: A conversation with Gary Hamel and Lowell Bryan,
www.mckinseyquaterley.com. [2] Joanna Barsh, Marla M. Copozzi and Jonathan Davidson, Leadership and Innovation,
www.mckinseyquaterley.com/ Leadership_and_innovation_2089. [3] Steve Farber, Greater Than Yourself. The Ultimate Lesson of True Leadership (Extreme Leadership Inc., 2009). [4] David Horth (Centre for Creative Leadership) and Dan Buchner (Continuum), Innovation Leadership.
How to use innovation to lead effectively, work collaboratively and drive results. [5] Rick Joyner, Leadership, Management, and the Five Essentials for Success (Rick Joyner, 1995). [6] William R. Klemm, Leadership: Creativity and Innovation. [7] Leadership and Innovation,
www.wynteatro.wordpress.com/2011/07/31/ leadership-and-innovation/. [8] The Way of the Innovation Leader: Integrity, Tenacity, Curiosity, Courage and Humility as a day-to-day values system,
www.newandimproved.com/newsletter/2025.php.
About the author:
Alan Hubbard studied Electronic Engineering at Stellenbosch University and started his
career in England as a Software Development Engineer. He returned to South Africa in 2009 and is currently living in Cape Town and working for Saratoga Software, where he is a member of the Innovation board.
Hubbard is passionate about Leadership and he aims to develop as a leader in order to help those around him reach their full potential.
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