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Creativity and Leadership:
How Much Are They the Same?
How Much Are They Different?
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Why is this question important?
The significance of creativity andleadership in both the workplace and
the world at large, and thus the need to understand how creativity and
leadership actually operate in domains,organizations, and the general society
to enhance, whenever possible andnecessary, the amount of creativity andleadership manifested in a domain,organization or society
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What are creativity and
leadership? What is leadership?
The traditional answer: Charisma, magnetism,
dynamism, etc., etc. The scientific answer: Impact
That is, that member of a group whose influence
on group performance appreciably exceeds that of
the average group member Group performance = productivity and/or decision-
making
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What are creativity and
leadership? What is creativity?
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What are creativity and
leadership? What is creativity?
Two requirements
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What are creativity and
leadership? What is creativity?
Two requirements
To be creative is to be original
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What are creativity and
leadership? What is creativity?
Two requirements
To be creative is to be original
To be creative is to be useful
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What are creativity and
leadership? What is creativity?
Two requirements
Three manifestations
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What are creativity and
leadership? What is creativity?
Two requirements
Three manifestations
The product
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What are creativity and
leadership? What is creativity?
Two requirements
Three manifestations
The product
The process
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What are creativity and
leadership? What is creativity?
Two requirements
Three manifestations
The product
The process
The person
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How might these definitions be
integrated? Impact through products - innovative
ideas, inventions, solutions, policies,
programs, strategies, tactics, reforms,initiatives, laws, regulations, etc.
Examples: Creativity and leadership in
Small problem-solving groups (R & D units,research laboratories)
Professional domains, economic systems,
and political institutions
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How can creativity and
leadership be compared?
Differential psychology:
How do people differ?
Developmental psychology:
How do people develop?
Social psychology:
How are people affected by the social
context?
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Behavior
Distribution of influential products
Normal or bell-shaped curve?
No The Elitism of Impact
Leadership
Paretos Law: 20% 80%
Creativity Loktas Law: f(n) = c/n2
Prices Law: k1/250%
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Decile
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PsychologyChemistry
Infantile ParalysisGeologyGerontology/Geriatrics
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Cognition
IQ and impact
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Cognition
IQ and impact: Positive correlation (r
.25)
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Cognition
IQ and impact: But ...
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Cognition
IQ and impact
Creativity
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Cognition
IQ and impact
Creativity: The 120 Threshold
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Cognition
IQ and impact
Creativity
Leadership
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Cognition
IQ and impact
Creativity
Leadership: The 120 Optimum
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Cognition
Cognitive complexity: IC measures
Leadership
Performance (decision-making) Ideology (ideologues vs. moderates)
Creativity
Performance (productivity)
Orientation (natural vs. human sciences)
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Cognition
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Cognition
Imagination
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Cognition
Imagination
Distinction
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Cognition
Imagination
Distinction
Conceptual thinking (secondary process)
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Cognition
Imagination
Distinction
Conceptual thinking (secondary process)
Primordial thinking (primary process)
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Cognition
Imagination
Distinction
Conceptual thinking (secondary process)
Primordial thinking (primary process)
Measurement
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Cognition
Imagination
Distinction
Conceptual thinking (secondary process)
Primordial thinking (primary process)
Measurement: Regressive Imagery
Dictionary
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Cognition
Imagination
Distinction
Conceptual thinking (secondary process)
Primordial thinking (primary process)
Measurement: Regressive Imagery
Dictionary
Drives (drink, kiss, smell, lick, sex, etc.)
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Cognition
Imagination
Distinction
Conceptual thinking (secondary process)
Primordial thinking (primary process)
Measurement: Regressive Imagery
Dictionary
Drives (drink, kiss, smell, lick, sex, etc.) Sensations (touch, taste, hear, see, etc.)
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Cognition
Imagination
Distinction
Conceptual thinking (secondary process)
Primordial thinking (primary process)
Measurement: Regressive Imagery
Dictionary
Drives (drink, kiss, smell, lick, sex, etc.) Sensations (touch, taste, hear, see, etc.)
Experiences (dream, smell, fly, fall, wake, etc.)
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Cognition
Imagination
Distinction
Measurement
Consequences
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Cognition
Imagination
Distinction
Measurement
Consequences
Creativity
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Cognition
Imagination
Distinction
Measurement
Consequences
Creativity
Aesthetics
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Cognition
Imagination
Distinction
Measurement
Consequences
Creativity
Aesthetics
Leadership
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Cognition
Imagination
Distinction
Measurement
Consequences
Creativity
Aesthetics
Leadership Charisma
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Cognition
Imagination
Distinction
Measurement
Consequences
Correlation: Charisma and Creativity
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Cognition
Correlation: Charisma and Creativity
Former: is charismatic, finds dealing with the press
challenging and enjoyable, consciously refines his own
public image, has flair for the dramatic, enjoys the
ceremonial aspects of the office, conveys clear-cut,highly visible personality, skilled and self-confident
negotiator, uses rhetoric effectively, dynamo of energy
and determination, characterized by others as a world
figure, keeps in contact with the American public and its
moods, has ability to maintain popularity, exhibits
artistry in manipulation, views the presidency as a
vehicle for self-expression, but rarely shy, awkward in
public.
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Cognition
Correlation: Charisma and Creativity
Latter: initiates new legislation and programs,
is innovative in his role as an executive, but
rarely is a middle-of-the-roader.
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Cognition
Correlation: Creativity and Charisma
r= .78
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Personality
Motivation
Psychopathology
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Personality
Motivation
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Personality
Motivation
The triad
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Personality
Motivation
The triad:
Power - Concern with impact, control orinfluence on others; with arousing strong
emotions in others; with prestige.
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Personality
Motivation
The triad:
Power Achievement - Concern with excellence,
success in competition, or unique
unprecedented accomplishment.
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Personality
Motivation
The triad:
Power Achievement
Affiliation - Concern with friendship, love, or
companionate activity; nurturance.
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Personality
Motivation
The triad
The consequences
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Personality
Motivation
The triad
The consequences: Leadership
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Personality
Motivation
The triad
The consequences: Leadership
Creativity
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Personality
Psychopathology
Creativity versus leadership
Artistic versus scientific creativity Formal versus expressive artistic creativity
Status quo versus revolutionary leadership
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Developmental psychology
Genetic endowment
Birth order
Childhood trauma
Formal education
Career development
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Developmental psychology
Genetic endowment
Family pedigrees
Psychopathological families
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Developmental psychology
Childhood trauma
Creators versus leaders
Artistic versus scientific creators Revolutionary versus normal scientists
Revolutionary versus status quo leaders
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Developmental psychology
Career development
Becoming an expert
Leadership Creativity
Age and achievement
The curve
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Career Age
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2.0
Pro
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Developmental psychology
Career development
Becoming an expert
Leadership Creativity
Age and achievement
The curve
The contrasts
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Developmental psychology
Career development
Becoming an expert
Leadership Creativity
Age and achievement
The curve
The contrasts
Creativity
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Developmental psychology
Career development
Becoming an expert
Leadership Creativity
Age and achievement
The curve
The contrasts
Creativity
Leadership
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Social psychology
Interpersonal Relationships
Group dynamics
Group decision making Groupthink phenomenon
Group problem solving
Creative research units
Situational influences Creativity
Leadership
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Conclusion:
Creativity and Leadership
Conceptual commonality: Impact
Often dependent on the same
underlying psychological factors Yet also diverge in subtle ways
Hence, the rarity of an often much
needed phenomenon:
Creative leadership
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