Advanced Problem-Solving

The value of creative leadership has been established.  You need only look at the recent IBM study (Aug 2011), or going back take a look at PwC's 'Global innovation study' of 2000, The Harvard Business review article 'How GE teaches Teams to Lead change' (Jan 2010) or any of the vast number of similar studies.

The question is not: 'is it desirable' but 'how does one create this type of dynamic creative leadership quickly and effectively'?

 It remains evident there are fewer women at senior levels in our organisations.  It has also been proven time and again that selection decision making is far from the robust, fair meritocracy that is supposed.  A major factor here it seems includes, in addition to political considerations, our highly variable and unpredicatable sub concious.  Neuro-science and experimental psychology demonstrate humans never make logical decisions.  How else would you explai

 Innovation arises from a nunber of sources but recent work continues to show that the time of the lone inventor is pretty much over. Instead companies need robust agile systems that capture and develop large numbers of potential ideas and small improvements to create new blockbusters.

The power and versatility of the 'The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People' is that Stephen Covey identified a small number of fundamental paradigm shifts that could be developed to many different ends and applied in many different contexts. 

 How many times has it been used as the reason for the failure of Lean and six sigma to deliver lasting, sustainable results?  It amounts to saying it would have worked....