Special Interest Group
Leadership for Creativity
Facilitator
Bob Lieberman, bob@cultivatingcreativity.net
About this SIG
According to IBM's 2010 Global CEO Study, "Creativity is the most important leadership quality." And, yes, an organization can thrive while operating in a way that encourages creative leadership. The obvious payoff for the organization is innovation -- one of the answers to the modern challenges of rapidly changing business conditions. But there are other payoffs that are more subtle and often more important.
Unfortunately, the study and practice of the art are not accessible to most leaders or organizational development professionals. This SIG will give its members a forum to study and practice that art for application in their role as leader or consultant to a leader and will provide a support and collaboration community for doing the work.
Purpose
The purpose of this SIG is to provide a space for its members to share and explore concepts, tools, practices, and experiences that help business leaders foster a more creative and innovative business culture.
Newcomers
We welcome prospective members and other interested parties who have joined or intend to join Oregon ODN. Please contact the facilitator for more information about the SIG and its next meeting.
Logistics
SIG meetings will be scheduled individually each month by the facilitator based on members’ availability. As in the past, meetings are likely to be scheduled later in the month, last two hours at the end of the work day, and be held in a restaurant or cafe that permits animated discussion and offers budget eating and drinking opportunities.
2012 Program Schedule
We have agreed to begin 2012 with eight monthly sessions, each revolving around one of the eight strategies for learning organizations described in Chapter 14 (“Strategies”) of Peter Senge’s 1990 masterpiece, The Fifth Discipline. While Senge’s book is not specifically about creative leadership, his observations and the strategies he presents are fundamental for any business leader hoping to foster creativity in their organization.
| January | #1 | Integrating Learning and Working |
| February | #2 | Starting Where You Are With Whoever Is There |
| March | #3 | Becoming Bicultural (respecting the larger environment) |
| April | #4 | Creating Practice Fields |
| May | #5 | Connecting with the Core (identity) of the Business |
| June | #6 | Building Learning Communities |
| July | #7 | Working with the Other (those who are different than you) |
| August | #8 | Developing Learning Infrastructures |
Program Format
Here is a rough timeline that a 120-minute monthly program will follow. Each monthly program will be supported by a one-page summary of the month’s strategy, prepared and distributed in advance by the facilitator:
| 15 | Introductions, catching up, making personal connections |
| 15 | Review topic handout, answer any basic clarifying questions |
| 30 | Members share experiences applying the strategy successfully |
| 30 | Members request help / clarification with strategic challenges |
| 15 | Lessons learned from session, optional affirmations and commitments |
| 15 | Prepare for next meeting, final words, farewell |
Ground-rule
We respect the confidentiality of those whose issues or concerns we discuss as a group.
Join this SIG
Contact the facilitator and let the facilitator know about your interest.