Being a leader is about more than just getting from point A to point B. Sometimes you need to be creative as well. No one is demanding that you re-paint the Mona Lisa, but you do need to have either a) some creative ideas of your own b) the forethought to hire people who do. Of course if it was that easy nothing would ever go wrong, but in fact creativity is a multi-step process. You can come up with the most amazing product ever (for our sake let’s say you invented the Frisbee) but if you name it the Flying Child-Injuring Disk, all your work will be for naught. Naming stuff might seem like an afterthought, but if done incorrectly, you can scuttle the best laid plans. At this point you might ask, “is the hip and with-it tech world immune from this chronic and debilitating lack of imagination?” My answer would be a firm “NO!” but seeing how that’s kind of harsh and boring,I will instead let the always informative and entertaining Brian Cooley from CNET TV tell you all about the Top 5 Worst Named Tech Products. Oh and don’t forget to go out and pick up a Flying Child-Injuring Disc, summer is just around the corner!
Tag: leadership and creativity
Sometimes leaders have to deal with artists–those brilliant, gifted, geniuses who can do something better than anyone else. The challenge is: how do you get them motivated?
Do you use commitment, guilt, passion for artistic expression, or maybe just constant pressure. Your office may not be the Sistine Chapel but after watching this clip you will get the idea:
Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo to paint the Sistine Chapel ceiling in 1505. The project was finally completed in 1512. Pope Julius II, according to Michelangelo’s letters and modern historical interpretation, may have forced Michelangelo to paint the Sistine Chapel. According to Irving Stone’s book, The Agony and Ecstasy (and the subsequent movie staring Charlton Heston), Pope Julius II did just that and bullied Michelangelo into creating one of his best works.
