Creative leadership

Integral leadership yellowIn practice

• "Microsoft’s only factory asset is the human imagination," observed the New York Times Magazine writer Fred Moody.... After exposing an audience to the Microsoft quote, I ask a telling question:

• "Does anyone here know what it means to 'manage' the human imagination?" So far, not a single hand has gone up, including mine. I don't know what it means to manage the human imagination either, but I do know that imagination is the main source of value in the new economy. And I know we better figure out the answer to my question—quick.

TOM PETERS

Why manage ….. !;-) ?

What do a research and development lab, a children's

playground, or a musician's studio all have in common?

They are all environments that encouragepeople to explore and experiment with ideas and behaviors.

Monkeys grabbing at reflected moon

Shikibu Terutada

4 perspectives

Looking from ...

spiritmindbody

causalsubtlegross

meusall of us

groupnationglobal

'You can build a great company without fixed plans’ R. Semler

"The desire for uniformityuniformity is a major problem with IT," he says. "But it is

a sub-product of the same problems that plague management, which is the need to feel in control, that we're all on the same page, and everyone is being treated equally. But what I want to ask is, 'Why do we all need to be

on the same page?' And you realize, of course, that no two people are equal in any respect."

You can be unbuttoned and creative without sacrificing profit

Forget about the top line.Some are meant to stay small

Never stop being a start-up.Every six months each business rethinks its purpose

'don't be a nanny.' Most companies treat their workers like children

'let talent find its place.' Semco allows people to choose the projects

Make decisions quickly and openlyPartner promiscuously

It is pure arrogance to think that you can do it all yourself.

Simplicity amid complexity- connectivity

What attracts people ?

All it takes is faith in people:Given the need for a profit and clear ethical restraints...

allow people to realize these goals according to their own interacting inner imaginations.Teams will become self-organizing.

*no dress code

*mandatory vacation time

*employees suggest what they should be paid

* learn each other's jobs

•company's financials published internally

•Flextime

•no business plan

•No corporate strategy

•No mission statement

*No dedicated receptionists•evaluate their bosses

•tolerate dissent—even when divisive

•employees create identity

•No supervision/control

staff set their schedules

staff set their own times

No organization chart

No HR dept.

No career planning

The integral perspective: Semco

individual

collective

The most powerful tool for creativity is personal behavior, teamwork and process.

IDEO CALLS IT THE DEEP DIVE

Challenge & involvementFreedomRisk taking

Playfulness & humor

Knowledge management

Diversity in project groups

Trust & opennessDebatesLow conflictDynamism

Idea timeIdea supportTight creative process management

The integral perspective: IDEO

individual

collective

Company’s identity: CORE is authentic - Imago (persona) changes

* Identity is determined by the interest and initiatives of the people.* It is not fixed and imposed.

* As in humans it changes to meet changing conditions.

UNDERNEATHUNDERNEATH

Below what we think we areBelow what we think we arewe are something else,we are something else,we are almost anything.we are almost anything.

D.H. Lawrence