CREATIVE LEADERSHIP 2020 FINAL ESSAY

a) Watch the following Ted Talk (Catherine Courage: Igniting Creativity to Transform Corporate Culture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01Y7qlPFpqw) in its entirety.   b) Explain each of the three elements of creativity/innovation Courage discusses. Identify each element and explain each in your own words.

Examine the role of the manager as a principal agent of change. In doing so, differentiate among the terms power, influence, and authority. Describe the importance of delegation of authority.  Finally identify the styles of leadership, their characteristics, and the circumstances under which they are applied.  Which leadership style do you most closely resonate and why? Is a particular style, more or less, effective in the healthcare environment (support your answer)?

how can leaders build a culture of innovation through  i. Embrace a Multi-Faceted Approach to Innovation, Starting at the Bottom ii. Choose Your Approach to Innovation Metrics Wisely

The ADKAR model of change focuses on the "people" side of change (i.e., how people move through and experience change). The five elements of ADKAR—Awareness, Desire, Knowledge, Ability, and Reinforcement—reflect the outcomes needed for individual change to succeed. Consider your current organization or an organization with which you were once affiliated, and address the following: Provide an example of a change initiative you experienced. Discuss how each of the five elements of ADKAR was applied or could have been applied to support the success of the change initiative. Which element of the ADKAR model do you believe was the most challenging for you to embrace? Why?

The ADKAR model of change focuses on the "people" side of change (i.e., how people move through and experience change). The five elements of ADKAR—Awareness, Desire, Knowledge, Ability, and Reinforcement—reflect the outcomes needed for individual change to succeed.   Consider your current organization or an organization with which you were once affiliated, and address the following: Provide an example of a change initiative of a collegue getting promoted you experienced. Discuss how each of the five elements of ADKAR was applied or could have been applied to support the success of the change initiative. Which element of the ADKAR model do you believe was the most challenging for you to embrace? Why?

Minister of Entrepreneurship urged local entrepreneurs to be creative. Gosego Chombs is one of the Forbes delegates 2024. She has approached you to assist her to understand the process of creativity in business. a) Briefly identify and discuss each of the five (5) steps of the process of creativity. (25 marks). b) Evaluate the challenges faced by youth in starting businesses in Botswana and suggest how each challenge can be solved. (25 marks)

Jeevan is a R&D manager who wanted to implement the innovation process in his organization. He explained in the department meeting that innovation activities are all scientific, technological, organizational, financial and commercial steps which actually, or are intended to, lead to the implementation of innovations. He requested you to explain about the innovation. You are required to differentiate the innovation from creativity and explain the attributes of the innovation and the innovation process.

What tools are available for leaders to evaluate organizational readiness for change. How might you employ those tools in your organization to determine if the organization is ready to engage in the change process?

What are the upside of social media in critical thinking?

1. What is Creativity? 2. What is the importance of creativity in Business? 3.  Discuss the Relationship of Creativity and Innovation.

Sustaining or institutionalizing change after implementation can be challenging for organizations and, in some cases, more complex than implementing the change itself (Palmer et al., 2022). The primary challenge centers around the need for those impacted by the change to adopt new behaviors and embrace a growth mindset. Therefore, leaders must communicate and reinforce the importance of these critical areas throughout the change process. How comfortable are you with accepting unanticipated organizational changes? How might leaders support employees in adopting new behaviors aligned with organizational change efforts? Share an example where embracing a growth mindset helped you adapt to an organizational change.

Comment on this statement: "Google is so successful it does not need to change anything in its strategic framework." Resistance to change is more likely to succeed if the forces resisting the change are stronger than the forces driving the need for change. What are some common reasons that people resist change?  Describe some of the specific tactics that "resisters" would employ to thwart change efforts.  What are at least 2 strategies to help "resisters" embrace change?

Discuss Who is a Change Agent? Define. Also explain the various factors, with examples, that can contribute to the success of a change agent

The Change Path Model is a widely recognized framework that focuses on five distinct stages namely: awareness, desire, knowledge, ability, and reinforcement (ADKAR). In light of this, which model do you believe holds greater benefits and why?

Discuss the view that employees who resist organizational change are ‘just lazy’. Your answer should demonstrate your understanding to the concept of resistance to change, reasons of resistance, how to manage resistance by referring at least to one of managing resistance models, and the effects of resistance to organizational change.

Overview We enter the world as curious beings. However, as we grow up, we are told to color inside the lines and that real animals can’t talk—direction that can squelch creativity. Many successful entrepreneurs work to unlearn some of those messages in order to tap into creative thinking. What do you do when you are given a task that requires you to be creative? Do you get out your art supplies and start drawing? Do you pull out your phone or get on your computer and head straight for a search engine? Steve Jobs, the Apple founder and well-known innovator, had a preference when it came to creative contemplation, and it had nothing to do with art supplies or smartphones. Jobs did some of his best creative thinking when he went on a walk, or a walking chat. Why did Jobs prefer walking as a way to develop new ideas? A Stanford University study found that walking improves creative thinking. When you launch an entrepreneurial journey and set out to innovate and create, or when you hit a…

Why Change Is So Scary -- and How to Unlock Its Potential | Maya Shankar | TED 1.What is the main topic or theme of the TED Talk, How effectively does the speaker introduce and establish this topic? 2.What specific challenges to managing stress does Maya address in her talk? How does she relate these challenges to unlocking one’s potential? 3.Identify your main ideas or key takeaways from this Ted talk.