Creatively Leading

Reimagining Business as Usual to Expand What Becomes Possible
1. Auflage 2027
ISBN: 978-1-041-07980-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 114 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

What if creativity isn’t just another tool in the leader’s toolbox, but the key to doing business for good? Creatively Leading explores a deceptively simple idea: true leadership is not about using creativity as a tool, but about leading from it – treating creativity as a way of engaging with the world.

Drawing on conversations with 20 socially conscious changemakers from around the world, Creatively Leading centres the voices of leaders who recognise that the systems we have designed are not sustaining us and who are interrupting business as usual through how they relate, decide, and stay with complexity. Rather than offering another framework, the book starts from practice, surfacing the patterns, tensions, and opportunities that emerge when we begin to create the conditions to lead differently. It presents a fresh perspective on leadership, showing us how a creative way of being can help us build stronger relationships, navigate uncertainty and redesign how we work within imperfect systems.

If you have ever felt there has to be a better way to lead and work, you are not alone. Written for everyone seeking a more ethical, responsible and sustainable approach to business, this book is an invitation to join a growing community of people reimagining the way we do business.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Yanatchkova, Anna

Hamilton, Caitlin

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmenskultur, Corporate Governance
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Management: Führung & Motivation
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Strategisches Management
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmensethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

It Takes a Village. Opening Notes. Chapter 1: On Creativity as How We Meet Life: Dan Kurlapski and Sara de Clercq. Chapter 2: On Beautiful Questions: Adama Sanneh. Chapter 3: On Intentionality: Vanessa Monsequeira. Chapter 4: On Rejecting Leaders as Robots: Seamus Tardif. Chapter 5: On Perspective: Raquel Rivera. Chapter 6: On Leading in Union: Helen Berents. Chapter 7: On Designing Conditions: Erika Jaramillo Cadavid. Chapter 8: On How Change Spreads: Kathryn Chiswell Jones and Jenny Foster. Chapter 9: On Radical Collaboration: Gail Gallie. Chapter 10: On Who Gets to Speak: ’Funmi Olonisakin. Chapter 11: On Building a Movement: Thomas Mayo. Chapter 12: On Accountability: Helen Zhang. Chapter 13: On Sisterhood as Infrastructure: Melodie Robinson and Nevak Rogers. Chapter 14: On Systems as Human: Minu Ipe. Chapter 15: On Designing for Transformation, Not Attention: Nyambura M. Waruingi. Chapter 16: On Untethering: Caroline Casey. Chapter 17: On Conscious Creation: Cezary Mielczarek. What Comes Next. A Few Books to Keep the Conversations Going. References

Über Autor(innen)

Anna Yanatchkova drives creative leadership within organisations, shaping how they lead, make decisions and design systems to support more adaptive ways of operating that deliver meaningful outcomes. She is Senior Advisor to the Vice-President Societal Impact, Equity & Engagement at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney. Previously, Anna spent over a decade at the Sydney Opera House, where she established and led its equity and inclusion function, brought together diverse expertise to shape a holistic approach to social and environmental sustainability, and helped embed the UN Sustainable Development Goals into the organisation’s strategy and culture. She holds an MBA from the University of Sydney.