21st Century BA as Creative Leader: What’s All the Fuss About?

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From http://www.modernanalyst.com 4591 days ago

Leadership is like genius, it is one of those concepts that is recognizable when you observe it in action, but is otherwise somewhat difficult to define. And creative leadership is even harder to define because we haven’t been focusing on it in the context of business, unless we are talking about new product development. But creativity and innovation in the business world is not just about product innovation. It is also about innovative business relationships and alliances; ground-breaking processes that bring about efficiencies needed to be competitive; pioneering global supply chains and teams that take advantage of talent around the world; inventive technologies that blow away old models (think Kodak not converting to digital cameras quickly enough); modern approaches to public/private partnerships, and drastically improved project management and business analysis practices.

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Written by HeatherStone
4591 days ago

What a comprehensive and fantastic article! One of the biggest problems in business is the necessary evil of management. Managers, by nature, hamper creativity in the interest of efficiency and expediency; they are often not just the gatekeepers but the road blocks that creative minded employees must break through to get to the real leadership of the company and be heard.

Either that, or they must waste time "winning over" these types, which saps creative energy. Yet this doesn't have to be! Why can't managers simply take a page from the leader and temper, mold, shape, the ideas of creative employees rather than seek to break their spirits?

Obviously there's a lot to say on the subject--there's a lot to digest, but a great post. Keep up the good work!

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