It looks like an interesting article! If I were asked of the type of leader I would want to be or I would want to work with, creative is defiantly a major characteristic I would want.
I was fortunate to have had the chance to work with both styles of leadership and did find the person who’s been creative to be more connect, more influential within the team and adopting a teamwork style which at the end of the day produces great amount of work and a memorable experience as a huge plus. On the other hand, the other experience with your typical type of leadership is “get the job done” type of thing, lacking that layer that I believe brings the best of the team members and leaves them with something to remember (in this case not so much!)

Thank you for sharing
Noor

First, I must mention your banner at the top of your blog and the quote by Terry Pratchett — gorgeous. I stopped there for a second before scrolling down and it definitely set a reflective mood.

I agree with you wholly on the concept of a creative being a leader. I think that a creative leader with the right mindset, conservative with an organization’s values, yet able to improve or test elements that should be redesigned in process or concept, should be what is explained within the article. Someone who is incredibly talented as a creative thinker but who has not had the experience of holding together an organization through the need for consistency as well, will undoubtedly fail. It sounds like a recipe for disaster every single time, and considering that people’s jobs are at stake when someone makes “bad creative decisions,” I am a believer that the training of a leader should hold some form of consistency across professions. There certainly can be a creative leader within this consideration, but not just because they’re creative.

Thanks for the shared article and your thoughts (and experience!),

Bonnie