"According to an IBM survey of 1,541 chief executives from 60 countries and 33 industries globally, chief executive officers (CEOs) identified 'creativity' as the most important leadership quality." (full article)"Does being creative help you climb to the top?", an article by Matthew Knight for CNN
"Mueller and her collaborators conclude that "organizations may face a bias against selecting the most creative individuals as leaders in favor of selecting leaders who would preserve the status quo by sticking with feasible but relatively unoriginal solutions." (full article)These are really complementary studies. The problem is not on creativity itself, but how it was received. To further this topic, here is an extract from "To Unlock Creativity, Learn from Steve Jobs", an article by Carmine Gallo for Bloomberg Businessweek
"According to the Harvard research, the No.1 skill that separates innovators from noncreative professionals is "associating"—the ability to successfully connect seemingly unrelated questions, problems, or ideas from different fields. The three-year Harvard research project confirms what Jobs told a reporter 15 years earlier: "Creativity is just connecting things." (full article)
"Changing Education Paradigms", another great TED talk by Ken Robinson, presented with a wonderful animated piece from RSA Animate, a highly creative piece explaining how education systems can victimize creativity, especially Arts. Enjoy!
