Art

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• Art Innovative Leadership
• Prof. Danica Purg, President, IEDC-Bled School of
  Management and CEEMAN
• The 10th Bled Forum on Europe
• March 6, 2009

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Challenges for Leaders and Managers

• Leaders and entrepreneurs have to cope with a
  continuously changing environment
• They need to consciously create and influence
  changes, to align business with social interests
• They need to become more creative and innovative
  to develop a vision that can inspire other people

• Arts and science are increasingly seen as a means
  to develop more creative and innovative leaders

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Implications for Leadership and Management
Development

• Classical way of educating business leaders and
  entrepreneurs in functional courses does not
  respond to the need to see business as part of
  society
• More holistic approach and emphatic attitude is
  required
• Accent on knowledge and skills does not satisfy
  the need to develop leaders with an open and
  receptive mind and to continuous change in
  cross-cultural environments

• Leaders and managers need to generate outputs
  that are needed by customers and society at large

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THE IMPACT OF PHILOSOPHY AND ART

• Philosophy and art have traditionally had an
  important place in our education. It has enriched
  our understanding of language and also expressed
  spoken language. We have, therefore, to our
  disposal a very important tool in the process of
  conceptualization, essential for every process of
  change.

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WHY SHOULD LEADERS LEARN FROM ART AND ARTISTS?

• Art communicates, inspires, shocks and provokes!
• Art and artists stimulate us to see more, to hear
  more, and feel more of what is going on within us
  and around us.
• The artist can stimulate us to broaden our
  skills, our behavioural repertory, and our
  flexibility of response.
• Analysis of how the artist is trained and how
  he/she works can produce important insights into
  what is needed to perform and what it means to
  lead and manage.
• Most important of all, the art puts us in touch
  with our creative self

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ART AS INSPIRATION FOR LEADERSHIP

• Arts offers us concepts and tools
• to see the symptoms of forthcoming change, to
  understand them, and to respond to them
• see patterns more clearly
• understand the role of teams and leading teams

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WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM A VIOLINIST? (1)

• Violinist might not have heard for chaos theory,
  but can show through the work of famous composer
  Bach, that order and chaos are mirror images
• Patterns can be shown and discovered together
  with the participants
• What appears to be irregular is
  actually very systematic

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WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM A VIOLINIST? (2)

• By decomposing music the violinist
• Examines leadership style from the perspective of
  listening
• Studies patterns in the musical evolution
• Draws parallels with leadership behaviour
• Stimulates reflective conversation
• Transfers musical experience into personal and
  organizational situation

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WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM ORCHESTRA CONDUCTORS?

• The orchestra is more than the sum of its parts
• The relationship with the environment (sponsors,
  quality of playground, public etc.) is essential
  for the final performance
• The conductor needs to optimize the system for
  the good of a greater whole

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WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM A PAINTER?

• Inspires business leaders to show their talents
• Makes participants experience the magic of shared
  creative moments and pride of unexpected results
• Uncovers the hidden abilities of leaders to
  express themselves by symbols
• Stimulates them to find a common language

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To sum up ART IS IMPORTANT FOR LEADERSHIP

• The important impediment of the holistic
  approach is the change of levels From rational
  thinking to intuition and realization of abstract
  contents.
• Its the beginning of another perception that
  produce other kind of attention for
• A task
• A team
• The ability to communicate and to experience

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CREATIVITY NEEDS A CREATIVE ENVIRONMENT

• Concept of the school as art gallery
• High-tech facilities and equipment
• Innovative programs, using art, science and
  philosophy in leadership development