Author Archives: Dr. Tony Bolden
Many who have claimed to be innovative leaders rested comfortably in the hope that they would continually lead “in the flow” because they believed they’d have an accurate understanding of what laid ahead. Sure there were minor “tweaks” along the way, but these leaders comfortably sat atop inflatable tubes riding the lazy river of predictability – and prayed that the river would never bend.
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We’ve all heard the axiom “you can’t know where you’re going if you don’t know where you’ve been.” To some degree, that’s true. In their book “The Leader of the Future 2: Visions, Strategies, and Practices for the New Era”, Frances Hesselbein and Marshall Goldsmith noted the importance of learning from history – particularly the history of business and industry – and contended that “…the lessons of history are so poorly learned.” Continue reading
It seems that poor economic conditions provide an ample excuse for leaders to abandon collaboration and innovation for the sake of managing (and saving) the “bottom line.” This reaction could cause one to believe that innovative leaders are a novelty of times past. Sure, we all appreciate the accomplishments of innovative leaders within Apple, Google, and the like – but in “these difficult times”, can we afford to desire innovation over “practical business management”? Continue reading
