Interestingly enough I attended a workshop this week that focused on leadership skills in which the questions was posed to the class, which is more important to possess as a leader? Should you be creative should you be innovative, and what exactly is the difference? Often times in my organization I hear these words tossed around but if you can relate to me on any level once I was asked this question I realized I really did not know the exact difference.
In the workshop the instructor throws on the board the following quote but Shawne Hunter, an esteemed author on leadership, which says the following ” Creativity is the capability or act of conceiving something original or unusual while innovation in the implementation of something new that is of value to other.”
So can we possible deduce that creativity isn’t necessarily innovation. How often have we sat in meeting and throw around tons of great creative ideas, but there is no innovation till something gets implemented. Innovation can be as simple as a tweek to a process, an enhancement or event a product.
It was said leaders interchangeably use the two terms not knowing the exact definition themselves. In your opinion, what is more important? Can you have one without the other? If you had to chose one trait which would you chose and why?
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