Facilitated by Prof Ziska Fields 28 July 2020

Organisational Creativity, Creative Leadership and COVID-19

Organisational Creativity, Creative Leadership and COVID-19

The world is fighting a health pandemic and economic pandemic

Worldwide business leaders are creating war rooms to keep the 'lights on'

to fight the COVID-19 impact

Organisational Creativity, Creative Leadership and COVID-19

Leaders are not all-powerful heroes who always know

exactly what to do next in a world of quick and disruptive

change - COVID-19

NEW ROLES

Help employees through this emotional time

Keep your finger on the pulse of employee emotions

Organisational Creativity, Creative Leadership and COVID-19

Help employee emotions during layoffs

Labour Relations Act

Communicate clearly and concisely.

Do it all at once.

Give them resources.

Treat them with dignity.

Organisational Creativity, Creative Leadership and COVID-19

Organisational Creativity, Creative Leadership and COVID-19

Lockdown has brought new ways of

working. They are here to stay…

Leaders and Managers have to step up to

guide, protect, lead without the help of

suitable models, guidelines and

preparation

When lockdown lifts …

many want to return to old ways of working

Organisational Creativity, Creative Leadership and COVID-19

CEOs (IBM 2010 Global CEO Study, 1,500

CEO from 60 countries and 33 industries

worldwide) believe that:

“More than rigor, management

discipline, integrity or even vision —

successfully navigating an increasing

complex world will require

creativity.”

Did not changed

More critical during and after COVID-19

Organisational Creativity, Creative Leadership and COVID-19

Creativity

NOT a rare gift - lucky few

A natural part of human thinking and behaviour.

Cognitive process - utilizes the whole brain to solve problems and

generate new and novel ideas – copying, transforming (variations),

combining (different and unrelated)

Creativity MUST be FOSTERED in organisations for employees to realize

and use their creativity

Organisational Creativity, Creative Leadership and COVID-19

Creative leadership:

Creative leadership - everything to do with your team’s creativity.

Ability - create and realize innovative solutions - structurally complex or

changing situations.

Shift and new approaches unknown - create clarity of purpose for teams

Seek to navigate - benefit from unpredictability

For organisation, self, society at large and the ecology of the planet….

Leadership is a MINDSET

A creative enabler is

someone who is:

Highly open-minded

and people-orientated.

Curious

Wants to make things

happen

Eager to learn

Sees people as the

heart of everything we

do

Creative self-efficacy

(CSE)

Remove barriers to creativity

Organisational processes

Workloads

Outdated technology

Uninspiring work spaces

Culture

Leaders mindsets

Blindly following the rules

Constantly being practical

Becoming overly specialized

Fearing mistakes and failure

Believing that “I’m not creative”

Fostering creativity in the workplace

Focus creative efforts - an area - organisational objectives - control

Change command-and-control style management - collaborative, creativity

Ask questions – do not provide answers – focus on outcomes.

Clear objectives - let them figure how to achieve them

Time to think, big picture, bounce ideas around, experiment… Illumination

Break the habit “Yes but..,” – develop a “Yes and…” mindset

Develop and nurture

creative self-efficacy

(CSE) and

intelligence (CI)

Creative

workspaces - ideas

and collaboration

(blue, green)

Technology, Digital

skills

is the ability

to successfully deal with

1. new and unusual situations by

2. drawing on existing knowledge and

skills;

3. combining intellect with imagination for progress and improvement.

Organisational Creativity, Creative Leadership post-COVID-19

Tips for tapping into the collective genius of teams

Create a context for creativity

Feed inspiration

Use creativity techniques

Anchor practices - give regular feedback on ideas and proposals

Leader is about walking the talk, integrating creativity, stimulating

creativity

Contact us

Sindiswa Ndlovu

Tel: +27 31 260 3796Cell: +27 64 961 5611Email: Ndlovus1@ukzn.ac.za

Venouasha Bahadur

Tel: +27 31 260 8870Cell: +27 81 422 3369 Email: BahadurV@ukzn.ac.za

www.ukznextendedlearning.com

23/10/2019