Comments on: Leadership by Design: Intersection of Art and Science

By: TheStrategicLeader

TheStrategicLeader — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:25:27 +0000

Jennifer – great image
Matt – great ppt
Dave – great perspective
Dan – great support
StrategicLeader – adds the image could be conceived as the hard skills and the soft skills – the ying and yang – my notion is that the hard skills are useful in developing strategic intent – soft skills are useful in creating the future, maneuvering to make it happen, and executing to make sure it does happen.

loved the string!

By: Dan McCarthy

Dan McCarthy — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 01:17:35 +0000

Jennifer –
I like your senior leadership program design model, and I think Dave described it very well.

Maybe add a little luck too.

By: David Brand

David Brand — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:41:59 +0000

Jennifer,

I think there is an overlap between Art and Science. In some respect the element they share is creativity. Creativity in Art is obvious. Creativity in Science comes in the flavors of looking for solutions to unlock a mystery or seeking to discover something previously unknown, etc. Learning in Art and Science benefits from exploration.

Art requires practice; Science requires diligence. Art is experiential; Science is experimental.

When it comes to Leadership Development some things are best learned from study (perhaps the Science side of things) and some things are best learned through experience (perhaps the Art side of the equation. But in a holistic sense Leadership is a complex topic and there is an affiliation between leadership and management that enters into the picture as well.

So thanks for sharing this perspective. It is one that I resonate with.

Dave Brand

By: Mike Myatt

Mike Myatt — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:28:17 +0000

Hi Jennifer:

Perhaps a video look at leadership development? http://www.n2growth.com/show_video.php?videoname=Leadership_Management.flv