Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Creativity is the new coin of the realm

Austin Carr shares

creativity is now the most important leadership quality for success in business, outweighing even integrity and global thinking, according to a new study by IBM.

About 60% of CEOs polled cited creativity as the most important leadership quality, compared with 52% for integrity and 35% for global thinking. Creative leaders are also more prepared to break with the status quo of industry, enterprise and revenue models, and they are 81% more likely to rate innovation as a "crucial capability."