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Leadership 101
Published in M. Ann Garrison Darrin, Patrick A. Stadter, Aerospace Project Management Handbook, 2017
A leader must understand the implications of their personal history, quirks and all, better than anyone. Emphasize what works best, and be aware of strengths and weaknesses. Continually read other articles and textbooks on leadership and adopt the new skills learned. Carefully observe leaders and learn from them. Distil observations and tailor them to your needs. Always control moods, so as to project a positive, but realistic, outlook; have empathy to better understand other people’s emotions, and develop the social skills necessary to effectively build rapport with others to help move them in the right direction. Ask peers, supervisors, and subordinates for perspectives and advice on traits to emphasize, change, and initiate as a leader. Have frank conversations with them and learn from these discussions. Enlist a mentor to help identify your weaknesses, and repeat this process at least yearly and measure improvement. Without this measure of improvement, it is not possible to effectively gauge progress. Remember, successful leaders not only train their replacements, but also train their replacements to be successful. So delegate tasks to subordinates and let them do their jobs without constant oversight. This act of empowerment is key—it indicates trust in them. While they might not do the task as expected, it does not mean they are doing it wrong.
Design creativity and the semantic analysis of conversations in the design studio
Published in International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation, 2021
Hernan Casakin, Georgi V. Georgiev
Creativity, which is used to describe someone’s attitude to and ability for creative thinking (Kamplys & Valtanen, 2011), is recognized as an essential component of design. This is because design problems are ill-structured, complex, unique, and non-routine (e.g., Goel & Pirolli, 1992; Simon, 1981). Since their initial goals and requirements are not completely formulated, dealing with design problems imply that an unknown number of solutions will be generated (Pretz et al., 2003; Rittel & Webber, 1984). Therefore, in addition to knowledge and skills, the generation of design solutions demands creativity.