21st Century Learning and Teaching

Jazz has always been a good metaphor for the art of leadership. InYes to the Mess, Frank Barrett, knocks out of the park. How do we create a culture where people can innovate? Barrett wants us to look at leadership differently and increase our leadership repertoire beyond hierarchical models, “so that we more fully appreciate the power of relationships.” And in that he succeeds. 

Barrett introduces us to what he calls Provocative Competence. It is the capacity “to create the discrepancy and dissonance that trigger people to move away from habitual positions and repetitive patterns.” Barrett says “Leadership as a design activity means creating space so that people will be tempted to grow on their own.” 

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http://www.leadershipnow.com/leadingblog/2012/08/leadership_as_provocative_comp.html

Via Ana Cristina Pratas