Abstract
This paper explores how leaders must “transform” their awareness and adapt it to conflicting and uncertain contexts. Firstly, I argue that creative leaders may benefit from acquiring a mutated awareness. I then suggest that to withhold a leading attitude, leaders must reinforce their leadership role in a creative and cultural system. Secondly, I introduce Deleuze’s binomial concept of “territories” and argue that this knowledge prepares future leaders with the potential to empower their awareness and acknowledge the power dynamics from a geopolitical dimension. Thirdly I introduce the paradigm of “power dynamics” and suggest that the speculation of “negative knowledge” is essential in the creative education. In conclusion, to cope with the complexity and uncertainty, creative talents must absorb knowledge apparently excluded from the visible “transformative design process” which is generated by apparently collateral cultural crises and conflicts of interest.
Presenters
Francesco GalliProf. Leadership and Creative Thinking, Department of Business, Law, Economics and Consumption, IULM University, Italy
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
2024 Special Focus—Cultures of Transformative Design
KEYWORDS
Creative Leadership, Negative Knowledge, Power, Speculative Thinking, Philosophy
