Business Writer : Discussion Assignment Part 2 -Reponse

Unit 3 Discussion 1 - Student 1

Since the age of nineteen the military was and has been my only career so therefore any creativity I refer to is towards that. Most

would think that the military and specific jobs would not require a level of creativity however there are many tasks that are

assigned on a daily basis that must be thought out strategically. Design thinking touches on many bases especially some

requirements in the process. The military just like most professions do not teach this to their employees. It is a process we come

to learn and perfect over time. In the infantry profession just about every training session is made more effective through being

creative. This creativity is often made better through teamwork and thinking far outside the box in order to utilize space, tools,

and soldiers effectively. As stated in the video we must be mindful of the process as well as collaborating radically with others

will produce a significant amount of answers to many problems (Burnett, 2015).

Leaders consistently encouraged creativity in the military since teamwork is a large part of its mission statement. Most

training exercises require teamwork minus a few personal qualifications such as physical fitness test and rifle qualifications. I

can mostly speak for infantry since it is what I did my whole career but there wasn’t any single task that could be done on its own

more effectively than with a team. Time management is a huge part of any career and we practiced the slogan “slow is smooth

and smooth is fast”. One person would have to rush through a task and in rushing the progress would lose the quality of what

needed to be done. However as a team with proper planning the task can be divided and therefore be completed successfully

with little to no errors.

As a future innovative leader I would encourage radical collaboration and curiosity with the people I lead through the

transfer of ideas and skills. In other words we should all believe that no matter how big or how small the skillset we each possess

something that someone else may not. By coming together and sharing these skills that we posses with our team we are able to

collaborate regardless of our differences. If John is great at coming up with marketing ideas and Jane is excellent at taking those

ideas and turning them into a Facebook post the team is winning. Design thinking instills skills in those who lead the path to

change to access their intrinsic creativity, their sense of hope and their potential to make the world a better place (Bernstein &

Linksy, 2016). When we include one another and exchange ideas, thoughts, plans, skills etc. the team as a whole becomes

stronger and more effective.

References

Bernstein, M., & Linsky, M. (2016). Leading change through adaptive design. Stanford Social Innovation Review, 14(1), 48–54.

Burnett, B. (2015, March 11). Stanford Webinar - Apply Design Thinking in Your Work. Retrieved

from ttps://youtu.be/U499U4TcyY8