Business Writer : Discussion Assignment Part 2 -Reponse

Unit 3 Discussion 1-Student 2

When I think of creative, I used to think of it as a form of art – after beginning this course I quickly learned it is not only in a

form of art, but everyone has a creative side to them and it comes in all different forms. In fact as Burnett states in his video,

creativity is not a very magical think, it is actually a pretty simple thing to understand, all humans are naturally creative where

toolmakers and builders by nature (Burnett, B., 2015).

I had a previous boss who really encouraged creativity and would always tell me to brainstorm of new marketing techniques for

the company and this was an ongoing challenge for me. It was a small office, with only 6 of us and felt I was left to fend for

myself, while no one else was asked to brainstorm. At times he would tell me he expected more from me knew I was capable of

more. I could tell he would get frustrated, although I knew he believed in me, I didn’t know how to brainstorm properly and felt

hopeless because I didn’t have the skills to do it. He would tell me that I belonged at a bigger company where I could “fit-in”

better. I wish I would have known this material then, as I think I would have been able to bring more to the team and benefit the

company. I later left the company and of course moved to a larger company. I am very happy with my move, and my boss

encourages and supports my growth by encouraging me to take development courses and to pursue my MBA.

As a future innovative leader I am starting to learn to transform my work, by wanting to do things differently and changing my

behavior, which in return I will learn new skills. Evolving beyond past success requires an organization to rethink the past and

unlearn those practices and principles that need to stay in the past and to reinvent the new organization that will lead them into

the future (Denison. D., Hooijberg. R., & Leif, C., 2012). As I am changing my behavior my team can see that and they will want

to follow that – especially in a leadership role.

Burnett, B. (Director). (2015, March 24). Stanford Webinar - Apply Design Thinking in Your Work [Video file]. Retrieved

October 23, 2017, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U499U4TcyY8

Denison, D., Hooijberg, R., & Leif, C. (2012). Leading culture change in global organizations : aligning culture and

strategy. Retrieved from https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.library.capella.edu