Where Art, Life and Leadership Collide
From My Sketchbook
I take my sketchbook wherever I go. I sketch and jot notes. Here are few random pages from my sketchbook.
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Wilhem de Kooning, the great Abstract Expressionist painter, claimed:" I was never interested in how to make a good painting--but to see how far one could go."
A while back I interviewed the CEO of a Fortune 100 company in preparation for a talk on leadership. He attributed his success to "always pushing the envelope."
Isn't this what de Kooning is also talking about?
In his famous Harvard Business Review article several years ago Abraham Zaleznik claimed leaders are more like artist than they are like managers. Leaders and artists must step into the unknown. They must be comfortable with and embrace uncertainty. This is where the difference is made. Great Art, Great Leadership.
