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What Great Leaders Can Learn from Great Photographers

Harvard Business Review

Sam Abell falls into the latter camp of truly reflective practitioners. Abell has figured out that the way to get a great photograph is not to take it but to make it. The key, Abell learned, is not to chase its unfurling arc: “Let the rope come to you.” Photo Credit: Sam Abell. Read Creativity, Inc. ,

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The Right Way to Rally Your Troops

Harvard Business Review

Then, abruptly, he fired someone standing in the room with him: creative director Abel Lenz. “Stop shooting”, he said, followed quickly by: “Abel you’re fired. ” That sort of response pushes the brain into fight or flight mode, reducing its ability to reason, problem-solve and think creatively.

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