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Lead with Imagination
We have moved past the Information Age and are now living in the Imagination Age. Intuitive and creative thinking skills are as valuable as “hard skills” and are unique to each one of you. You have these innate skills—all you have to do is unleash them. Join up.
What does imagination have to do with leadership?
Ever since he was in college, Brian Paradis has been intrigued by the question, “What does imagination have to do with leadership?” For thirty years, he studied this puzzle as he honed his business and leadership skills, and one thing became crystal imagination has a powerful influence on leadership. The compelling combination of leader + imagination = an opportunity to unleash all kinds of potential.
The world is increasingly complex, knowledge is advancing at an unfathomable rate, and the problems in our world seem unsolvable. Organizations are in near constant and disruptive transition, and the cultures that define them are disconnected, disaffected, and divisive. Too many leaders show up to work wondering if any of it matters. We are “smarter” than any generation in history, but that isn’t the problem. The problem is imagination is not advancing at the same pace. But where there’s a closed door, there’s an open window of opportunity for those willing to walk through, to take a risk, and see what others don’t.
Lead with Imagination promises three returns on your investment of time from reading
We all learned as kindergarteners to assimilate quickly by giving the teacher (society) the desired answer, and to “fit in.” That colored our thinking from that moment forward and restricted our thinking and use of imagination.
But now, it’s time to color outside the lines.
What does imagination have to do with leadership?
Ever since he was in college, Brian Paradis has been intrigued by the question, “What does imagination have to do with leadership?” For thirty years, he studied this puzzle as he honed his business and leadership skills, and one thing became crystal imagination has a powerful influence on leadership. The compelling combination of leader + imagination = an opportunity to unleash all kinds of potential.
The world is increasingly complex, knowledge is advancing at an unfathomable rate, and the problems in our world seem unsolvable. Organizations are in near constant and disruptive transition, and the cultures that define them are disconnected, disaffected, and divisive. Too many leaders show up to work wondering if any of it matters. We are “smarter” than any generation in history, but that isn’t the problem. The problem is imagination is not advancing at the same pace. But where there’s a closed door, there’s an open window of opportunity for those willing to walk through, to take a risk, and see what others don’t.
Lead with Imagination promises three returns on your investment of time from reading
We all learned as kindergarteners to assimilate quickly by giving the teacher (society) the desired answer, and to “fit in.” That colored our thinking from that moment forward and restricted our thinking and use of imagination.
But now, it’s time to color outside the lines.
224 pages, Hardcover
Published February 5, 2019
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August 28, 2020
Excellent Read for Becoming a Better Leader
Lead with Imagination provides numerous examples of leadership in action and gives a new and refreshing perspective on how to better lead those around you. The leadership principles provided in this book are helpful for leaders of all types, whether you are leading a local church group or are the leader of a multi-national organization.
Lead with Imagination provides numerous examples of leadership in action and gives a new and refreshing perspective on how to better lead those around you. The leadership principles provided in this book are helpful for leaders of all types, whether you are leading a local church group or are the leader of a multi-national organization.
October 27, 2022
This is an excellent book for every office, every would-be leader, and all current leaders. You will definitely re-think they way you work with people.
April 18, 2019
I appreciated one story after another about tackling situations with imagination. Free of platitudes. This is how they did it.
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