Apple's iPhone 7 Plus innovation story illustrates the increasing need to em- brace new leadership skills and sensibi- lities suitable for a rapidly complex and changing business environment. New leadership capacities need to be championed to collaborate successfully at the network level. Like a dragonfly, leaders need to foster their ability to gain multiple perspec- tives. Dragonflies have two large com- pound eyes, each with thousands of lenses, and three eyes with simple lenses! They are powerful and agile fliers, capable of moving in any direc- tion, and changing direction suddenly. While in flight a dragonfly can propel itself in six directions: upward, down- ward, forward, backward, to the left and to the right. These are great capa- bilities to view the environment while at the same time being able to swoop down to see the individual components as well. Dr. Bruce Oberhardt, a biomedical engineer and entrepreneur, has developed a unique approach to problem solving which was inspired by his encounters with dragonflies. His Dragonfly Thinking approach enables leaders to identify and solve important problems in a creative and highly effective way. without the inclusion of other teams and individuals from various other departments. FROM "BOKEH" PHOTOGRAPHY TO DRAGONFLY THINKING
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Ideas are the fuel that make the impossible possible. Bruce Oberhardt
What skills does a leader need to become a "Dragonfly Thinker"?
REPRESENTATION CAPABILITY To be able to capture the multi-facetted nature of an issue. RELATIONAL CAPABILITY To provide a safe zone for everyone involved to say what one thinks. RELECTION CAPABILITY. To have the ability to iterate between different ways of looking at a problem. INTEGRATION CAPABILITY To provide clarity around the purpose of the problem-solving activity.
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