8 Creativity Is Not Enough

The WICS Model of Leadership

Robert J. Sternberg

Introduction

On January 30, 1933, Adolph Hitler became the new chancellor of Germany. Some people dreaded the thought of such a man in charge of one of the most powerful countries in the world; other people welcomed the fresh ideas he would bring to leadership. In terms of the standard definition of creativity (Runco & Jaeger, 2012), they saw Hitler as both an original and effective thinker. Some people—not just Germans—became disillusioned. Others, however, continued to believe that Hitler was both original (certainly no one had planned a mass genocide on such a scale before) and effective (he carried out the genocide with astonishing effectiveness), despite his total ...

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