Every Leader Is an Artist: How the World’s Greatest Artists Can Make You a More Creative Leader

Chapter 6

Imagination: Social Constructions and the Land of Make-Believe

Question: Do I produce imaginative, original, and stimulating ways of conducting business, and have I created a company where inspired thinking thrives?

The motor car with its blinds drawn and an air of inscrutable reserve proceeded towards Piccadilly, still gazed at, still ruffling the faces on both sides of the street with the same dark breath of veneration whether for Queen, Prince, or Prime Minister nobody knew. The face itself had been seen only once by three people for a few seconds. Even the sex was now in dispute. But there could be no doubt that greatness was seated within; greatness was passing, hidden, down Bond Street, removed only by a hand’s-breadth from ordinary ...