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Redesigning Leadership
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Redesigning Leadership

Design, Technology, Business, Life

MIT Press, 2011 mais...


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8

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  • Innovative
  • Applicable

Recommendation

Designer, artist, writer, engineer, scientist, academic and computer scientist John Maeda is a thought leader and Renaissance man who has lectured at the Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED) conference. His elegant and insightful book, Laws of Simplicity, is an influential bestseller, and Esquire magazine named him one of the 21st century’s most important people. He is a National Design Award winner and president of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Maeda is an unconventional thinker who looks at matters differently – and acts accordingly. Here he writes in collaboration with Becky Bermont, the vice president of media at MIT Media Lab. getAbstract recommends this enjoyable, provocative read to anyone who wants a refreshing take on, and insightful perceptions into, the demanding universe of leadership.

Take-Aways

  • Renaissance man John Maeda, president of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), exemplifies the fact that leaders come in all forms and from all backgrounds.
  • As an artist, he believes leaders should embrace messiness, as artists do.
  • Leaders should admit they don’t have all the answers.

About the Authors

The former associate director of the MIT Media Lab, John Maeda, is president of the Rhode Island School of Design, where Becky Bermont is vice president of media.


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    A. 1 decade ago
    For Maeda to gain perspective, he worked in different positions at RSID. As a leader, it is so important to gain different perspectives from mentors and from those you lead. getAbstract is very helpful as I have access to gain different thought leader's perspectives on all topics.
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    A. 1 decade ago
    "As an artist, he believes leaders should embrace messiness, as artists do." ...it sounds crazy but I agree. The paramount skill of a leader, in my opinion is to be as flexible as possible to catch and use every opportunity that opens up. You cannot possibly do that in a planned out day.

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