<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/4bed7078-123d-4149-a9e8-833e880266dc/48F68D75-9E2B-4FE4-BF9E-D40B55168962/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/radjou/2009/07/why-are-creative-leaders-so-ra.html" href="http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/radjou/2009/07/why-are-creative-leaders-so-ra.html" style="font-size: 11px;">blogs.harvardbusiness.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/radjou/2009/07/why-are-creative-leaders-so-ra.html"><H4>Why Are Creative Leaders So Rare? </H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/radjou/2009/07/why-are-creative-leaders-so-ra.html">Centre for India & Global Business at Cambridge University was privileged to host <A href="http://www.india.jbs.cam.ac.uk/news/events/2009/090603_abdul_kalam.html" bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED">a talk by Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam</A>, the former President of India.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/radjou/2009/07/why-are-creative-leaders-so-ra.html">Not only is he an accomplished scientist who fathered India's breakthrough space programs</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/radjou/2009/07/why-are-creative-leaders-so-ra.html">he also embodies India's diversity and openness: he served as India's third Muslim president, and can recite by heart entire passages of the Bible and the <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhagavad_Gita" bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED">Bhagavad Gita</A>. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/radjou/2009/07/why-are-creative-leaders-so-ra.html">Dr Kalam articulated eight key tenets of creative leadership that are critical for driving innovation and growth</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/radjou/2009/07/why-are-creative-leaders-so-ra.html"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">The leader must have a vision for the organization</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/radjou/2009/07/why-are-creative-leaders-so-ra.html"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">The leader must have the passion to transform that vision into action</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/radjou/2009/07/why-are-creative-leaders-so-ra.html"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">The leader must be able to travel into an unexplored path</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/radjou/2009/07/why-are-creative-leaders-so-ra.html"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">The leader must know how to manage both success <EM>and </EM>failure</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/radjou/2009/07/why-are-creative-leaders-so-ra.html"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">The leader must have the courage to make decisions</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/radjou/2009/07/why-are-creative-leaders-so-ra.html"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">The leader should have nobility in management </LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; 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