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COLLECTIVE GENIUS: LEADING INNOVATION Q&A →Leadership WHAT IS YOUR HOT TOPIC?

easily re-created; it is unique. This provides a point of competitive differentiation. Secondly, the leadership style works well to increase the resilience of teams and navigate through times of high ambiguity and uncertainty (such as now). Invoking, listening to and integrating the perspectives, experiences, and intelligence of all team members creates a better overall view of the situation at hand. This helps leaders and their teams to cope with these turbulent times.

At the same time, the leader has a clear vision on where the entire journey is heading. So, they have permission to select, adapt, adjust, or discard individual contributions in order to create the desired outcome, or move closer towards it. WHY DOES IT MATTER NOW? Firstly, this leadership style produces unique, highly innovative outcomes. And given the specific team composition at a given point in time, it can’t be copied or

“Leading Collective Genius” is a style of leadership that leverages the individual “genius” of each team member, acknowledging that every individual has a unique contribution to make. Under this model, the leader creates an environment in which these contributions can be made safely, wholeheartedly, and authentically.

This leadership style harnesses the creativity and innovative power of groups in an inspiring and inclusive way.

KATHARINA LANGE Affiliate Professor of Leadership

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