We need creative leaders in business. The lifespan of large companies will continue to shrink unless they learn to reinvent themselves. The lack of creativity is a problem — a 2010 IBM poll of 1,500 CEOs identified creativity as the number one leadership competency of the future – but what are we doing to address it? Unlike the Flynn effect, in which IQ rises with each successive generation, creativity scores among U.S. children have been falling since 1990.

via Steve Jobs Isn’t The Only Kind Of Artist Leader – Forbes.

Since Sinek is the leader of a movement aimed at challenging people to find their “why,” I was surprised and intrigued when I saw his recent video about a time when he lost his sense of purpose.

via Officers Eat Last: Simon Sinek’s Revelations on Purpose and Leadership – Forty.