 Creativity, Innovation and LeadershipPiers Ibbotson Chapter Chapter 8 in The Illusion of Leadership, 2008, pp 74-84 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract I love the ballet. It bores me for long stretches but then there is always a moment when the combination of the music and the story and the dancers’ movements makes me weep when I least expect it. Some of the repertoire of classical ballet has been unchanged since the nineteenth century when much of the music was composed. Male dancers still wear tights, a style that went out of fashion in Europe in about 1560. There is a repertoire of movements that must be mastered by all classical dancers that has been pretty much unaltered for a hundred and fifty years. There is a paradox here: the arts seem to contain both unbroken lines of traditional practice and the ability to innovate and surprise. Of course great art endures because it still resonates. It connects with something unchanging in us, and so “old” art is still current and still in circulation, unlike old cars or old telephones. How do the arts, which at one level are steeped in craft and tradition, also become the source of radical and sometimes shocking innovation? Keywords: Organizational Tree; Steam Engine; Classical Dancer; Unbroken Line; Area Health Authority (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-20200-9_9 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan |
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