Chapter 3: Creative

Creative reflection methods provide a breadth of opportunities for leadership learning. Guthrie and Jenkins (2018) highlighted the role of art in supporting creativity and innovation in leadership education. Through their creations, artists both reflect the world as they see it and envision possibilities. Broadly speaking, “the vocation of the artist is whatever medium is to reveal the truth of the human condition and to enlarge our imagination of life, through the exploration of the beautiful and the sublime, the ordinary and the degraded” (Daloz Parks, Keen, Keen, & Daloz Parks, 1996, p. 229). Similarly, leaders work in groups and communities to create a vision for how the world can be (Guthrie & Jenkins, 2018). Creative reflection encompasses a broad range of activities that may include music, role-play, theater, and visual arts, among others.