1h 15 min
Dr. Anne Stenros on creative leadership, strategic design, the importance of heroes and sheroes and much more (#001) Lead by Design
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Dr. Anne Stenros on creative leadership, strategic design, the importance of heroes and sheroes, and what it takes to be a future-proof leader in a rapidly changing, complex and chaotic world
Show Notes: https://devsingh.net/dr-anne-stenros-on-creative-leadership-and-strategic-design
Dr. Anne Stenros (@CasaAnna) is a thought leader and an architect with a doctorate in technology. She has over 25 years of experience in Creative Leadership and Strategic Design. Between 2005 to 2015, she acted as the first Design Director at KONE Corporation, a world leading elevator and escalator company. In 2016 to 2018, she was appointed as the first ever Chief Design Officer CDO of a city, namely the city of Helsinki.
She has also had a professorship in Creative Leadership at the Aalto University. She has participated as an expert role in many different EU forums, and she was the member of the World Design Capital WDC 2022 selection committee by World Design Organization WDO.
Currently she is speaking, lecturing, writing, mentoring, and catalyzing change. She's curious about the future of cities, architecture, and urbanism. She believes in collaboration, co-creation, and creative collective.
Some of the questions I ask Anne in this conversation:
• Why do you think that fitting designers into a traditional and strict organizational model will kill their creative capacity?
• What is design leadership? How is it different to not design leadership or any other leadership? Is there even a distinction or is every leadership actually design leadership?
• What is the difference between design leadership and Creative Leadership?
• Should all leaders be creative? And should leadership by default, be creative or is Creative Leadership something different?
• Do you think it helped that you were a creative professional before and while there are some fundamental lessons that you got as a designer or as a creative professional that helped you be a better leader?
• What can [emerging and aspiring leaders] learn from creative disciplines, or design or service design or strategic design that would help them become a better leader, even if they're not working in a creative field themselves?
About Dev Singh:
Dev Singh (@DevSinghNet) has over a decade of experience working with established and aspiring organisational leaders to build stronger & more strategic business foundations, and to lead with greater impact and influence.
Besides working with organisations all over Australia in over a dozen sectors, Dev has coached and consulted for entrepreneurs and executives in places as varied as Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, UK, Southeast Asia, North America, and Singapore.
Dev has designed and delivered keynotes and workshops for hundreds of organisations worldwide on entrepreneurship, business strategy, leadership, branding & marketing, communication, influence and innovation, across a range of industries and sectors including Government, Financial Services, Retail, Professional Services, Non-Profit, Education, Technology & startups.
Dev has a Bachelor of Business and a Bachelor of Medical Science, with a particular interest in Organisational Psychology and Behavioural Neuroscience. He’s also certified in Agile Coaching and Agile Leadership.
Connect with Dev Singh:
Visit the Lead by Design PODCAST: https://devsingh.net/lead-by-design-podcast
Visit the Dev Singh BLOG: https://devsingh.net
Follow Dev Singh on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/devsinghnet
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit leadbydesignshow.substack.com
Dr. Anne Stenros on creative leadership, strategic design, the importance of heroes and sheroes, and what it takes to be a future-proof leader in a rapidly changing, complex and chaotic world
Show Notes: https://devsingh.net/dr-anne-stenros-on-creative-leadership-and-strategic-design
Dr. Anne Stenros (@CasaAnna) is a thought leader and an architect with a doctorate in technology. She has over 25 years of experience in Creative Leadership and Strategic Design. Between 2005 to 2015, she acted as the first Design Director at KONE Corporation, a world leading elevator and escalator company. In 2016 to 2018, she was appointed as the first ever Chief Design Officer CDO of a city, namely the city of Helsinki.
She has also had a professorship in Creative Leadership at the Aalto University. She has participated as an expert role in many different EU forums, and she was the member of the World Design Capital WDC 2022 selection committee by World Design Organization WDO.
Currently she is speaking, lecturing, writing, mentoring, and catalyzing change. She's curious about the future of cities, architecture, and urbanism. She believes in collaboration, co-creation, and creative collective.
Some of the questions I ask Anne in this conversation:
• Why do you think that fitting designers into a traditional and strict organizational model will kill their creative capacity?
• What is design leadership? How is it different to not design leadership or any other leadership? Is there even a distinction or is every leadership actually design leadership?
• What is the difference between design leadership and Creative Leadership?
• Should all leaders be creative? And should leadership by default, be creative or is Creative Leadership something different?
• Do you think it helped that you were a creative professional before and while there are some fundamental lessons that you got as a designer or as a creative professional that helped you be a better leader?
• What can [emerging and aspiring leaders] learn from creative disciplines, or design or service design or strategic design that would help them become a better leader, even if they're not working in a creative field themselves?
About Dev Singh:
Dev Singh (@DevSinghNet) has over a decade of experience working with established and aspiring organisational leaders to build stronger & more strategic business foundations, and to lead with greater impact and influence.
Besides working with organisations all over Australia in over a dozen sectors, Dev has coached and consulted for entrepreneurs and executives in places as varied as Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, UK, Southeast Asia, North America, and Singapore.
Dev has designed and delivered keynotes and workshops for hundreds of organisations worldwide on entrepreneurship, business strategy, leadership, branding & marketing, communication, influence and innovation, across a range of industries and sectors including Government, Financial Services, Retail, Professional Services, Non-Profit, Education, Technology & startups.
Dev has a Bachelor of Business and a Bachelor of Medical Science, with a particular interest in Organisational Psychology and Behavioural Neuroscience. He’s also certified in Agile Coaching and Agile Leadership.
Connect with Dev Singh:
Visit the Lead by Design PODCAST: https://devsingh.net/lead-by-design-podcast
Visit the Dev Singh BLOG: https://devsingh.net
Follow Dev Singh on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/devsinghnet
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit leadbydesignshow.substack.com
1h 15 min