Designed Leadership

by Moura Quayle

Great leaders aspire to manage "by design"--with a sense of purpose and foresight. But too few leaders incorporate the proven practices and principles of the design disciplines.Lessons learned from the world of design, when applied to management, can turn leaders into collaborative, creative, deliberate, and accountable visionaries. Design thinking loosens the mind and activates innovation. It creates the conditions for employees to thrive and for all kinds of businesses to succeed.

In Designed Leadership, the strategic-design scholar and urban-systems designer Moura Quayle shares her plan for integrating design and leadership, translating processes, principles, and practices from years of experience into tools of change for professional leaders. Quayle describes the key concepts of designed leadership, such as "make values explicit" and "learn from natural systems," showing how strategic design can spur individual creativity and harness collective energy. For managers at any level, Designed Leadership uses original visuals and field-tested examples to teach the kind of thinking, theorizing, and practicing that result in long-lasting high performance in the workplace and beyond.

Genres: Design, Leadership

Reviews

[Rodrigo · Rating 5 out of 5]

The most creative book I've read about leadership. And I say that mainly because of the Ten Principles for Designed Leadership.

[Lilo · Rating 5 out of 5]

In a saturated market of books on leadership, Moura's10 principles are refreshing and unique. Like a good designer, she looks to connections in the world- nature, urban life, architecture, and so much more. While exploring leadership and strategic design, the reader also gets tidbits on landscape design. Which gives a great insight into Moura's inspiration.This book is the perfect mix of scholarship and practical leadership! Also, for the first time, there's a clear distinction made between labs and studios.