Creative Leadership: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Creativity

Introduction

When attention is paid to the branches of science that try to understand people, it is seen that deep examinations are made primarily for the individual and the concepts that affect the psychological development of the individual. Psychology’s attempt to understand individuals, sociology’s interpretation of society, and philosophy of existence progress with this perspective. The fact that there are different and interacting factors beyond the observable factors prevents the individual from being evaluated by examining only anatomically. Since an individual’s attitude towards an object or phenomenon cannot always be explained by cause and effect relationships, behaviors are not considered simply as an action-reaction process. Even if all conditions are the same, the individual can react differently to the same situation, and therefore subconscious complexity also comes into play, beyond superconscious processes.

Since this complex structure of the mind and decision-making process diversifies the way individuals perceive, interpret, and evaluate the world, their perspective towards art and reality is also shaped by the influence of different concepts. For this reason, it is very difficult to understand the aesthetic judgments of the individual and it becomes almost impossible to classify subjective value judgments. Clues about the evolution of people's thinking can be obtained by looking at the stages of business and social life until today's modern technologies. Although drawing sharp lines is difficult, there seems to be some revolution in the way of thinking. Technological developments, which progressed both radically and gradually, have shaped lifestyles and influenced the values of society while showing their effects in all areas of life. Since this interaction between the individual, technology, and environment is constantly evolving in a reciprocal cycle, constantly changing technology has accelerated the evolution of individual life in different directions.

Inferences based on intuition or experience may not always be very accurate, but knowing the history of an event can make predictions easier. For this reason, it can be understood what kind of thought patterns humanity has had since the beginning of social life by looking at philosophy, which is one of the oldest science branches trying to understand humans and the universe. The interpretation of reality perceived with the help of sense organs takes a different name if it needs a mental process of a human, while it turns into a different concept if it continues its existence without the need for comprehension. Philosophy, which tries to understand existence in every field from art to science, from individual to social life, has become much more complex with the critical perspective following the modern approach. However, the critical approach made it obligatory for individuals who questioned the concepts to be handled from different approaches instead of hiding behind single and universal acceptances.

To understand the evolution of creative thinking, it is useful to look at the evolution of thought in different fields such as science, art, and technology. Only in this way can a basis for the concept of creativity come from different disciplines. This basis, which allows looking from a broad perspective, clearly shows the effect of the environment on human life (Higgins & Reeves, 2006). Although different related groups make up the external environment in terms of both individuals and institutions, technology takes the biggest share of them. Strategic management, which tries to understand the impact of technology on the business and prepare businesses for this rapid change, provides a wide range of literature on this subject (Fauzi et al., 2021). Because adapting to change is seen as one of the most basic requirements of sustainability. Otherwise, both the individual and the business can't survive as a social and open system. Adaptation theories share the views of many different schools of thought in this area, moving from an economic perspective to a behavioral perspective or post-modern perspective.