Chapter 3. CREATIVE LEADERSHIP
MAX DE PREE
Max De Pree is chairman emeritus and former CEO of Herman Miller, Inc., the $2 billion manufacturer of office furniture. He is author of Leadership Is an Art, Leadership Jazz, and Letters to Zoe, and the recently published Called to Serve, about establishing and nurturing a competent board for a nonprofit organization.
King Lear tells us that nothing comes from nothing. So do scientists, for that matter. Everything in the world already exists; whatever seems new is only something old rearranged. So how do we explain innovation? The relatively short history of the United States glistens with innovation. Our open meritocracy has bred and nurtured innovative people with new ideas. Leaders in all sorts ...
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