Spirit of Leadership

INNOVATION combine old ideas and concepts in order to create new ones. They never believe that there is only one way to accomplish any task. True leaders are never prisoners of tradition. O UR ABILITY TO INNOVATE COMES FROM THE FACT THAT WE ARE MADE IN THE IMAGE OF OUR C REATOR . In light of the mind-set of the innovator, let’s look at some definitions of innovation. Innovation is— • the capacity to create new approaches and con cepts to deal with old and new challenges. • the perceptivity to see possibilities in the combi nation of old and new concepts. • the creation, development, and application of untested ways of solving old and new problems. • the capacity to think beyond the known, defy the norm, and believe in one’s abilities to solve problems. THE CREATOR’S INNOVATIVE SPIRIT Our ability to innovate comes from the fact that we are made in the image and likeness of our Creator. The first century writer Paul said that we are to “put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.” This means that the more we are transformed into the image of the One who created us, the more innovative we should be. An examination of the attitudes and actions of the Creator’s innovative Spirit leads us to the following conclu sions. The Creator—

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