Go for the impossible!

"Leadership is the art of accomplishing
more than the science of management
says is possible."
General Colin Powell
A Leadership Primer

Merriam Webster defines art is defined as the conscious use of skill and creative imagination and science as a system or method of knowledge covering general truths or general laws that have been tested through a specific method. Neither is more important than the other or should I say both are equally important.

In my experience, people generally start with the knowledge that they know or have immediate access to; libraries, internet, professors and teacher, experts in a specific field. There is a great deal of value in tried and tested skills and knowledge, and yet, all too often that system can become very limiting.

Benjamin Franklin one of the greatest scientists and inventors of all times once wrote:

"The definition of insanity
is doing the same thing over and over
again and expecting different results."

Using a scientific approach is essential basis for management. However, taking that system and adding different skills and creative imagination, that is overcoming insanity and achieving the impossible.