{"id":2187,"date":"2026-01-28T15:20:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T08:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/version05\/?p=2187"},"modified":"2026-01-28T15:20:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T08:20:17","slug":"traditional-vs-creative-leadership-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/traditional-vs-creative-leadership-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Traditional vs Creative Leadership (2009)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vlp-link-container vlp-layout-spotlight wp-block-visual-link-preview-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/creativeleadership.com\/cl\/characteristics-of-the-creative-leader-versus-authoritative-leader.html\" class=\"vlp-link\" title=\"Characteristics of the Creative Leader\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-main\"><div class=\"vlp-block-0 vlp-link-title\">Characteristics of the Creative Leader<\/div><div class=\"vlp-block-1 vlp-link-summary\">This has proven to be a sturdy idea, and was created with Becky Bermont.<\/div><div class=\"vlp-block-2 vlp-link-button\">Read More<\/div><div class=\"vlp-block-3 vlp-link-url\">creativeleadership.com<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/creativeleadership.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/19\/traditional-vs-creative-leadership-2009\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Maeda<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: John Maeda<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,558,568,10,566],"tags":[65,573,574,584,55],"class_list":["post-2187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-graphic-design-2","category-interactive-design","category-products","category-technology-2","tag-advertising","tag-art-direction","tag-creative-direction","tag-education","tag-graphic-design"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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