上个世纪持续发展的领导力模型已经在创造力和领导力之间建立了紧密的联系。当前许多领导模型的核心是变革的概念，即如何促进和管理变革。这个概念清楚地体现在用来描述当今领导才能的语言中。例如，许多领导力理论都集中在有远见，变革和变革的领导力上。此外，关于领导力的观点已经由一个人拥有或不具备的一组特定属性组成，这种观点已转变为可以学习和发展领导力技能的观点。创造性思考的能力是必不可少的领导技能。通常，领导者必须充当变革的催化剂，当我们从事创造性思维时，我们的目标是实现变革，即提出有助于我们实现重要目标或解决复杂问题
Ongoing development of leadership models during the last century has drawn a close connection between creativity and leadership. At the core of many current leadership models is the concept of change?how to foster and manage it. This concept is clearly reflected in the language used to describe the essence of leadership today. For instance, many leadership theories focus on visionary, transformational, and change leadership. In addition, the view that leadership consists of a set of specific attributes that one has or does not have has shifted to a view that leadership skills can be learned and developed. The ability to think creatively is an essential leadership skill. Often, a leader must act as a catalyst for change and when we engage in creative thinking our goal is to bring about change, i.e., to bring about an idea, solution or concept that helps us to meet an important goal or to address a complex challenge. Thus, it is imperative for leaders to learn how to facilitate their own creative thinking, as well as those they work with, to bring about productive change (i.e., new products, services, resolution to problems, opportunities, etc.).