MGMT20140 Design Thinking Report: Open-minded Leadership Qualities

This report, prepared for MGMT20140 Design Thinking for Managers at CQUniversity, examines the concept of open-minded leadership and its significance in the context of design thinking. The report delves into the qualities of an open-minded leader, such as honesty, confidence, and teamwork, and highlights the advantages of this leadership style, including adaptability and flexibility. The assignment includes a visualization and a reflective report on the student's experiences with brainstorming and rapid prototyping, illustrating the application of design thinking tools and techniques. The report also includes an executive summary, table of contents, and an action plan for personal development, along with references to academic literature. The student reflects on the impact of design thinking on knowledge and personal development, emphasizing the use of design thinking to solve problems and improve processes.

Open-minded
Open minded leaders have many qualities in them such
as honest, confidence, teamwork and many others. there are
many benefits of being open-minded to a leader, which are as:
 Being honest
 Gaining confidence
 Strengthening yourself
 Making mistakes
 Letting go of control
 Experiencing changes
 Making yourself vulnerable
There are some advantages of being open-minded, which areas:
 Adaptability: A person can adopt more good things in them
without any problem.
 Flexibility: Open-minded person is more flexible in their work
at workplace
 Teamwork: teamwork is necessary for achieve different
objectives. Therefore, a person always open-minded to work
with a team.
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Lattimer, C. (2019). The Golden Triangle Of Open
Mindedness. Retrieved from
https://peopledevelopmentmagazine.com:
https://peopledevelopmentmagazine.com/2019/01/
11/open-mindedness/
Mead, S. (2019). Broadening Your Horizons:
Developing Open-Mindedness as a Leader. Retrieved
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https://cmoe.com/blog/developing-open-
mindedness-as-leader/
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Williams, D. K. (2013, January 7). The 5 Secret
Strategies Of Great People: How To Become Open
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01/07/the-5-secret-tricks-of-great-people-how-to-
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