Empowering Innovative Project Teams Through Human-Centered Leadership

Empowerment, innovation, emotional intelligence, and leadership are pervasive in both academic and professional literature. In the last four decades, psychologists and managers have agreed that people are the greatest asset in any organization. The agile manifesto is an example of removing the ties that bind teams and allowing creativity to flow. What is innovation but the manifestation of creative problem-solving? This session will look at what innovative project teams need to become empowered and discuss how human-centered leadership principles can contribute.