This workbook emphasizes the importance of resourceful and creative leadership in a fast-changing world. It describes such leaders as explorers who find solutions, connect ideas, and envision novel approaches, fostering a psychologically safe environment where mistakes are seen as learning opportunities.
 
The workbook outlines key skills for cultivating resourcefulness and creativity, including curiosity, optimism, systems thinking, a non-conformist mindset, problem-solving, experimentation, calculated risk-taking, connection-making, adaptability, active listening, creating psychological safety, empowering others, learning from "failure," resourcefulness, and visioning.
 
It also provides thought-provoking questions for leaders to ask themselves to ignite curiosity and uncover new avenues for resourceful and creative leadership. Additionally, it offers practical tools and techniques to enhance these abilities, such as brainstorming, mind mapping, the "Yes, And..." technique, cross-pollination of ideas, "What If?" scenarios, reverse brainstorming, learning from failure reviews, innovation challenges, curiosity conversations, experimentation frameworks, idea journaling, seeking diverse inputs, using constraints for creativity, prototyping and iteration, creating "permission slips," the GROW model for creative problem-solving, and scaling questions for confidence.
 
The document concludes by stating that actively cultivating these skills, regularly prompting thinking with insightful questions, and consistently applying these tools and techniques can significantly enhance a leader's capacity to lead with resourcefulness and creativity, enabling them to navigate challenges with agility, foster a culture of innovation, and drive impactful change.