I will give you 3 reasons to believe that the poet and the CEO are very similar except they differ in the things they are looking at. Both use tools of imagination and intuition to look at things in a whole new perspective.
Think Tagore, think Tata. Both were fearless visionaries. One inspired generations to fight against the poverty of mind. The other created a wealth of opportunities through employment.
Consider the following:
1. Both the poet and the CEO have a very intense relationship with Time.
One figures time is immaterial while the other estimates every moment is time and material.
2. They are both bookkeepers of Profit and Loss. The poet chooses to express his numerous gains and loss through words, while the CEO prefers to use numerical expression.
3. The poet reveals truth through ambiguity, the CEO sees truth in analytics.
I am sure there are more than 300 such similarities you can think of. Dear reader, I invite you to contribute some more.
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Hmm. Well, if qualitatively compared then most achievers, irrespective of their field of reckoning, would seem similar. On those lines I would agree with the comparison.
Although when compared at such a high level don’t we sometimes lose the bits which make each of them special or unique in their own way?
Sagar,
I think what we are trying to demystify is whether the CEO and the poet are two distinct personality types to which Vindy rightly says, measured on the plane of excellence, they are not different at all.
Looking at things in a new way to solve challenges definitely is not limited to either artists or CEOs. Both use intuitive as well as available tools such as language/technology to solve problems. Ultimately, it is the vision that sets folks apart.
I feel at a core level any profession, if you are doing it with your full self is an art.
One need not have a finished tangible product in hand to be called an artist.
I have felt like an artist as a programmer, as a manager and so many other “non-art” stuff.
All is art, at the plane of excellence.
Oh, I agree with you completely! And, how succinctly you have put that ‘all is art, at the plane of excellence!
I can think of one: a good poet can mystify even the simplest stuff while a good CEO has to able to demystify even the most complex of subjects