Discuss the relationship between stewardship, creativity, and innovation. Note: this video by Daniel Pink on intrinsic versus extrinsic motivation will provoke additional thoughts on this topic.

Stewardship, creativity and innovation all have direct and indirect influences on motivation. Within the context of an organization, these influences often coalesce to both intrinsically and extrinsically motivate individuals. For one, managerial stewardship often is used to help invigorate employee creativity. A study of nearly 200 middle and senior managers by Kupplewiser, found that relational and motivational support has a very strong impact on stewardship (Kuppelwiser, 2011). More importantly the study found that simply having a strong influence of the individual does not support a corresponding growth in stewardship. The study further established the correlation between stewardship and employee creativity. Studies by Caldwell and Hayes further established this relationship, by adding an additional element of trust within the equation. Here, in order for leaders to inspire a certain level of creativity and innovation within the organization, they must also have the ability to garner the trust of those they are looking to lead. If a person is perceived as trustworthy, trust increases throughout the organization allowed the other individuals to be ethical stewards who honor the behavior of the leader (Caldwell, 2010). This concept is directly related to the parents want to be stewards of the future and to provide their children with a better life. This is done through many of the grass roots movements occurring in the world today. Elements such as global warming, black lives matter, and womens rights all are conducted as stewards of the earth and civilization. In these instances, members are using creative solutions to help foster a better future for those who would benefit. As such, innovative solutions such as electric vehicles and other products have be used to help usher in…