Imagine a world with great leadership. What would that world be like - better or worse? Now ratchet great leadership up to exceptional leadership and suddenly we have cause for optimism. How do we design exceptional leadership? Will we know it when we see it or experience it? Traditional paradigms of leadership have celebrated decisive top-down control and analytical decision-making. But times are changing. The world is more connected, complex, fluid and interdependent. This book debunks the myth that leaders need to be creative like designers to apply Design Thinking. Applying design approaches and practices to organizational leadership is not just about its leaders becoming more creative. It is definitely not about the person at the top coming up with the grand answer. Design thinking starts with the `pain point' related to the problem you are trying to solve and getting to the heart of the issue. It is a collaborative effort that neatly leads stakeholders and representatives affected by the problem to design novel leadership solutions that actually work. This book leverages some of the best leadership and design thinkers in the world to carefully explore how the best and most meaningful design elements can be leveraged to enable effective leadership.