Imagine a World: Reclaiming Imagination in Professional Development Leadership

J Contin Educ Nurs. 2025 Dec;56(12):500-501. doi: 10.3928/00220124-20251028-02. Epub 2025 Dec 1.

Abstract

In today's fast-paced, performance metrics-driven health care world, data-driven actions often squeeze out the imaginative space that visionary leadership requires. However, imagination-or what we term here dreaming-is not a luxury in leadership; it is a necessity. In a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world, the ability to envision new possibilities can take us to new heights (Robinson).

MeSH terms

  • Education, Nursing, Continuing* / organization & administration
  • Humans
  • Imagination*
  • Leadership*
  • Nurse Administrators* / education
  • Nurse Administrators* / psychology
  • Staff Development* / organization & administration