In this application brief I share a case study assignment I used in my "Leadership in Complex Organizations" classes to promote creativity in problem solving. I sorted Ph.D. students into two teams and trained them to use creative writing techniques to "encode" theory into their own cases. A sense of competition emerged. Later, teams swapped cases for analysis and "decoding." The approach became known as "reverse case study." Summative course evaluations revealed four important instructional themes: (1) students were able to apply and learn leadership and organizational theories; (2) students were able to build rapport and create bonds with fellow students; (3) students explored creativity; and (4) students explored the perspective of "the other."