Next session's ''assignment''

Hi guys!!
Hope you guys have begun to enjoy the start of recess week!
Anyway... I just realised that since not all of us was presently for this week's session, it'll be good to tell you guys about the assignment we were given this week.

THE question: How would you connect your discipline to leadership? ( Can talk about a metaphor, case studies, experiments.. )

Time given: about 7mins.

Format: There is NO format. Can use handouts, slides, or anything that you fancy. (If you think that your presentation requires pre-readings, you can always upload it on google groups and we will read it before coming in for class. ** Note: pre-reading should not be super long.)

NUMBER of people per presentaion: Individual, Pair or Group of 3

PRE-Presentation: Email Ed and Aaron the following by 3-OCT:1) group or individual?2) slides/ handouts3) time and details..

Okie!That's about it!! Do comment if i have stated anything wrongly, or if i missed out anything or if you're unsure about it.

Enjoy Recess Week!! AND Good Luck for the coming mid-terms!!
-Maple-

More Ethical Leadership Cases?

Just thought I'd add another instance to the 3 cases today. Wondered if this new movie would be an interesting case for the consideration of ethical leadership? Anyways, it was good fun today! Have a good weekend people! VJ =)

tappings

Eddie here, to get the ball rolling.

During the first session, a few things happened. I was quite confused when I thought I received too many taps. But anyhow.

Richard empowered himself, while I was still waiting to be empowered. By then, I had thought I had "figured out" the objective of the game - that the game might really end if everyone could 'do whatever they want'.

I guess there are then, at least two approaches of leadership. Leadership is about being aware that the self is empowered in the circumstance. But Leadership is also about empowering others to be empowered.

Which I think sums up the tapping game nicely.

And now, for my own thoughts.

I think that wherever we are, we are really being tapped three times, and that it is up to the individual to find ways to change the situation to empower others. The premise is that rules are made by people, and if enough people are influenced, the rules can be changed, and for that influence to occur, takes leadership.

I think about Seth Godin's example of Tribes - where people take the initiative to form groups, and those groups form larger groups, through influence, through communication, through whatever means necessary - in short. And gradually, enough people can be effected to change the circumstance.

So yeap. We are all tapped three times. It then becomes about what we do with the agency that we have.

--Eddie

Social Innovation to Change the World

After our amazing session on Saturday with our four guest speakers Melissa Kwee, Alfie Othman, Michael Switow and Bernise Ang, here are a few links to keep everyone thinking and acting on social innovation. The world of social entrepreneurship is vast and rapidly expanding - this is just a small start!

Syinc
ONE Singapore
Ashoka
Change.org

Some of the things our speakers said have stuck in my mind since Saturday:
- "Not taking action was worse than taking action"
- "I was already very busy, but by the end of the conversation I'd signed up to do this"
- "Those were the worst two years of my life"
- "That was one of the most moving moments in my life"
- "I know the industry inside out now"
- "I spent two years of my life getting to know the people I was working with"
- "Pick an issue that resonates within you"
- "It was not that hard getting from 29 to 4,000, but it was much harder getting from 4,000 to 14,000."

Almost all of them talked about:
- how the initiatives they've started were things they could not help but do
- how crazy ideas can go a Very. Long. Way.
- how important it is to research the issue exhaustively, think long and hard about how to effect positive social change and why one strategy might be better than another
- how important it is to build a network of support, of like-minded individuals, and to tap into that network to effect change

Yeling