Asian Perspectives on Leadership Yasuhiko Genku Kimura February 14, 2005 GSBA 543 Leadership and Career Development USC Marshall School of Business IBEAR XXVII, 2005 © 2005 Yasuhiko Genku Kimura
Asian Perspectives on Leadership
Yasuhiko Genku Kimura
February 14, 2005
GSBA 543 Leadership and Career Development
USC Marshall School of BusinessIBEAR XXVII, 2005
© 2005 Yasuhiko Genku Kimura
1. Understanding the Oriental Mind/Philosophy/Culture
Epistemological Distinctions
Perception
Conception
Introception
Perception
Immediate
differentiated aestheticcontinuum
beings
Conception
Mediated
differentiated theoreticcontinuum
things
Introception
Immediate
undifferentiated aestheticcontinuum
Being
The Orient: Primacy of
introceptual aesthetic continuum
Immediate knowledge through identity
Intuitive innerstanding
The Occident: Primacy of
conceptual theoretic continuum
Mediated knowledge-about through postulation
Conceptual understanding
Oriental Culturemore introverted
Occidental Culturemore extroverted
Morality and Ethics
Orient: Allegiance to the Indeterminate in relative contexts
Occident: Allegiance to the Determinate principles
2. Asian Perspectives on Leadership and Leadership
Development
Asian Perspectives on Leadership
Leadership is a state of being and a mode of consciousness
Asian Perspectives on Leadership
Leadership is a state of being and a mode of consciousness
Action follows being and manifests consciousness
Asian Perspectives on Leadership
Self-development is the essence of leadership development
Asian Perspectives on Leadership
Self-development is the essence of leadership development
Character-building Organization beyond Learning Organization
3. Four “I”s of Leadership
Four “I”s of Leadership
IntelligenceShintoism(Japanese)
Kami/KamikaeruAuthentic thinking
Kami = KakuremiThe Invisible ground of Being
Kami-kaeruTo return to the Invisible within
Intelligence
Intelligence
Chushin-kiitsu(Organizational Principle)
Everything coming fromand returning to the Central Void
IntegrityTaoism
(Chinese—Pan-Asian)
Four “I”s of Leadership
Integrity
Tao/Tao-Teh
Tao = Cosmic Integrity/Wholeness
Teh = Tao manifesting as human integrity/wholeness
Integrity
Sageliness WithinKingliness/Queenliness Without
Integrity
Sageliness WithinKingliness/Queenliness Without
Jen (Confucius): Tao Teh expressed in human relationships
Four “I”s of Leadership
IntentionBuddhism
(Indian—Pan-Asian)
Intention
Bodhi/Bodhisattva(byang-chub-sems-dpa)
Bodhi = Self-refinement and self-awakening
Bodhisattva = One committed to unceasing self-refinement and self-
awakening
Intention
Evolution is a processof open-ended learning
Four “I”s of Leadership
IndividualityHinduism(Indian)
Individuality
Atman/Atmavidya:Cosmic Individuality and
Self-knowledge beyond ego
Atman = the Cosmic Self
Atmavidya = the knowledge of the Self
4. Integrating Asian Perspectivesinto the 21st-century Global Context
Integrative practiceof the four “I”s
in the context of the 21st century
Integrating Asian Perspectivesinto the 21st-century Global Context
Integrative practice of 4 “I”s in 21st Century
Integration of conception with introception and perception
Integrative practice of 4 “I”s in 21st Century
Integration of conception with introception and perceptionLeading from a more integral and advanced level of consciousness
Integrative practice of 4 “I”s in 21st Century
Integration of conception with introception and perception
Leading from a more integral and advanced level of consciousness
Cultivation of Wisdom beyond accumulation of knowledge
Integrating Asian Perspectivesinto 21st-Century Global Context
Unchanging Truth and Visionin a changing world
Unchanging Truth and Vision
Self-knowledge: Knowing who you are and why you do what you do
Unchanging Truth and Vision
Self-knowledge: Knowing who you are and why you do what you do
Cosmic knowledge:Knowing of the Eternal and the Unchanging
From the Monological Mind to the Dialogical Mind
Integrating Asian Perspectivesinto 21st-Century Global Context
Integrating Asian Perspectivesinto 21st-Century Global Context
Alignment Beyond Agreement
Omnicentric Configuration