Business Think by Dave Marcum, Steve Smith and Maham Khalsa.

Think

business

Dave Marcum Steve SmithMahan Khalsa

Are You Ready to Accept Change?

• Our personal way of dealing with reality and the surrounding environment.

• Changes of behaviour and attitudes generate small changes.

• Changes of old paradigms make big changes.• Inside out changes. • Private & public victories give us security,

courage and humility.

How Can We Adapt to Reality?

Anwart Sadat once said that if we can’t change the tissue of our own thinking, we will never be

able to change the reality, and therefore, we won’t ever make progress.

What kind of thinking do we need today when there are so many challenges?

Speed, technology, innovation, information, uncertainty, globalization, etc.

Learning To Cope With Change

Covey’s opinion about bringing change to our lives

Change Moving away from old ways of thinking.

The principles Taking correct decisions based on firm principles.

Freedom of choice Adopting new solutions by changing the way we see problems and opportunities.Developing systematic thinking.

Is Change Possible at Work?

• Workers of knowledge. • Mind, body, heart and spirit.• Free minds and hearts to increase creativity and

productivity. • Develop people’s potential and autonomy.• Treat people as whole

people.• Bring meaning to people’s

lives.• Balance logic and pragmatism

with intuition and idealism.

How Can We Build Up Proactive Environments?

• Leadership style.• Enpowerment.• Professional development.• Decisions making process.• Trust.• Emotional intelligence.• Communication.

Effective Managers – Effective People

• Combine mental discipline with intuition.• Make questions.• Deepen meanings and contexts.• Incorporate integrity,

trust, compassion, sinergy, respect.

• Create human enterprises.

• Model for others.

What Does businessThink Propose?

• Autonomy for criteria, methods and processes.

• Critical thinking development.• Emotional intelligence for interpersonal

relationships and problem solving situations.• Principle centered leadership.• Dealing with change.• Building up fair work environments.

Basic Principles Of businessThink

• Get rid of your ego at the door.• Generate curiosity.• Move away from the solution.• Get evidence.• Calculate the impact.• Explore the riple effect.• Slow speed before warning signals.• Look for the origin of problems.• Time management.

Are These Principles Applicable to Educational Environments?

• Leadership.• Classroom management.• Delegation of responsabilities. • Project work.• Team colaboration.• Communication skills.• Cognitive development.• Time management.

Conclusions • The human mind is the bing bang of a company. • Discipline, creativity and

systemic thinking produce big changes.

• Correlation between ideas and results.

• Fear, ego, mental laziness and bad communication habits are dangerous.

• Excellence lies in everyone of us.• Contribute and the world will contribute too.

Questions

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