Global Thinker

8/8/2019 Global Thinker

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- CHRISTOPHER FONGCHRISTOPHER FONG -Consulting Psychologist

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1. What is a Global Mindset / Thinker?

2. Somewhere In There - Psychological Perspective3. Somewhere Up There - Corporate Perspective4. Somewhere Out There - Global Perspective5. Diagnostic Models for the Global Mindset

6. Class Participation


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Presenting Scenario:

The worlds economic landscape is changing rapidly and becoming increasingly

global. We come face to face with a series of unprecedented political, ethical,economic and financial issues. Especially in the last five years, we see the

world ruled by much flux and uncertainty. The fall of the dotcoms; upheaval in

capital markets; globalisation and intensifying competition; a more volatile global

economy; the horrific Sep 11 2001 & its aftermath and the threat of terrorism,global warming & natural disasters are some of examples.

How successful the new generation is at exploiting emerging opportunities and

tackling their accompanying challenges depends crucially on how intelligently

it observes and interprets the dynamic world in which it operates.

Therefore harnessing the Global Thinker/Mindset is a centralrequirement for building such intelligence.


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Hypothesize:

So Who Is This Global ThinkerGlobal Thinker ?

OrWhat is The Global Mindset?


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This seminar hopes to examine the concepts of the global mindset from a

psychological perspective.

The Psychology of Self Awareness is especially important because its absence is

the single most critical derailer for senior leaders. Global Thinkers must understand

how they are perceived in diverse contexts by many, very different people with

different assumptions and behavioral norms. To lead effectively, they need to

understand their own strengths and weaknesses, their emotions, and their impact on

others.

They also need a wider behavioral repertoire to call on contextually appropriate for a

range of situations. (e.g.. EQ, Communication skills, Inter/Intra personal relationship

skills etc.,)

Global Thinkers with a high level of Self Awareness are also characterized by expert

intuition, common sense, and learning agility. They can quickly tell whether a

situation is typical or atypical, and act.


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The Social psychology gives the global thinker a systemic perspective and

broad understanding of cultural diversity, political, socio-economic conditions,

history and interrelations.

The Cognitive Psychology takes into consideration a high degree of cognitive

complexity and not just merely possessing High IQ. The Global Thinker can

simultaneously hold and apply several valid but competing and complementary

interpretations of a domain or situation. Meaning they are able to balance

contradiction, ambiguities and trade-offs, and manage paradox.

Other traits: open-minded, non-judgmental, inquisitive, highly motivated, curious,

what makes people different, tolerance for Ambiguity, build trust and relationships.

Summary: Adaptability, Innovative, Evolving, Experiential


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Human CognitionHuman Cognition

&&BehaviourBehaviour


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The Whos who..

Psychoanalyst

Sigmund Freud

Father of Psychology

Carl Jung

Behaviourism

John WatsonBF Skinner

Humanistic

Carl RogersAbraham Maslow

Classical &Operant Conditioning

Ivan Pavlov

Albert Bandura

Personality

Hans Eysenck


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-Neuro Science & Cognition

-Child Development

-Life Span Development

-Reality & Awareness

-States of Consciousness-Conditioning & Learning

-Memory & Intelligence

- Motivation & Emotions

- Gender & Sexuality-Personality & Differences

- Stress & Health

-Psychological Disorders

-Therapies

-Social Psychology

-Attitudes, Culture & Relations

-Applied Psychology


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-Neuro Science & Cognition

-Child Development

-Life Span Development

-Reality & Awareness

-States of Consciousness-Conditioning & Learning

-Memory & Intelligence

- Motivation & Emotions

- Gender & Sexuality- Personality & Differences

- Stress & Health

-Psychological Disorders

-Therapies-Social Psychology

-Attitudes, Culture & Relations

-Applied Psychology

BUSINESS/ECONOMICS

SCIENCE &MEDICINE

LAW

EDUCATION

FAMILY

RELIGION

MEDIA

LIFESTYLE

ARTS / SPORTS


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PERCEPTION

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EMOTIONS(Feel)

BEHAVIOURAL(Act)

Biological

Environmental Developmental


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A Systemic PerspectiveA Systemic Perspective

Whole Person

Your Own Unique Personality

Behaviour Values

LEARNED and/or CONDITIONED

Emotions

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Mental (Intelligence) Physical (Health)

EmotionalSpiritual

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Culture


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Different Mindsets ofDifferent Mindsets of

ManagementManagement

Focus on big picture and changesin corporation's global businessenvironment

Strong confidence in Vision and

organizational process

High value of multi-cultural teams

Diversity seen as a source of

opportunities

Constantly challenging ownexperiences and assumption;Always open to change

Focus on national marketsand local trends

Emphasis on tightheadquarter control and

hierarchical structures

Limited cross-nationalcooperation

Diversity is seen as a threatto uniform strategies

Sticking to existingparadigms; Difficulties in

coping with change

Global Mindset Parochial Mindset


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BIG!

BIGGER!BIGGEST!Considerationfor aGlobal Mindset


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An openness and awareness of

diversity across cultures with atendency and ability to synthesize

across this diversity.

- Gupta & Govindarajan (2002). Cultivating a globalmindset, Academy of Management Executive.

Culture Diversity


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Cult ural Diversi t yCult ural Diversi t y

- Accept individual and cultural differences

-Accept difference between F.A.S.T.

-Adapt to difference ethnic values & beliefs

-Work and Communicate in multiple cultures

-Manage global Complexity, Contradictions &

Conflicts

-Manage multicultural teams (people)

-Embrace global learning and cross culture

studies


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Hand Gestures

even inCultural Diversity!!!


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Class Activity:

The Global Product

1. Design a product2. To encompass the 4 continents of the world

3. Each continent represents something unique about itexample: What does Asia represents?

What does the Swiss represents?4. After that, discuss how unique your product is and how it

encompasses global diversity in it.


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An Integration of

SYSTEMICPERSPECTIVE

GLOBALPERSPECTIVE

MENTAL

PHYSICAL

EMOTIONAL

CULTURE

SOCIAL

SPIRITUAL

POLITICAL

BUSINESS/ECONOMICS

SCIENCE &MEDICINE

LAW

EDUCATION

FAMILY

RELIGION

MEDIA

LIFESTYLE

ARTS /SPORTS


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F.A.C.Ts of LIFEDiagnostic Model

ForDeveloping

A Global Mindset

Designed & Developed by Christopher FongPublished by APA (2005) and now used as a teaching model in psychology studies


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F.A.C.Ts of LIFEfor a Global Mindset

FearsAnxietiesControlessnessThreats

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Learning to unlearn & relearnIdentityFreedom of ChoiceEmotional Empowerment


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REUVEN FEUERSTEIN

NEARLY 7 DECADES OF POWERIn Special Education

MASTER TEACHER PARADIGM

BREAKER

MASTER ASSESSOR

POWERFULOUTCOMES

GREAT TEACHER

EDUCATOR

INTELLECTUAL DECENDENT OF BINET AND PIAGET

DYNAMIC ASSESSMENT AND INSTRUMENTAL ENRICHMENT

POWER VIRTUALLY UNKNOWN AND MARGINALIZED


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Reys Complex Figure

Organization of Dots

Representative Stencil Design by Raven

Plateau


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INPUT PHASE Blurred and sweeping perception Unplanned, impulsive and unsystematic exploratory

behavior Impaired receptive verbal tools and concepts which affect

discrimination Lack of or impaired spatial orientation and lack of stable

systems of references that impair the establishment of

topological and Euclidean organization of space Lack of or impaired temporal orientation Lack of or impaired conservation of constancies of factors

such as size, shape, quantity, orientation, etc. acrossvariations of other dimensions of the perceived object

Lack of and deficient need for precision and accuracy indata gathering Lack of or impaired capacity for considering two or more

sources of information at once, reflected in dealing withdata in piecemeal fashion, rather than units of organized

facts


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OUTPUT PHASE Egocentric communication modalities

Difficulties in projecting virtual relationships

Blocking

Trial and error responses

Lack of or impaired verbal tools for thcommunicating adequately elaboratedresponses

Lack of or impaired need for precision andaccuracy in communicating responses

Deficiencies in visual transport

Impulsive acting out behavior


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The EndChristopher Fong

Email: [email protected]

Thank you for listening! All the best in your future

Global Thinker

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