Wednesday, on the 20
th of April 2011, from 19 to 22, I went at
Athenee Palace Hilton Bucharest (Regina Maria Conference Room) to take part to the
INSEAD Master Class &
EMBA/
MBA Event. The Master Class on “Global Cosmopolitans” was held by
Linda BRIMM, Professor of Organizational Behavior, INSEAD.
Below photos and my notes at the event.
Photos:
My notes:
You can learn enormously by living in different countries;
What can you learn?
- How to deal with people which are different;
- How to deal with complexity;
A lot of people that moved a lot have learned a lot of things from the global learning;
There are a lot of ways to learn in life;
Today's world is dominated by:
- Diversity - you can learn how to deal with it (different styles / cultures / backgrounds);
- Change - adapt;
- Complexity - life is complex;
New context and loss of identity:
- A new country;
- A new school;
- A new job;
You learn you survive the life's experiences;
You can find a beginning & a new way of doing things;
What's a new identity?
- Adapting;
- Reinventing;
The inner journey, the uncommon challenges:
- Identity: who am I?
- Being different and still fitting in;
- Where is home?
- Who are my friends & family?
You have to find your own way of resilience;
People start to develop skills to adapt to things;
You know you can get through it;
You can deal with transition;
Learn new ways of thinking;
Learning from your experience - your story:
- Life as a world of possibilities;
- Uncommon complexity;
- Learning from experiences of global journeys;
- Perceptual skills - strength developed;
- Multiple lenses and perspectives;
- Learn ways of doing new things;
Global cosmopolitans know to go into a situation and see everything change;
Everything changes - they understand this;
Skills and "two edge swords":
- Peripheral / kaleidoscopic vision;
- Insider / outsider perspective - you can be a little more impersonal;
- Move around - this can help you develop things;
- Empathy - you must have this to be able to move around in the world;
- Creativity - cosmopolitans have to find creative solutions & be adaptive to new situations;
- Risk-taking;
Two edge swords:
- Adaptation to a change;
- It can overshadow & work against developing the other side;
Some people become experts at observing, but it's not enough, you have to be engaged;
Observe - good skill; how to get involved?
Flexible & willing to adapt; but sometime they don't say what they want;
If you get around in the business, you have to be able to bring something that's different;
Thoughts:
- Life is very complex;
- You can only live in one city, do a certain job - or you can do different things;
- Some cosmopolitans can't take a decision;
Challenges => (can bring) better skills => (which in turn, can lead to) more challenges when you develop your skills;
Life is a developmental highway;
Challenges & opportunities moving forward:
- How can you use your differences?
- Managing the relational fabric of life (friends, network, people from home),
- Encountering identity change;
- Finding home;
- Finding personal meaning;
- Raising the next generation;
- Still not knowing;
Career challenges:
- How to get a company to send you to a different country?
- How to make them bring you back?
- How to convince a company to hire more cosmopolitans?
- How do I get my company to really let me take advantage of my global experience?
A challenge is also an opportunity - it pushes you to be creative; a challenge pushes you to find new solutions;
It is hard to build relationships with different people;
Do you have a global team? You need a way to communicate with people;
Knowing your story & understanding your story brings you a lot of power;
It is a great advantage to be able to tell your story;
You should know yourself & be able to create dialogue;
A lot of times cosmopolitans can feel so different and so alone, that they can be demotivated;
You can understand and develop skills without being an actual cosmopolitan;
On a different note, why do an MBA at INSEAD?
- For the relationships (you will get everlasting memories);
- For the business utility (you learn how to do better business);
- It is very challenging (it forces you to be better);
INSEAD's goal: to get you into the school, not out of it.
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