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APOSTOLIC CREATIVE LEADERSHIP. for SYSTEMIC CHANGE. LEADERSHIP …. AN ENIGMA. Relationship Art Activity Meaning Making Collaborative Work Mental process Stories. Product or Behavior Change. Creative Deviance on the Frontline. The 3 Cs of APOSTOLIC CREATIVE LEADERSHIP.
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APOSTOLIC CREATIVE LEADERSHIP for SYSTEMIC CHANGE
LEADERSHIP ….AN ENIGMA • Relationship • Art • Activity • Meaning Making • Collaborative • Work • Mental process • Stories Product or Behavior Change Creative Deviance on the Frontline
The 3 Cs of APOSTOLIC CREATIVE LEADERSHIP • From his Jesuit spiritual training, Mateo Ricci critically reflected on the cultural context. • From his European scientific heritage, Mateo Ricci was able to make meaning of apparent contradictions. • From his Christian theological formation, Mateo Ricci learnt to use his cognition with humble courage”.
CONTEXT The Maps The lands and the sea The people and their cultures The stories, myths and legends The mind sets and affective make up The rituals, customs and traditions
CONTRADICTIONS • Make meaning of the tension • Science and Faith and Culture • Eastern religions and Western Christianity • Academic Scholarship and Hierarchical Leadership • Mission and Status Quo • the tension between respect and money, • the tension between reciprocity and greed, • and the tension between traditional culture and post modernity, • the tension between Christian religions and democratic politics, • the tension between management and ethics, • and the tension between tradition and change
HUMBLE COURAGE • channel their egos away from themselves and into a larger goal of building the community. • their ambition is first and foremost for the institution, be it the family, the culture, the church, the government • demonstrates a compelling modesty, shunning public adulation and is never boastful • act with quiet, calm determination and set up successors for even greater success in the next generation
Emerging Model of Creative Leadership • It is located (context dependent), • It is engaged (dependent on interaction with the surrounding environment), • It is embodied and concrete (affected by material aspects and physical constraints), • It is specific (sensitive to contingencies). • It involves cognition, is not individual, rational, abstract, detached and general. Instead, leadership is social (located in human communities),