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CHANGING MINDSETS

CHANGING MINDSETS. Dr. Sivakumar Kumaresan Material and Mineral Research Unit School of Engineering and IT Universiti Malaysia Sabah.

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CHANGING MINDSETS

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  1. CHANGING MINDSETS Dr. Sivakumar Kumaresan Material and Mineral Research Unit School of Engineering and IT Universiti Malaysia Sabah

  2. “Humanity is now faced with a stark choice: Evolve or die. … If the structures of the human mind remain unchanged, we will always end up re-creating the same world, the same evils, the same dysfunction.” Eckhart Tolle

  3. Chinese Expressions May you live in interesting times Blind Cat runs into DeadMouse

  4. Interesting Times (1) Oil and Gas Business Marginal Fields Shale Oil Shale Gas Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) Floating Liquified Natural Gas (FLNG)

  5. Interesting Times (2) Black Swans and Emergent Behaviours 2001 – ENRON Collapse 2004 - Tsunami 2008 - Global Financial Crisis 2011 – Fukushima Nuclear Reactor Disasters 2013 – Malaysian GE13

  6. Interesting Times (3) Trends The Long Tail/ Big Data/ Ubiquitous Technology Projects vs Jobs Merging of Biology and Technology New spirituality

  7. Outline Productive Organizational Culture Flow Attention Energy Systems Thinking 5 Minds for the Future

  8. Positive Organizational Culture POSITIVE • SUSTAINABLE • VISION DRIVEN • PRINCIPLE GUIDED • WORK = PLAY • LEARNING SYSTEMS NEGATIVE • SHORT TERM • BOTTOM LINE DRIVEN • REAL POLITIK • TIME = MONEY • WORK SYSTEMS

  9. Meaningful Work • Why do we work? • Key reasons? • To learn • To connect • To make a difference

  10. Flow Present Moment Awareness Challenge = Ability Personal Power Can redefine Challenge/Goal No sense of Self Distorted Sense of Time Deep enjoyment of experience

  11. Train to Flow Conscious control of attention Present Moment Awareness Slow is Fast Thoughts, Emotions and Intuition

  12. Attention Three types of focus • Deep • Going deep into self • Directed • Focused on a fixed ideation/image/prayer • Aware • Expand awareness by heightening senses and scope (based on work of Paul Wilson, author of The Quiet)

  13. Energy is Everything • You can’t see it • You can see the effect of it • You can feel it when it’s happening • Energy Flows where Intention goes • It’s reflected in your language • A bright future • A warm person • Energised/ Inspired/Engaged

  14. Organizational Energy High Energy Productive Energy Corrosive Energy Positive Negative Resigned Inertia Comfortable Energy based on Fully Charged by Bruch and Vogel Low Energy

  15. Mood Mapping (1) High Energy Angry Violent Happy Ecstatic Positive Negative Depressed Moody Calm Quiet based on Mood Mapping by Liz Miller Low Energy

  16. Mood Mapping (2) High Energy Angry Violent Happy Ecstatic Positive Negative Depressed Moody Calm Quiet Low Energy

  17. Mood Mapping (3) High Energy Angry Violent Happy Ecstatic Positive Negative Depressed Moody Calm Quiet based on Mood Mapping by Liz Miller Low Energy

  18. Mood Mapping (4) High Energy Angry Violent Happy Ecstatic Positive Negative Depressed Moody Calm Quiet based on Mood Mapping by Liz Miller Low Energy

  19. Systems Thinking • A system is any group of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent parts that form a complex and unified whole that has a specific purpose • Thinking in Circles NOT Straight Lines • Basic types • Reinforcing (Positive Feedback) • Balancing

  20. Greater your weight More you eat Reinforcing

  21. Use of meditation Acceptable stress level Gap Stress level Balancing S O S = Same O = Opposite S

  22. Success to Successful

  23. Limits to Growth

  24. Tragedy of the Commons

  25. 5 Minds for the Future The Disciplined Mind The Synthesizing Mind The Creative Mind The Respectful Mind The Ethical Mind

  26. Shaping the Future • Cliché expression but true nonetheless • The whole world is all of us together • There is no “others” • The clarity and strength of our vision shapes the future

  27. CHANGING MINDSETS Dr. Sivakumar Kumaresan Material and Mineral Research Unit School of Engineering and IT Universiti Malaysia Sabah shiva@ums.edu.my 60-16-832-7300

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