Hello all.....for those who're
still actively working full time, do you feel Monday Blue mai ka? It so happens
that since I retired, my attempt to avoid Monday seems to work quite well
ka:))!
The past week, I teamed up with
a few highly capable ajarns and colleagues to help run a forum for university
presidents in the GMS region.....they are 24 who are members under SEAMEO
RIHED’s GMS-UC (University consortium) on capacity building covering key
issues on leadership, management, teaching, research, cross-border, and
harmonization. SEAMEO RIHED has got this 2-year funding from ASEAN under
its Japanese-ASEAN Integration Fund (JAIF).
Like what OHEC has been trying
to do under EdPEx for universities/faculties to do whatever is responsive to
their specific contexts, it’s a real challenge to think strategically,
moving away from having too many less impactful event-based activities.
More learning and sharing is needed and cooperation within the universities
and country will be the best. Strategically, international
organizations like SEAMEO RIHED can play a leading role to communicate
with both the ministry and university levels and help push key issues to
be taken up much faster.
A little note about our keynote speaker, Khun Shannon Kalayanamitr, who started from asking a question what we wanted from life and the word, 'happy'. The correlation with happiness are Career (Core, collaboration, communication, critical thinking, creativity), Character (Grit, resilience, adaptability), and Life (financial health, global, career management).
I’ve also skimmed summaries (Talent
Magnet By Mark Miller and The Culture Code By Daniel Coyle) and let me
share what I like ka:
1. Ask the right question with potential applicants at the
center: On "War for talent", which isn't to search for "What skillset and experience do we need from these applicants"" The first question should be, "What are THEY looking for in a new job opportunity?" Understanding the needs of our ideal top talent is a quality approach to identify the right ones.
2. Culture: “Culture is a set of living
relationships working toward a shared goal. It’s not something you are. It’s
something you do.”
3. Actions first: They could be as simple as
listening closely, recognizing individual contributions and even picking up
trash (as McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc and UCLA basketball coach John Wooden
were renowned for doing) can send a strong message of inclusivity ––
specifically that no one’s too important for the most menial task.
The short paragraphs I shared have led me myself to link with GMS-UC and our regional cultures of seniority and authority. In this forum, it was repeated over and over that in working on our strategic planning and efforts to take actions, all must go beyond ranks, authorities, and seniority. New approaches to search for top talents along with a new working culture will enhance our future-proofed organizations ka.
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