Hope you all had a nice Mother's Day ka.
Last week, I felt real good to be on an IPST (Institute for Teaching Science and Technology)...international
cooperation and organizational communication team to MFU (Mae Fah Luang University)
It went better than expected and credits went to both the host and guest teams ka.
On the host end, its VP for international relations gave us a lecture on, 'Gender in Science', which made me
equip with a little 'gender lens' to be more aware and understanding about the topic, e.g. how social attitudes, the ways we've been brought up, and our environment have shaped our thinking, with or without knowing; how to make use of the lens to have gender
equity for both male and female, etc. It was a fun session with lively interactions. The host team learned too
since normally, they didn't have such an opportunity to sit in and listen to their supervisor's talk on this topic ka.
Another rare chance for the host team was to have dinner at their President's residence as guests....when
normally, they had to act as host to serve visitors. This occasion brought the IPST group to get some food for
thought from the MFU President too and they started using his terms like, 'Get it done! Honesty, Think
Positive, etc.'
Both host and guest teams shared their scope of work, focusing on strategic directions with a very brief
background about their organizations (I was very happy it was brief with fine highlights on what was
needed....in too many forums, so much time tends to be spent on background information that may
bear only minimal use ka!)
The two teams commented, raised questions and answered based on their experiences and thoughts,
which to me, showed that even the two organizations are different in many ways, there could be so many aspects to share as outsiders.
They had more opportunities to break into groups to discuss the actual daily operation and challenges to
come up with some new ideas or confirmation of proper ways of work.
It was a study visit I felt the benefits were mutual and it could be because of several factors: the readiness
of the two sides to be open, share, and learn; a safe environment to express their ideas freely; the ability
to see links of the learning to their work; and the semi-structured program for optimal sharing.
Feeling sanuk and goooooood kaaa!
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