I just attended a keynote speech session yesterday and was eager to write so I can capture the essence even better what I've learned ka.
It was given by Khun Banyong Pongpanich, Chairperson of the Executive Committee at Kiatnakin Phatra Financial Group (KKPFG), one person who I've admired and followed his thoughts for some years now......from Cariber, Facebook, YouTube, etc.
In fact, I was the one proposing to the EdPEx Subcommittee to invite him kaa.....(the full responsibility was on me:)).....from trying to find ways to invite him, volunteering to introduce him, and to moderate his session!
หาทำค่าาาา!
Even though several are interconnected, let me try to share what I've learned from this overall 'mission':
1. It wasn't hard to invite him (he said when we met that he was ใจอ่อน easy to accept invites). We worked only through his secretary who is one lady with gentleness and a service mind. I was asked how I got to know him ..... through my involvement in Khon Thai 4.0 project where he also helped and we had lunch together....I then only ate and listened with keen interest and admired him for his well-rounded insights. He preferred walking to the room when he was ready, not to expect to see us once the car arrived at the hotel ka.
I couldn't help but think of some invites to high-level officials and some academics ka....sure love this simplicity and his humbleness.
2. Despite his powerpoint ready to be presented (with AI's help), he rarely used it and told stories instead. He only showed the last slide on servant leadership ka. My intro didn't include his storytelling talent and if I have to do it again, this aspect will be included in my intro (yesterday, I touched on his ความ..... ความพิเศษ ความคุ้นหน้า ความเป็นคนของแทบทุกวงการ ความเป็นคนตัวอย่างของ 5L (Life-long learning, Leadership, Listening)....if anyone wishes to get my intro text, please let me know ka.
3. His involvement in higher education goes beyond what others know as he's been helping in some communities, discussing with key leaders, urging some new drives, etc. The essence about today's leadership drawn consists of the following:
3.1 Leaders learn to build on beliefs from history, determining the gaps and reviewing what options could be most possible....noting also that changes aren't as fast as expected. Yet, they must face the facts as they are, not what they were!.....be more in the present when tackling challenges. One example is about 'capability' and 'connections' กึ๋น/เส้นสาย, this is what we must admit that the strings stay on and we should stop arguing about this issue to move forward ka.
3.2 Mindset about learning is essential and from his own self, his stories showed so obviously that he never stops being curious to learn more and more in depth, yet to use what he's learned to link with the actual practice.
3.3 Think beyond the current frame of thoughts/actions to get new ways of working and possibly cross-sector learning like inviting external practitioners to lecture in every subject for at least 3 hours to widen students' perspectives. May I cite this example to let you know how it could lead to several key learnings ka:
With this initiative, he was asking lecturers what they thought....only 3 out of 10 agreed. Here's something I really like: 3 implemented it as proposed! Normally, if the majority disagrees, we tend to say goodbye to the idea but this is one good strategy not to have only 'yes or no' so at least we can try something new and see the differences while keeping every voice heard, not to take 'consensus' as the only decision ka!
3.4 Real leaders are those 'forming something up' without going down to details. They can't be perfectionists but are the combination of 'big picture masters' (my own term) and appropriate level of being 'specialists'.
3.5 Education system should be market-driven with efforts to help the younger get to know their passion at the earliest....it must be decentralized with changed goals....not to gear only through exams or grades as the judgement of capabilities.
3.6 Reform over revolution is preferable especially in terms of sustainability.
Alums should be invited to learn something new like the case of NUS (National University of Singapore), which invites its alums to take for free every year, one course in faculties other than their own for graduation then.
Immediately, this example tells us how reform can be introduced to engage alumni while helping upgrade the quality and identify new areas of experience or even new passion na ka!
Any comments mai ka?
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