asian perspectives on leadership yasuhiko genku kimura february 14, 2005 gsba 543 leadership and...

Asian Perspectives on Leadership

Yasuhiko Genku Kimura

February 14, 2005

GSBA 543 Leadership and Career Development

USC Marshall School of BusinessIBEAR XXVII, 2005

© 2005 Yasuhiko Genku Kimura

1. Understanding the Oriental Mind/Philosophy/Culture

Epistemological Distinctions

Perception

Conception

Introception

Perception

Immediate

differentiated aestheticcontinuum

beings

Conception

Mediated

differentiated theoreticcontinuum

things

Introception

Immediate

undifferentiated aestheticcontinuum

Being

The Orient: Primacy of

introceptual aesthetic continuum

Immediate knowledge through identity

Intuitive innerstanding

The Occident: Primacy of

conceptual theoretic continuum

Mediated knowledge-about through postulation

Conceptual understanding

Oriental Culturemore introverted

Occidental Culturemore extroverted

Morality and Ethics

Orient: Allegiance to the Indeterminate in relative contexts

Occident: Allegiance to the Determinate principles

2. Asian Perspectives on Leadership and Leadership

Development

Asian Perspectives on Leadership

Leadership is a state of being and a mode of consciousness

Asian Perspectives on Leadership

Leadership is a state of being and a mode of consciousness

Action follows being and manifests consciousness

Asian Perspectives on Leadership

Self-development is the essence of leadership development

Asian Perspectives on Leadership

Self-development is the essence of leadership development

Character-building Organization beyond Learning Organization

3. Four “I”s of Leadership

Four “I”s of Leadership

IntelligenceShintoism(Japanese)

Kami/KamikaeruAuthentic thinking

Kami = KakuremiThe Invisible ground of Being

Kami-kaeruTo return to the Invisible within

Intelligence

Intelligence

Chushin-kiitsu(Organizational Principle)

Everything coming fromand returning to the Central Void

IntegrityTaoism

(Chinese—Pan-Asian)

Four “I”s of Leadership

Integrity

Tao/Tao-Teh

Tao = Cosmic Integrity/Wholeness

Teh = Tao manifesting as human integrity/wholeness

Integrity

Sageliness WithinKingliness/Queenliness Without

Integrity

Sageliness WithinKingliness/Queenliness Without

Jen (Confucius): Tao Teh expressed in human relationships

Four “I”s of Leadership

IntentionBuddhism

(Indian—Pan-Asian)

Intention

Bodhi/Bodhisattva(byang-chub-sems-dpa)

Bodhi = Self-refinement and self-awakening

Bodhisattva = One committed to unceasing self-refinement and self-

awakening

Intention

Evolution is a processof open-ended learning

Four “I”s of Leadership

IndividualityHinduism(Indian)

Individuality

Atman/Atmavidya:Cosmic Individuality and

Self-knowledge beyond ego

Atman = the Cosmic Self

Atmavidya = the knowledge of the Self

4. Integrating Asian Perspectivesinto the 21st-century Global Context

Integrative practiceof the four “I”s

in the context of the 21st century

Integrating Asian Perspectivesinto the 21st-century Global Context

Integrative practice of 4 “I”s in 21st Century

Integration of conception with introception and perception

Integrative practice of 4 “I”s in 21st Century

Integration of conception with introception and perceptionLeading from a more integral and advanced level of consciousness

Integrative practice of 4 “I”s in 21st Century

Integration of conception with introception and perception

Leading from a more integral and advanced level of consciousness

Cultivation of Wisdom beyond accumulation of knowledge

Integrating Asian Perspectivesinto 21st-Century Global Context

Unchanging Truth and Visionin a changing world

Unchanging Truth and Vision

Self-knowledge: Knowing who you are and why you do what you do

Unchanging Truth and Vision

Self-knowledge: Knowing who you are and why you do what you do

Cosmic knowledge:Knowing of the Eternal and the Unchanging

From the Monological Mind to the Dialogical Mind

Integrating Asian Perspectivesinto 21st-Century Global Context

Integrating Asian Perspectivesinto 21st-Century Global Context

Alignment Beyond Agreement

Omnicentric Configuration