APLP Week Five: Diversity and Community Week Five Synopsis

Week Five enhances our understanding and appreciation of difference. Our focus is learning to lead diversity in order to build communities of action.

Week Five also continues our second module: Mapping. The Mapping Module runs through Week Six, when we depart for Field Studies to Asia and the United States mainland. The module includes weeks covering key concepts, emerging issues and leadership dimensions of a series of topic clusters

including: Demographics and Emergence, Culture and Cognition, Environment and Risk, Diversity and Community, and Negotiation and Influence. Week Five Overview Week Five deepens our engagement with the second APLP question – what types of action are required? Our focus is difference and how to lead diversity, as well as building communities of action. This includes adaptive leadership and a new model of invitational leadership. Although it sounds paradoxical, a critical feature of globalization is an increasing emphasis on difference. Consequently, how leaders handle difference and the heterogeneous communities in which they live, work, and lead, has become an important challenge and competency to develop. We all perceive and interpret the world through “filters” (or lenses), notably culture, generations (age), and personality, as well as race, gender, class, religion, and sexual orientation, among others. By examining these filters, we enhance self-awareness about the ways we individually view the world, especially our biases, triggers, and blind spots. We also learn to recognize the ways other people perceive human existence in order to find common ground and learn how to collaborate at higher levels and build communities of action.

Philosophically, the APLP model of difference distinguishes between variety (the simple fact of difference) and diversity (thriving within and learning from difference). We both value difference and add value to difference by shifting from being different “from” one another to being different “for” one another. We encourage you to find ways to contribute to the common good based on who you are. Learning to lead involves mobilizing people to make mutual contributions to shared welfare, and the formation of difference into an

interdependent whole. This takes time and effort. We live and work in an intentionally diverse community at the EWC. The ongoing challenge is to build community at the local level as a stepping-stone to building community at a regional level.   Monday The week begins off-campus with PILP at the Japanese Cultural Center (see instructions below on how to get there) with guest faculty, Keith Coats (see bio below), who will share his South African story. Growing up as a white South African in the Apartheid era and becoming a social activist for change in the land of his birth, Keith will interweave his personal narrative with events taking place in South Africa that led to national transformation and the emergence of Nelson Mandela as an invitational leader. In the afternoon, we will revisit Adaptive Leadership and deepen our understanding of this framework, using Smile Pinki as a case-study. Tuesday After an optional Social Network Analysis (SNA)/Gephi training and an optional Leadership Challenge #2: Community & Adaptive Leadership training on Tuesday morning in Burns, we continue the Personal Action Plan (PAP) process by exploring The Present (where you start from as you imagine alternative and preferred futures) in more detail. This is followed by a conversation about life and leadership with distinguished leader, politician, and conflict resolution expert, Dr. Sitiveni Halapua (bio below). Tuesday afternoon is spent off-campus with Leadership Challenge #2 focused on Community or an Action Afternoon" to pursue professional appointments or individual goals. In the evening, AP 101 looks at Islam (religious filter). Wednesday We return to the Japanese Cultural Center on Wednesday with PILP to focus on leading diversity through the filter of personality. The Enneagram is a leadership framework derived from a personality modeling system. It is particularly useful for enhancing self-awareness, understanding others from their point of view, and developing more effective teamwork. The WES speaker is Jonathan Padwe, a cultural anthropologist, who will discuss “Cultural Continuities in a Highland Cambodian Village.” Thursday Back in Burns on Thursday morning, we examine diversity through the twin filters of gender in the morning and an optional session on age/generations in the afternoon. There is a business meeting on the Field Study in-between. On Thursday and Friday afternoons, or outside class at other times in the week, each Learning Lab should arrange a team coaching appointment with Keith. Time has been blocked for this purpose. Friday News on Friday morning looks at diversity and community, with Learning Lab review afterwards. In the afternoon, aside from LL coaching, Dean Mary Hammond will offer an optional information session in the afternoon on the East-West Center’s 2015 Fellow competitions. There is also an optional visit to the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute to look at renewable energy research.

Objectives General

• Understand the nature of difference • Learn to lead diversity • Explore invitational leadership • Build communities of action

Specific

• Develop frameworks to lead diversity • Identify personal filters to enhance self-awareness and activate diversity • Deepen understanding of adaptive leadership • Continue the process of imagining and planning your future(s) • Reflect on team performance in LLs • Receive direct coaching as you formulate plans • Learn the Enneagram model of diversity and your place in it

Sample Key Ideas/Word List Variety, diversity, filters, truth and reconciliation, invitational leadership, interventions, Enneagram, #7s, coaching Key Questions

• How is variety different from diversity? • What are your dominant filters through which you perceive and interpret the

world? How do they affect your leadership of self and others? • What action steps can you take to lead diversity more effectively in the future? • What is truth? • What is the most inconvenient truth in your country? • How can you enhance your capacity to be an invitational leader? • What are effective interventions? • Who is the self that leads?

Key Milestones, Assignments and Activities Portfolio Part 1 of your APLP Portfolio is due October 1 – refer to pages 23 – 26 in the APLP Program Guide (aka, the Tome) for details. Make sure you are on top of assignments due before field study departure so you don’t have a last-minute crisis. If you would like Keith Coats to review your Leadership Reflections, please send to Keith [keith@tomorrowtoday.co.za]. What should be included in the Portfolio Part 1? The following items represent the minimum required for this mid-term progress check-in:

Required Writings • Draft of your 3 Questions (does not need to be the final cut - this is just for

feedback!) • At least 2 short Think Pieces and Leadership reflections [out of the 5 required] • Planning for Success (completed in the pre-arrival phase) • PAPs 1, 2 & 3 assignments (River of Life, etc.) • Others/Optional: GIST Proposals, independent research papers or journals, and

anything else applicable. PhD proposals and other components count as well! Required Presentations • News Presentation summaries + slides (please give a summary of text to

accompany your visual aids) • Summary + slides for G14 Skills workshops, Brown Bag seminars, etc. • Others/Optional: Anything else completed thus far, especially if off-site.

Required Conversations • One informational interview [out of the 2 required] • Extra interviews or summaries of other networking meetings are welcome as well

Required Projects • Learning Lab Project Plan (does not need to be the final cut - this is just for

feedback!)

Please note that Portfolio Part 1 is due in softcopy (electronic) only - there is no need to submit a hardcopy. Simply put your Portfolio together as a PDF and upload it to your "Portfolio" folder in the Hub by 5:00pm on October 1st. Please do not email your Portfolio to staff. Personal Action Plans Before class on Tuesday morning, please make sure you have completed all the exercises for The Past and The Present of the PAP process that we have covered in class so far. Collate all materials in a working document so you build a concrete foundation for your Personal Action Plan. Post this in your Hub portfolio. Coaching with Keith Coats a) LL Team Coaching and Debrief with Keith Coats (Week 5) - Mandatory Learning Labs are required to make a coaching appointment this week to debrief your progress and teamwork with guest faculty, Keith Coats. Contact Keith via his Hub email account and cc [keith@tomorrowtoday.co.za].

What have you done well as a LL? What can you do better? Please prepare an agenda for this meeting in advance so you maximize the time.

b) Individual Coaching and Debrief with Keith Coats (Weeks 5 & 6) - Optional Make an appointment outside class times to discuss your individual leadership journey.

Prepare answers to the following questions prior to meeting Keith:

1. What is the question or challenge you are facing you want to discuss with Keith? 2. What actions have you already taken that you can share with him? What were

the outcomes? 3. What do you hope to achieve through this conversation?

• Peace (One) Day Sunday, September 21 is the official day of peace worldwide. Building on the documentary we watched, The Day After Peace, APLP and PILP will present a Peace Day Festival at the Thai Sala (Pavilion) near Lincoln Hall (where we all met for the first time in CBI). The program runs from 11:00am-2:30pm and includes group meditation, yoga, and guest speakers from the Institute of Peace and Hawaii Foodbank. Please support!

• News 4 (Sept 26): Diversity and Community Present case studies on inclusive or exclusive community building.

Presenters: Tse-Yu, Nor Azzah, Kyungmin, Yadav, Safi, Martin, Yukiko Staff Contact: Heather Trundle

• LL Review

International Relations is in charge of Week 5.

Guest Bios Keith Coats During Weeks Five and Six, APLP mentor and guest faculty, Keith Coats, will be joining the G14 community and sharing his leadership knowledge and expertise. After leading a national NGO in South Africa for 20 years, working with underprivileged children, Keith co-founded an international leadership consultancy business, www.TomorrowToday.biz, where his official title is Director of Story-Telling. Ten years later, the company has achieved worldwide recognition and success. Keith has worked with the APLP annually since 2002 and played an integral role in program development. To maximize his time with G14, Keith will stay in Hale Manoa and work with you outside class in team and individual coaching sessions. See ‘This Week’ on the Hub for further details, including a letter of self-introduction by Keith. Dr. Sitiveni Halapua Dr. Sitiveni Halapua is a Tongan politician and Member of the Tongan Parliament. He is a deputy leader of the Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands. Dr. Halapua has a PhD in economics from the University of Kent in England. Between 1981 and 1988 he lectured in economics at the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji. He later worked as Director of the Pacific Islands Development Programme at the East-West Center in Hawaii. While working at the East-West Center he developed a conflict-resolution system based on the Polynesian practice of Talanoa, which he has applied in the Cook Islands, Fiji, and Tonga. In November 2005 Halapua was appointed to the National Committee for Political Reform, aimed at producing a plan for the democratic reform of Tonga. In October 2006 the Commission recommended a fully elected parliament. He subsequently blamed Prime Minister Feleti Sevele's "hijacking" of the report for the 2006 Nuku'alofa riots. Halapua was elected to Parliament at the 2010 elections, as Member of Parliament (MP) for Tongatapu 3. Following the elections, he was suggested as a candidate for Prime Minister. In July 2014 Halapua was de-selected as a Democratic Party candidate. He subsequently announced he would campaign as an independent.

Advanced Leadership Program (ALP) Bios Our ohana gets a little bigger this week as we welcome two additional participants… Marta Moraza (Spain) serves as a Project Manager for the European Patent Office in The Hague, Netherlands, where she leads strategic change initiatives with a focus on Asia Pacific. She has over fifteen years of progressive experience in both the private and government sectors, with specialization in innovation and intellectual property. Ms. Moraza earned a Master of Science in Management from the Spanish Open University, a Master of Arts in International Trade Management from the Chamber of Commerce in Spain, and a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of the Basque Country. She is studying the role and impact of APEC and ASEAN, their connections with knowledge management and innovation, and the implications for the European market. Thandar Swe (Myanmar) is the founder of Sagawa Development Consultancy in Yangon, where she facilitates strategic and leadership development for government and civil society institutions. Ms. Swe has extensive experience in the humanitarian and development sector, and has worked with such organizations as World Concern, Save the Children, and UNDP-UNOPS. She is a specialist in microfinance and behavior change communication. Ms. Swe earned a Master of Arts from Williams College in the United States, an MBA from Assumption College in Thailand, and Bachelor of Economics from the Economics Institute in Myanmar. She is exploring leadership models for good governance in the context of Myanmar’s rapidly changing leadership landscape. Readings and Resources Leading Diversity Some of these resources have been introduced earlier in the semester. This week broadens and deepens our engagement with the topic.

• Difference: Peter Hershock (EWC researcher and philosopher), Introduction and Chapters 1 and 2 from his book, Valuing Diversity (2012). Peter gave a Master Class in Week 3 to APLP and PILP. Also, Stuart Hall, ‘Living with Difference’ (2007). An excellent interview with a renowned thought leader.

• Personality: Keith Coats, ‘The Enneagram’. Handouts in class on personality

types and communication styles with further recommended readings.

• Generations: ‘Detailed Introduction to Generational Theory in Asia’ by Graeme Codrington. Also recommended: Graeme Codrington and Sue Grant-Marshall, Mind The Gap (2011).

• Race: Listen to President Obama’s watershed speech on Race in 2008. The New York Times has video (38 minutes) and text side-by-side: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/03/18/us/politics/20080318_OBAMA_GRAPHIC.html

Two recommended readings on race are the beginning of an Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, and Martin Luther King, Jr.‘s Letter from Birmingham Jail.

• Gender: The key reading here is the Introduction to the book, The Difference ‘Difference’ Makes: Women and Leadership by Deborah L. Rhode. Also, ‘A Startling Change’: The Admission of Women to Emmanuel College” [Cambridge University] is an interesting case-study of how change happens over time, especially resistance to what later seems self-evident, in this case equal opportunities for women in higher education. The list of reasons offered by those in power for not accepting women into university is particularly enlightening.

• Language: “Speaking in Tongues” by Zadie Smith. A superb lecture published in The New York Review of Books, February 26, 2009. http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2009/feb/26/speaking-in-tongues-2/?pagination=false&printpage=true

• Intelligence: Howard Gardner, ‘Multiple Lenses on the Mind’ (2005). In E-Analects (library on The Hub), #C5. Different types of intelligence.

• Culture: Linda Sue Warner and Keith Grint, ‘American Indian Ways of Knowing’ (2006). Optional article on culture (in addition to resources from Culture Week).

• Culture Shock: E-Analects #D1

Leadership Challenge #2: Community & Adaptive Leadership Online platform containing directions, background readings, prison dress code requirements, and interview questions: http://ed.ted.com/on/OZjm6vRr

Japanese Cultural Center Directions. Important! On Monday and Wednesday in Week 5 (and Monday in Week 6), classes will be held off-campus in the Japanese Cultural Center (JCC) in the “Manoa Grand Ballroom” on the 5th floor. It is your responsibility to get to class on time, either by walking to JCC (about 30 minutes) or by taking the free shuttle that leaves approximately every 25 minutes from UH campus Sinclair Circle. On arrival, enter the JCC and take the elevator up to the 5th floor to the Manoa Grand Ballroom. Follow the signs for APLP-PILP.

1. Walking to JCC This will take approximately 30 minutes. See map below. You should leave Hale Manoa no later than 8:45am on Monday (class starts at 9:30am) and no later than 8:15am on Wednesday (class starts at 9:00am).

2. UH Shuttle to JCC: Route J1 - Japanese Cultural Center/Moiliili

The shuttle is free. It leaves from Sinclair Circle on UH campus. It take about 10 minutes to walk to Sinclair Circle from Hale Manoa. The shuttle runs every 25-30 minutes between 7:15am and 5:15pm and takes about 15 minutes. The route is: Japanese Cultural Center -> First Hawaiian Bank -> Puck's Alley -> Varsity Place Lot -> Sinclair Circle -> Varsity Building -> Japanese Cultural Center

The shuttle only seats around 20 people at a time, so depending how many people choose to walk or ride, you will need to go in shifts. That means some people will need to leave early. You should leave Hale Manoa no later than 8:20am (first group) and no later than 8:40am (second group).

3. Lunch

We will stay in the JCC area over lunch (there are many restaurants to chose from within walking distance). Please bring money for lunch or bring lunch with you.

Map from EWC to JCC

Calendar: Week Five (Sept 22-26, 2014)

WEEK FIVE: Diversity and Community (LL = International Relations)

DATE TIME

TOPIC

Mon, Sept 22 9:30-12:00 JCC KC & NB Leading Diversity M Mon, Sept 22 1:30-3:30 JCC NB & KC Adaptive Leadership Part 2 M Tues, Sept 23 8:15-9:00 Burns 2121 GA SNA/Gephi Training O

Tues, Sept 23 8:15-9:00 Burns 2063 LB Leadership Challenge #2: Community & Adaptive Leadership training O

Tues, Sept 23 9:00-11:30 Art Gallery CM PAP 3: The Present Part 2 M

Tues, Sept 23 11:30-12:15 Burns 2063 SM Interview with Sitiveni Halapua: Life and Leadership M

Tues, Sept 23 1:15-5:00 Off-Campus LB

Leadership Challenge #2: Community or Action Afternoon P

Tues, Sept 23 6:00-7:30 Burns 2121 SM A-P 101: Islam O Wed, Sept 24 9:00-12:00 JCC KC The Enneagram (Personality) M Wed, Sept 24 1:30-3:30 JCC KC The Enneagram (Application) M Wed, Sept 24 6:30-8:30 Keoni EWC WES: Jonathan Padwe M Thurs, Sept 25 9:00-11:00 Burns 2121 GA Gender and Leadership M Thurs, Sept 25 11:00-12:00 Burns 2121 SM & CM Field Study Prep M Thurs, Sept 25 1:30-3:00 Burns 2121 KC Mind the Gap (Generations) O Thurs, Sept 25 3:00-6:00 TBC KC & LLs LL Team Coaching with Keith Coats S Fri, Sept 26 8:30-10:30 Burns 2063 HT News: Diversity and Community M Fri, Sept 26 10:30-12:00 Burns 2063 CM Learning Lab Review and Now What? M Fri, Sept 26 1:00-5:00 TBC LL & KC LL Team Coaching with Keith S

Fri, Sept 26 3:00-4:00 3118 Mary H Information Session on 2015 East-West Center Fellowship Competitions O

Fri, Sept 26 PM POST Building CM

Visit Hawaii Natural Energy Institute - Renewable Energy Research O

Fri, Sept 26 PM TBC KC Individual Coaching with Keith Coats S Fri, Sept 26 PM

Wellness

* Sunday, September 21: APLP & PILP Peace Day Festival. Thai Sala/Pavilion, 11:00-2:30 KEY: M = Mandatory, O = Optional, P = Pick (at least one is mandatory), S = Sign Up