CREATIVE LEADERSHIP CREATIVE LEADERSHIP for SYSTEMIC CHANGE

Product or Behavior Change Creative Deviance on the Frontline Business TraitsStyles Psychology Influence Behaviors  Relationships and Community  Service and Collaboration  Meaning Making  Systems  Art  Mental process  Stories

The 3 Cs of APOSTOLIC CREATIVE LEADERSHIP From his Jesuit spiritual training, Mateo Ricci critically reflected on the cultural context. From his European scientific heritage, Mateo Ricci was able to make meaning of apparent contradictions. From his Christian theological formation, Mateo Ricci learnt to use his cognition with humble courage”.

CONTEXT  The Maps The lands, the sky & the sea The people and their cultures The stories, myths, and legends The mind sets and affective make up The rituals, customs, and traditions

CONTRADICTIONS  Make meaning of the systemic tensions  Science and Faith and Culture  Eastern religions and Western Christianity  Academic Scholarship and Hierarchical Leadership  Mission and Status Quo  and the tension between traditional culture and post modernity,  the tension between Christian religions and democratic politics,  the tension between management and ethics,  and the tension between tradition and change

HUMBLE COURAGE channel their egos away from themselves and into a larger goal of building the community. their ambition is first and foremost for the institution, be it the family, the culture, the church, the government demonstrates a compelling modesty, shunning public adulation and is never boastful about one’s intelligence act with quiet, calm determination and set up successors for even greater success in the next generation

 It is located (context dependent),  It is engaged (dependent on interaction with the surrounding environment),  It is embodied and concrete (affected by material aspects and physical constraints),  It is specific (sensitive to contingencies).  It involves cognition, is not individual, rational, abstract, detached and general. Instead, leadership is social (located in human communities),

Agent of Inculturated Change ContextContradictionsCourage