A clearly defined globalization agenda is important to anchor change as a new opportunity, and lead a global society with a step-wise approach.
In fact, to develop an effective globalization agenda requires us to be willing to listen to diverse viewpoints, broaden the perspective to fix misperceptions, break down old traditions, outdated knowledge, and create fresh insight. The point is that interdependence and cooperation rather than domination are the only way to advance global communities, advocate inclusiveness, overcome common challenges and advance human society collaboratively.
Shape a global society via anthropological perspective: The world has become much more complex and smaller all at once due to blurred territories, virtual interactions, intriguing business relationships. Anthropology can help us discover our place in the world as regards diverse culture, world conceptions from linguistic, religious, educational, life style, historical perspectives, complexes, motives of specific human behavioral aspects, or variety of natural phenomenon, etc. So global leaders and professionals with anthropological perspectives are able to wear different perception glasses, experiment with different ways of doing the same things and are more tolerant of cultures and customs other than their own, catalyze innovation and drive progressive changes.
There is biological anthropology (different races, sizes, shapes of creatures), linguistic anthropology (language represents reality in its own sense so there are phenomenal differences in ideas and expressions), or sociological anthropology (diverse societies present varying societal phenomena, human behavior patterns, life styles, cultural differences.) We live in such a diverse world with abundance of knowledge and cultural heritage, thinking through anthropological dimensions, questioning one’s assumptions, and opening one’s eyes to a spectrum of things with so many different shades and colors of the same world, helps to identify the friction of opposites while translating and interpreting from one dialect to the other, harness cross-boundary communication smoothly. Discover the logic in language, historical events, decision processes, leadership patterns, etc. by deepening understanding of different states, different attitudes, or different beliefs in order to diagnose the critical problems and solve them smoothly.
Integrate a global society via information technology lens: Information grows exponentially; the amount of data to manage is huge and creates a lot of pressure. Digitalization and globalization are mutually reinforcing with each other. Information is power and emergent digital technologies are the digital catalyst to recharge business vehicles and reenergize human society. Big Data analytics builds a foundation to develop an information-savvy, people-centric intelligent society via personalization, optimization, integration.
The information potential and emergent technology trends are where the opportunity is located for real competitive advantage from investments in digital into the future. Technically, how can you process information into fresh knowledge, how to leverage knowledge to optimize processes, solve problems that matters; How can contextual changes be best determined to solve chains of relevant issues without causing too many side-effects? How do you structure information systems to deal with uncertainty, forecast the future with a certain level of accuracy? Etc. Either information or technology is the means to the end, not the end. If you don't know how to use it properly you won't get good results. So global leaders and professionals with IT fluency can focus on information-based business strategy management and keep anticipating future hurdles or complications, then they are better prepared to deal with “VUCA” reality smoothly.
Renew a global society from a philosophical lens: Philosophy is always important to “better understand evolution and harness its power to serve human purposes.” It’s a sort of discipline to discover human origin or discover truth from myth. The digital philosophy comes from a worldview that looks at the world as a one, rather than west or east; it is the principle to guide through the business transformation. It's a holistic view that sees the world as interconnected, interdependent and integrated. So people from different regions, religions, and cultural differences should refine their knowledge into more unified insight; clarify the difference between local common beliefs and global principles; compare personal/family values with national, global values, etc. So they can communicate without getting lost in interpretation and collaborate more frictionlessly to solve problems that benefit more people on the earth.
Philosophy is the compass of human civilization; there are more people on this planet than ever, we need more people to pursue truth, unpuzzle myth; rediscover reality, and capture wisdom. Philosophy has a broader lens to see through the world; and has deliberate processes for raising questions, reasoning, and thinking outside the box. Philosophical perspective is often more paradoxical to deepen understanding of contrast conceptualism: Isolation vs. togetherness, stagnation vs. growth, convention vs. innovation in order to orchestrate societal changes, harness collaborations, and build a balanced human society as coherent and consistent as possible. Let the world as a whole run in a harmonized way by integrating the best of two global hemispheres -East & West.
Our co-shared world becomes so hyperconnected and dynamic, now with the uncertainty around, the volatile market situations, fierce competition, abundant information, advanced technology, and globalization. It’s no surprise that we will see more of a sharing between disciplines of anthropology, philosophy, neuroscience, psychology, and technology, etc to understand problems profoundly, and lead change empathetically. A clearly defined globalization agenda is important to anchor change as a new opportunity, and lead a global society with a step-wise approach.
Shape a global society via anthropological perspective: The world has become much more complex and smaller all at once due to blurred territories, virtual interactions, intriguing business relationships. Anthropology can help us discover our place in the world as regards diverse culture, world conceptions from linguistic, religious, educational, life style, historical perspectives, complexes, motives of specific human behavioral aspects, or variety of natural phenomenon, etc. So global leaders and professionals with anthropological perspectives are able to wear different perception glasses, experiment with different ways of doing the same things and are more tolerant of cultures and customs other than their own, catalyze innovation and drive progressive changes.
There is biological anthropology (different races, sizes, shapes of creatures), linguistic anthropology (language represents reality in its own sense so there are phenomenal differences in ideas and expressions), or sociological anthropology (diverse societies present varying societal phenomena, human behavior patterns, life styles, cultural differences.) We live in such a diverse world with abundance of knowledge and cultural heritage, thinking through anthropological dimensions, questioning one’s assumptions, and opening one’s eyes to a spectrum of things with so many different shades and colors of the same world, helps to identify the friction of opposites while translating and interpreting from one dialect to the other, harness cross-boundary communication smoothly. Discover the logic in language, historical events, decision processes, leadership patterns, etc. by deepening understanding of different states, different attitudes, or different beliefs in order to diagnose the critical problems and solve them smoothly.
The information potential and emergent technology trends are where the opportunity is located for real competitive advantage from investments in digital into the future. Technically, how can you process information into fresh knowledge, how to leverage knowledge to optimize processes, solve problems that matters; How can contextual changes be best determined to solve chains of relevant issues without causing too many side-effects? How do you structure information systems to deal with uncertainty, forecast the future with a certain level of accuracy? Etc. Either information or technology is the means to the end, not the end. If you don't know how to use it properly you won't get good results. So global leaders and professionals with IT fluency can focus on information-based business strategy management and keep anticipating future hurdles or complications, then they are better prepared to deal with “VUCA” reality smoothly.
Renew a global society from a philosophical lens: Philosophy is always important to “better understand evolution and harness its power to serve human purposes.” It’s a sort of discipline to discover human origin or discover truth from myth. The digital philosophy comes from a worldview that looks at the world as a one, rather than west or east; it is the principle to guide through the business transformation. It's a holistic view that sees the world as interconnected, interdependent and integrated. So people from different regions, religions, and cultural differences should refine their knowledge into more unified insight; clarify the difference between local common beliefs and global principles; compare personal/family values with national, global values, etc. So they can communicate without getting lost in interpretation and collaborate more frictionlessly to solve problems that benefit more people on the earth.
Our co-shared world becomes so hyperconnected and dynamic, now with the uncertainty around, the volatile market situations, fierce competition, abundant information, advanced technology, and globalization. It’s no surprise that we will see more of a sharing between disciplines of anthropology, philosophy, neuroscience, psychology, and technology, etc to understand problems profoundly, and lead change empathetically. A clearly defined globalization agenda is important to anchor change as a new opportunity, and lead a global society with a step-wise approach.
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