The document discusses leadership role models and how to cope with uncertainty. It argues that children make good role models as they are creative, absorb new stimuli, accept different ways of learning with no set approach, and easily adapt. The key lessons from children include creativity, absorbing new information, flexibility in problem solving, continuous learning, and adaptability to change. The conclusion is that organizations should leverage these childlike qualities to better deal with an uncertain world.

1. LEADERSHIP ROLE MODELS

2. Table of content Who should be our role model? Who is future leader? How uncertainty affects the business life? Who seem best equiped to cope with an uncertain world? Children Creativity, absorbing sitimuli, accepting no right way, learning and adaptability conclusion

4. Who’s our role model? Most appropriate role models come from unusual and universal sources NOT the pathfinders of yesterday

5. Future leader Leaders for the future require future minded role models

6. Uncertainty

7. Who seem best equiped to cope with an uncertain world Uncertainty

8. UNCERTAINTY one group of people offering attitudes, aproaches and perspectives white water leaders need to follow

9. CHILDREN

10. THE CHILD AS A ROLE MODEL In a world where uncertainty reigns,we all have to stay out of safety net of interpreted experience THE CHILD AS A ROLE MODEL

12. The leader as a child? The child as a leader? Beginner’s mind

13. Let childlikeness out to discover the world against uncertainty CHILDLIKENESS CHILDLIKENESS

14. Microsoft is school without the homework,uniform and disciplines

15. But Microsoft is poor at meeting its deadlines (Wındows 95 nine months late)

16. What lessons can children teach us? Creativity Absorbing stimuli Accepting no right way Learning Adaptability

17. Creativity

18. CREATIVITY In traditional company, creatıve elements are cordoned off. It is risky to do the new and different. Many of them did not understand the strategic of IT Creativity has to be instilled into the organization Without creativity organization will grind to a halt

19. Absorbing Stimuli Children move easily one activity to another like a manager

20. Accepting No Right Way Children seek out different methods,however unusual or different Whyte is employed by multinationals such as AT&T,Boeing and Arthur Andersen to enhance new ideas and values

21. Learning Mouse teaches the kitten how to chatch mice

22. Adaptability Children are good at dealing with unknown and unexpected If something unusual occurs they attempt to make sense of it, to understand

23. Leveraging organizational learning Lets summarize

24. Thanks for attention…