Whole Brain Synthesis - Best Practice Institute

A Whole New Way
of Leading Globally
BPI Webinar
July 26, 2012
Designed and facilitated
by Jeremy Solomons
About Jeremy Solomons
About You?
1. Do you consider yourself to be a global leader now?
2. Do you work or plan to work with current or future
global leaders?
3. Would you like to be a global leader yourself in the
future?
About this Session
1. Context
1. Alternatives
2. Development
Did You Know?
What is Changing the World
The New Age of Work
Traditional Lenses
Geographical
Organizational
Professional
Individual
Individual Development
1. What does it mean, in a general sense, to be a truly
global leader?
2. What does it mean to me personally to be a truly
global leader?
3. What do I hope to achieve?
4. How will it enhance my career, my work, and my
personal life?
5. In what ways might it actually impinge on my career,
my work, and my personal life?
Individual Development
6. What natural strengths, learned talents, over-arching
passions, and core values do I already possess to be
a global leader?
7. What gaps do I have and what hot buttons and blind
spots do I need to be aware of?
8. How can I best overcome my shortcomings through
studying, training, coaching, mentoring, stretch
assignments, travel, etc.?
9. What else do I need to be successful on a global
level?
A New Perspective
Left or Right Brain?
BLUE
GREEN
YELLOW
PINK
RED
ORANGE
GREY
BLACK
PURPLE
TAN
WHITE
BROWN
Left/Right Brain
Logical
Rational
Objective
Quantitative
Product
Why?
Content
Solutions
Verbal
IQ
MBA
Intuitive
Emotional
Subjective
Qualitative
Process
Why Not?
Context
Reflection
Non Verbal
EQ
MFA
Whole Brain Synthesis
Holistic
Integrating
Synthesizing
Learning
Innovative
Connecting
Total Communication
Interdisciplinary
Multidirectional
Androgynous
Harmonious
CQ
MET
Whole Brain Applications
Left Brain
Whole Brain
Right Brain
Cirque du Soleil
Apple
DeLorean
AMVBBDO
Nurse
Entrepreneur
Research Scientist
Detective
Architect
Facilitator
Leader
Creative Artist
Counselor
Salesperson
Entertainer
Cartoonist
Playwright
Pre-School Teacher
Organizations:
US Marines
Toyota
Occupations:
Engineer
Banker
Accountant
Chemist
Fire Fighter
Lecturer
Manager
The Six Senses
A Place to Start
A Place to Finish … for Now
“The capacity to hold
tensions creatively is the key
to much that matters”
(Parker Palmer)
“Our mind is capable of
passing beyond the dividing
line we have drawn for it.
Beyond the pairs of
opposites of which the
world consists, other, new
insights begin”
(Hermann Hesse)
Questions?
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Think Different
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Selected Resources
A Whole New Mind/Drive – Daniel Pink (Riverhead)
Cultural Intelligence - Christopher Earley & Soon Ang
(Stanford)
Daniel Pink on A Whole New Mind –
http://www.oprah.com/own-super-soul-sunday/SixSenses-of-Right-Brain-Thinking-Video
Did You Know –
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmwwrGV_aiE
Think Different –
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX9GTUMh490
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For Further Information
[email protected]
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Disclaimer
All information provided to Jeremy Solomons and his associates
by the webinar participants before, during or after this session will
remain their property and will be treated with the utmost
confidentiality. The intellectual property contained within the
session and all written materials distributed before, during or
afterwards, owned by Jeremy Solomons and his associates, will
remain his property. Every effort has been made to ensure all oral
and written information, provided by Jeremy Solomons and his
associates, is accurate, up-to-date and properly sourced.
Materials not developed by Jeremy Solomons and his associates
are attributed to the original owner, where possible. If not, the
original source is unknown.
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