Please distribute to others who may be interested... You are hereby invited to a seminar in our tenth interdisciplinary series on Evolution, Complexity and Cognition <http://ecco.vub.ac.be/?q=node/108> (ECCO 2013-2014)
Time: Friday Nov. 22, 14h-16h Place: *room D.3.16* ------------------------------ *Inclusiveness and Exposure: the experience of becoming global and the impact on organizations* Jon Echanove <http://[email protected]> (ECCO) *Abstract:* Our lives have become global from a social and economic point of view. But what does it mean in the daily ordinary behaviour of a team leader or a member of that team? I argue that ‘becoming global’ is experienced in two ways: *inclusiveness *and *exposure*. *Inclusiveness* is the experience provided by the access to traveling and information, social media and immediate connectedness. This new proximity of places, events, jobs and people gives us a sense of belonging to a wider reality. For example, internet allows Chinese young adults to follow NBA games on a daily basis, making them feel part of that competition as passionately as any young US citizen. On the other hand, the diversity of values and behaviours requires an explicit effort to understand and justify a ‘worldview’. *Exposure* is the realization of the relativity of our worldview and our need to ‘choose and own’ one. While most individuals enjoy and value the *inclusiveness* experience of ‘becoming global’, *exposure* can be a very disorienting experience, showing us the limits of our capacity to change, the limits of our readiness to transform our ‘worldview’ in order to be global. For example, a well-trained western manager in leadership development will find that the ‘truths’ about motivation of a culture that values individual freedom do not work in a culture that emphasises obedience. A new concept is required and also new values. It is precisely *exposure *the key aspect to ensure diversity and novelty within global corporations and cross-cultural teams. ------------------------------ Upcoming Seminars *Nov. 29* Wolfgang Hofkirchner (Technical University of Vienna) *Global Consciousness – the global brain in the perspective of a global sustainable information society* *Dec. 6 * Lotte van Lith *Dabrowski's Theory of Positive Disintegration* *Dec. 13 * Atanu Chatterjee (Indian Institute of Technology) *Physical Foundations of Self-organizing Systems* See also the ECCO/GBI calendar<https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=azMyN252aWluM2JoMnU3MXY5OGt2ZzliOGdAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ> More info about the ECCO seminar program: http://ecco.vub.ac.be/?q=node/108 -- Evo Evo Busseniers - Seminar Coordinator ECCO Group (VUB) <http://ecco.vub.ac.be/?q=node/1> Email: [email protected] Website: http://vub.academia.edu/EvoBusseniers<http://be.linkedin.com/in/weaver9/>
