CHANGING MINDSETSDr. Sivakumar Kumaresan
Material and Mineral Research UnitSchool of Engineering and IT
Universiti Malaysia Sabah
“Humanity is now faced with a stark choice: Evolve or die. … If the structures of the human mind remain unchanged, we will always end up re-creating the same world, the same evils, the same dysfunction.”
Eckhart Tolle
May you live in interesting times
Blind Cat runs into Dead Mouse
Chinese Expressions
Oil and Gas Business
Marginal Fields
Shale Oil Shale Gas
Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) Floating Liquified Natural Gas (FLNG)
Interesting Times (1)
Black Swans and Emergent Behaviours
2001 – ENRON Collapse 2004 - Tsunami 2008 - Global Financial Crisis 2011 – Fukushima Nuclear Reactor Disasters 2013 – Malaysian GE13
Interesting Times (2)
Trends
1. The Long Tail/ Big Data/ Ubiquitous Technology
2. Projects vs Jobs3. Merging of Biology and Technology4. New spirituality
Interesting Times (3)
Productive Organizational Culture Flow Attention Energy Systems Thinking 5 Minds for the Future
Outline
Positive Organizational Culture
POSITIVE
SUSTAINABLE VISION DRIVEN PRINCIPLE GUIDED WORK = PLAY LEARNING SYSTEMS
NEGATIVE
SHORT TERM BOTTOM LINE DRIVEN REAL POLITIK TIME = MONEY WORK SYSTEMS
Why do we work?
Key reasons? To learn To connect To make a difference
Meaningful Work
1. Present Moment Awareness2. Challenge = Ability3. Personal Power4. Can redefine Challenge/Goal5. No sense of Self6. Distorted Sense of Time7. Deep enjoyment of experience
Flow
1. Conscious control of attention
2. Present Moment Awareness
3. Slow is Fast
4. Thoughts, Emotions and Intuition
Train to Flow
Attention
Three types of focus
Deep Going deep into self
Directed Focused on a fixed ideation/image/prayer
Aware Expand awareness by heightening senses and
scope
(based on work of Paul Wilson, author of The Quiet)
You can’t see it You can see the effect of it You can feel it when it’s happening Energy Flows where Intention goes
It’s reflected in your language A bright future A warm person Energised/ Inspired/Engaged
Energy is Everything
Organizational EnergyHigh Energy
Low Energy
PositiveNegative
Corrosive Energy
Resigned Inertia
Productive Energy
Comfortable Energy
based on Fully Charged by Bruch and Vogel
Mood Mapping (1)High Energy
Low Energy
PositiveNegative
AngryViolent
DepressedMoody
HappyEcstatic
CalmQuiet
based on Mood Mapping by Liz Miller
Mood Mapping (2)High Energy
Low Energy
PositiveNegative
AngryViolent
DepressedMoody
HappyEcstatic
CalmQuiet
Mood Mapping (3)High Energy
Low Energy
PositiveNegative
AngryViolent
DepressedMoody
HappyEcstatic
CalmQuiet
based on Mood Mapping by Liz Miller
Mood Mapping (4)High Energy
Low Energy
PositiveNegative
AngryViolent
DepressedMoody
HappyEcstatic
CalmQuiet
based on Mood Mapping by Liz Miller
A system is any group of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent parts that form a complex and unified whole that has a specific purpose
Thinking in Circles NOT Straight Lines
Basic types Reinforcing (Positive Feedback) Balancing
Systems Thinking
Reinforcing
Greater your weight More you eat
Balancing
Use of meditation
Acceptable stress level
Gap
Stress levelS = SameO = Opposite
O
S
S
Success to Successful
Limits to Growth
Tragedy of the Commons
The Disciplined Mind The Synthesizing Mind The Creative Mind The Respectful Mind The Ethical Mind
5 Minds for the Future
Cliché expression but true nonetheless
The whole world is all of us together There is no “others”
The clarity and strength of our vision shapes the future
Shaping the Future
CHANGING MINDSETSDr. Sivakumar Kumaresan
Material and Mineral Research UnitSchool of Engineering and IT
Universiti Malaysia Sabah