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Challenges of Decision Making
Thinking the Unthinkable
Mirza Yawar BaigOpening the world, one mind at a time©
Experience
• International speaker, author, life coach, entrepreneur, photographer. 16 years in general management, 30 years in training. Trained over 200,000 managers, on three continents. International consulting practice. Specialize in Leadership Development, Family Business and Education.
• 1994 Founded Yawar Baig & Associates
Education• IIMA, P-CMM, MBTI, WSA, ISABS
Books include• Leadership is a Personal Choice• Leadership Lessons from the life of Rasoolullahملسو هيلع هللا ىلص• An Entrepreneur’s Diary• Hiring Winners• Understanding Islam – 52 Juma Khutbas• Fieldbook for the Khateeb – 52 Juma Khutbas• 20-10-2010, 55. Life lessons of 55 years
Member Panel of Consultants• Association of Muslim Schools, South Africa & UK• Jamiat ul Ulama, South Africa & Sri Lanka
• USA• GE Corporate University, Crotonville• AMA International, New York• Andersen Corporate University MN
• India• SVP National Police Academy, Hyderabad• SSB Academy, Gwaldam, Uttar Akhand• LBS Academy of Administration, Mussoorie
Clients include
• GE, Oracle, Motorola, Microsoft, IBM, National Semiconductor, Unilever, BSNL, Tata Indicom, Colgate, Asian Paints, Siemens, Wartsila, MphasiS, EXL Service, World Bank-CGIAR, Tata Corporate, J & J, Accenture, Zeneca Seeds, Reuters, Air India, Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo, Olam, Regal Beloit, AMKA, Checkout, Suzlon, JP Morgan, SEW Infrastructure, SEAPOL, Expolanka, KAR Group, LANCO, Verizon, Mars Chocolates, Rahimafrooz, Utah Group
Your CanvasThe painting will be yours
It is not a sign of health to be profoundly adjusted
to a sick society. ~ J. Krishnamurthy
“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out
why.” ~Mark Twain
The World Today
Tomorrow will be more For better or worse
A world of contrasts
That speaks to us in the language of signs – readable only
by those who can see.
“There's none so blind as those who will not listen.” ― Neil Gaiman, American Gods
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• 3 billion live on less than $2.5 per day.• Tonight more than 1 billion children will go to bed hungry.• 22,000 children die everyday due to poverty• On this planet 805 million people do not have enough
food to eat.• More than 750 million of them lack adequate access to
clean drinking water.
Basic Necessities
What is a basic necessity?
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• In 1998, the UN estimated that it would take $40 billion annually to offer basic education, clean water and sanitation, reproductive health, and basic health and nutrition to every person in every developing country. •That would be about $58 billion today.
What will it take?
Compared to $ 1.406 Trillion on weapons
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•The World Food Programme says, “The poor are hungry and their hunger traps them in poverty.” •Hunger is the #1 cause of death in the world, killing more than HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined.
Hunger kills
Believe it or not
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• WWF’s (Worldwide Fund for Nature) Living Planet Report – 2014, the number of wild animals in the world has been halved during the last 40 years!
Our Dying Planet?
And that’s only the ones we counted
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What to do?Become
Entrepreneurial
2 – critical requirements
1. Be unrealistic2. Be unreasonable
Because our future depends on it
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world
to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”
George Bernard Shaw in ‘Man and Superman’
Exercise• Please identify two crucial areas where you would like to make a change
1. Define the ‘Arrived State’ of your change2. Who else does it inspire?3. What are the Enablers and Inhibitors you anticipate?4. What resources do you need and how will you get them? 5. By when will you complete the task?
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The Slide of LifeIdealist
OptimistRealist
PessimistCynic
Indifferent
You cannot light a fire from a dead lamp
Your ChallengesTo solve a problem you must first
recognize it
Change is a Process
Concept Pilot Roll-
out
6 – Imperatives 1. Redefine ‘Greatness’2. Redefine the narrative 3. Include the majority in the narrative4. Redefine wealth5. Do this within the boundaries of the law6. Take people with you
Redefine ‘Greatness’•What makes Alexander – The Great?•From conquering territory to social and economic development
From Alhambra and Taj Mahal to the state of the
common man
Redefine the narrative •From glorifying excess to applauding compassion•From the good of a few to the good of the many
Change aspirations
Include the majority• In the narrative as participants, not victims•Focus on ethics and morals because our sickness is not the result of lack of resources but of the corruption of the basis of decision making
Possessions add cost – not value
Redefine Wealth•Redefine the means of acquiring wealth•Redefine success and the means of achieving it
Change education
Redefine the Law•Do all of the above within the boundary of the law•Since the law was made by the 62 – see how you can redefine the law for the other 6 billion (less 62)
Because laws are made for the benefit of those in power
Take people with you•Don’t imagine that you will be welcomed with open arms•Help them to see WiiFM
Because it is about you, not about them
What to do?As individuals
7 - Checkpoints1.Passion2.Skill3.Justice4.Focus
5.Responsibility6.Metrics7.Quality
Passion1.Define passion2.Do only what you are passionate
about
If it can’t make you cry, it can’t make you work
Skill1. Develop expertise in your passion2. 10,000 hour rule + thoughtful
practice
Passion is not a substitute for skill
Justice1.Do what is just, even if you don’t like
it2.Stand for justice even if you stand
alone
“I disagree with you but I will defend to the death your right to differ.” ~ Benjamin Disraeli
Focus1.Keep focused on the real issues
and don’t get distracted by the noise
2.Look for leverage points
Focus is the art of ignoring fluff
Responsibility1.Own up and accept your
responsibility2.Look for solutions – not
scapegoats
Because you can’t change what you don’t own
Metrics1. Measure yourself2. What you don’t measure you don’t
know – what you don’t know you can’t influence
You can only fool yourself
Quality1.Objectively appraise performance2.Reduce mistakes
Expertise is repeatability
Because it is about youNot about them
Uنَّ Uْم بَِأ Uعْل Uْم ي Uل َأى UرU َّهU ي الل
Alaq 96: 14 Doesn’t he know that Allah is watching?
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