tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13548644318886776042024-03-19T03:31:10.923-07:00correclarity, compassion, choice, convictionemanuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11215873385558184706noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354864431888677604.post-78164305473832044402011-05-29T15:34:00.000-07:002011-05-29T15:45:53.807-07:00about 4 impactful experiences<meta name="Title" content=""> <meta name="Keywords" content=""> <meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 2008"> <meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 2008"> <link rel="File-List" href="file://localhost/Users/Emanuel/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0clip_filelist.xml"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:documentproperties> <o:template>Normal.dotm</o:Template> <o:revision>0</o:Revision> <o:totaltime>0</o:TotalTime> <o:pages>1</o:Pages> <o:words>864</o:Words> <o:characters>4926</o:Characters> <o:company>GSM</o:Company> <o:lines>41</o:Lines> <o:paragraphs>9</o:Paragraphs> <o:characterswithspaces>6049</o:CharactersWithSpaces> <o:version>12.0</o:Version> </o:DocumentProperties> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:drawinggridverticalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> <w:dontautofitconstrainedtables/> <w:dontvertalignintxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="276"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Courier New"; 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However, what I will remember from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maasai_Mara">Masai Mara</a> in some sentences are:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Will and Peter - awesome guides that quickly turned in to nice friends. Together we created an empowering environment where dreams were shared and learning took place.</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Masai community – living in harmony with all aspects of society. Having the opportunity to spend a few hours with these amazing people was simply amazing. Sure, a bit touristic, but equally, very important for me to experience. Could I imagine changing my life so as to live like the Masai tribe? Not sure. I probably wouldn’t survive longer than a week…- that aside – living in a mutual beneficial relationship with nature is possibly the most important thing I have to learn – knowing that it is possible. Other practices of the masai tribe I found less impressive, e.g. polygamy – however I wasn’t there to judge – just learn and thus suspending my judgements was critical to really enjoy and immerse in the experience.</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Close connection to nature and with the animals of course stood out. E.g. seeing lions showing compassion and love. Experiencing a leopard hunt was incredible and watching cheetahs chilling under a tree was so powerful.</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Majken getting ill was less exciting, but she patiently recovered and was determined to enjoy the experience though being from the back of the car, waking up to take the amazing pictures that now shapes what we remember from the magical days in Masai Mara.</span></li></ul><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" ><b>Kibera</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" >Kibera – Caro took us to Kibera. It was a difficult meeting simply because never before have I seen so many difficult realities. I think I had a naïve aspiration coming to Kenya, trying to think about a systematic approach to at least in theory tackle extreme poverty. I left Kebera not knowing where to start. It moved me and then and there I knew that Kenya had moved me for live. Spending some hours playing football and reading with the children was amazing. On the surface it seems so small, i.e. to have a kindergarten that impacts 20 children every day, but having been there, actually experiencing it made me realize that these initiatives are so important and they really make a difference. They are absolutely critical.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" ><b>Retreat</b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" >Retreat – from Kibera to retreat at a very nice hotel in mombasa. In the beginning a shock. How could we go from the slum to a luxury hotel? We were there to celebrate Majken’s big birthday, but felt confused.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Seeing all western tourists exploiting beautiful Kenya felt un-real and wrong. Unfair, I know, but that was how we felt. We transformed our confusion to four very impactful days. We created a flow with meditation, powerful conversations, exercise, good food, healthy life and relaxation – amazing. Majken and I discussed our collective 2016 vision and also our individual visions within the scope of our collective vision. We are clear and it feels great – now we need to bring it to live!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" ><b><a href="http://www.precioussisters.org/">Precious sisters </a></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" >Precious sisters – spending time with a dear friend, hosting some sessions and participating as mentors at the precious sisters event in Nairobi was incredible. It probably gave me so much more than what I could give back to the girls and the organization. The precious sisters thought me about the power of a dream and that anything is possible with a bit of support from people that genuinely care. Precious sister will become the structured way in which I will come back again and again to Kenya. Sometimes in person, but always in my mind, heart and will. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" >I call this experience meaningful Kenya. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" ><b>The Marketing Academy Boot Camp </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" >The Marketing Academy Boot Camp – outstanding. Deserves a blog post on its own. The Programmes for life leadership development program combined with the thought leaders sharing their experiences and the amazing fellow students made me expand my leadership vision. It is now, clarity, compassion, choice and CONVICTION. Conviction being the addition. Having the fundamental belief, being convinced that you can be or do whatever you want is something that I believe great leaders embody. Gratitude the best word to describe how I feel about the boot camp. Anticipation is what I feel about the year ahead. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" ><b>Marathon in Copenhagen </b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" >Marathon in Copenhagen – absolutely exhausting, but so much fun and an amazing catalyst for living a physically healthy life in 2011. I completed the race. A stretch, but so enjoyable. Will I do it again – most probably yes!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >Bikram Yoga</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" >To conclude this quite long Sunday post I felt like sharing about my bikram yoga class on Friday. I was super close to pass out several times doing yoga exercise in 40 degrees C. After the class I concluded I felt physically fit, but spiritually a bit tired and confused. 2011 has been an amazing year to date, but I also feel to need to ground myself again. Come back to my practices, but also visit my family in Sweden. I miss them and it doesn’t feel right knowing I haven’t been home yet this year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" >This post was about celebrating the last few months to enable me to look ahead and move on. Thus writing has also been about thinking about what the nearest few months will be about. While enjoying the bank holiday weekend the emerging themes are:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Continue the momentum Majken and I have in our relationship</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Become part my close family lives</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Take my work through the nearest months with excellence and then gain clarity about my next professional challenge</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Fully immerse myself with what the marketing academy has to offer – being clear that this is an experience for me to:</span></li></ul><ol><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Critically evaluate the leader I want to be</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Build my marketing philosophy</span></li></ol><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" >I think this is it for now. Time for bed as an early start with some golf on my bank holiday Monday in on the agenda tomorrow!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" >Until later</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" >Emanuel </span></p> <!--EndFragment-->emanuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11215873385558184706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354864431888677604.post-59129423634403681032010-12-18T05:28:00.000-08:002010-12-18T05:52:05.102-08:00About 2010<meta name="Title" content=""> <meta name="Keywords" content=""> <meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 2008"> <meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 2008"> <link rel="File-List" href="file://localhost/Users/Emanuel/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0clip_filelist.xml"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:documentproperties> <o:template>Normal.dotm</o:Template> <o:revision>0</o:Revision> <o:totaltime>0</o:TotalTime> <o:pages>1</o:Pages> <o:words>1044</o:Words> <o:characters>5954</o:Characters> <o:company>GSM</o:Company> <o:lines>49</o:Lines> <o:paragraphs>11</o:Paragraphs> <o:characterswithspaces>7311</o:CharactersWithSpaces> <o:version>12.0</o:Version> </o:DocumentProperties> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:drawinggridverticalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> <w:dontautofitconstrainedtables/> <w:dontvertalignintxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="276"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; 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I will join in the celebration and use this opportunity to reflect and learn from the past, hopefully enjoy a peaceful present, and find inspiration towards what I hope should be an amazing and incredible 2011! </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-GB">Magical day – inspiration flowing through my body<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Today is a magical day – I am in my flat in London and as I am looking out the window everything is white – it’s beautiful. I am inside, it is warm, I have lightened up candles – inspiration is flowing through my body. A light feeling of being here! I am also slightly nervousness about what this post will be about – I am currently writing within structuring my thinking about what to write – the theme is 2010 and 2011, that’s it! I am enjoying the journey! I feel slightly nervous seeing the beautiful snow as Majken is in NY and I hope to get her home! I am also keen to be flying out to Sthlm on Wednesday next week – I hope the things will have worked out until then. Hey – no need to worry about the future, when I instead can just appreciate and be amazed by this present moment. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-GB">Early days of 2010 – flawed thinking<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">In the beginning of 2010 I was obsessed by the idea that the year was supposed to be about doing what I do what I do better as opposed to introducing new elements and change in my life – I was thinking it would be a year of order, not chaos! Why the need? Not sure – but surprisingly the learning is something I thought I already knew – only putting up principles and goals that I can actually impact. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">It started to love the my time when I realized that my year is about practices - not about ideal states that require things out of my control to converge – I deserve beauty when I attract it, but not when I am trying to control events or when events control how I feel about my life and overall situation – the early days was about flawed thinking, but it got better!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-GB">2010 in some key words<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-GB">A year of practice…<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span lang="EN-GB">I have had good practices in my life in 2010…<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Regular physical practice– discovering that I enjoy jogging, ending up signing up for Copenhagen Marathon in 2011.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Regular spiritual practice – trying to focus on regularity instead of length, 5 min a day makes a difference for me to feel better equipped to be my best <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Regular sleep, 6-8 hours a night – seeing the clear correlation between good sleep, performance, inspiration, willingness and drive my practices: physical and spiritual </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Close relationship – discovering the power of a healthy energy giving relationship, where the whole is greater (sorry for cliché) than the sum of the parts…</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Learning – the practice of learning is realizing that there is no end to learning, just learning and learning…</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">…reflecting on my leadership vision of clarity, compassion and choice, I conclude that I when I manage to practice my healthy practices I can stay true to my vision… a powerful realization and a comforting discovery for me! </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span lang="EN-GB">I have also had some bad practices in 2010…<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Drama – bringing in drama into my life on different levels; in my professional career, in some of my close relationships, in my mind, not always feeling comfortable about my abilities and overall direction…always convinced that I can be my best!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Tobacco – using my “snus” at times simply because I find it delicious, it is not a regular practice and a routine so I won’t punish myself for it, just trying to exchange the practice for a better practice… </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">At times being outside my integrity zone in some close relationships, without really shouldering the responsibility and really understanding my role </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-GB">Powerful discovery</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> – I have good and bad practices. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-GB">Challenge</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> – not punish myself for my bad practices, just be aware of them, and try to exchange them for better practices…!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-GB">Temporary Conclusions</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> – when life is about practices and the end goal is about learning, when I trust my discovery, I am accepting more what is and I can allow happiness for what it is…Running a marathon will be a good metaphor for the art of practice – I hope to practice the practice of capturing the experience, to further embody my discovery!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span lang="EN-GB">This is becoming a long post… doesn’t matter, I would love to be able to go back at <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>it at the back end of 2011 and see how I feel then about how I feel now!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-GB">Thriving professionally…<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I have had enormous support from my mentor and various coaches and leading thinkers within the field that I am in. I am humbled by my opportunity to learn and I feel so much gratitude for everyone playing a role in my development! Gratitude especially to my two managers that have guided my journey within the business during 2010 and gratitude towards my mentor!!! I find it hard to describe in words how important my mentor relationship has been for so many aspects of my life – helping me to stay positive, smile and thrive in areas I want to thrive!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-GB">Experiencing different places – travels I remember personally and professionally!</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Personally I experienced the UK: Lake District, Wales, Bath, Devon and the south, beaches and surfing! I am growing to love the country. London is also growing in me the more time I spend in the city!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I also went to Sardinia and Turkey – both amazing trips that I absolutely enjoyed! </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Easy to forget, but also very powerful – my trips to Bornholm and the Archipelago of Stockholm – my peaceful places in Scandinavia!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Professionally I went all over the place in Europe, mainly to Zurich and Vienna, but I also experienced Central and Eastern Europe, Boston and some other amazing places! All in all, exciting, but also a big stretch as all of these travels means a lot of preparation to deliver as per what I expect from myself!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Travel seems to be a constant in my life! As much as I love these experiences, it is also a big scarify to my life in London and also, travels makes it hard to practice some of my healthy practices…at the same time, there are new excuses, just good and bad practices, hence I need to exchange some of my bad practices while travelling to better practices!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-GB">My family and closest relationship<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I feel an enormous gratitude for everyone in my family – they are all my biggest supporters, and it is hard to describe in words how much I love them!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">My unique love to my closest relationship is growing, she inspires me and I am feeling so much respect for her and our love!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-GB">Friends<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I feel so much gratitude for my close friends, some of which have celebrated their love, others entering the magical chronological age of 30, some thriving in their professions, some are physically very close to me, others are spiritually close, common for all – you are all very close to me and I give you so many thoughts all the time! I am very rarely around – but all of you means a lot to me. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-GB">2011<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I feel very positive about the year ahead! I think magical things will happen! I open for what is.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">2011 – I hope a year of more healthy than un-healthy practices! </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I hope I will thrive my relationship – I will do everything I can be present in our space baby – I suggest a daily spiritual practice for us every time we are in our space!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I hope some of the themes of 2011 include…</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">…learning, both un-structured everyday learning and some more structured learning. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">…professional surprise, excitement and fulfilment </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">…health and successful spiritual practice </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">…re-establishing late nights with leading thinkers...</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">…invest time to connect with leading thinkers influencing culture, trends and health of our society </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">2010 – a year of gratitude, thriving, practice and drama</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">2011 – a year of practice, gratitude, daring and of course clarity, compassion and choice!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">__________________________</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I just read this quote that I think is a nice way to conclude this post:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span lang="EN-GB">“If you create an act, you create a habit.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span lang="EN-GB">If you create a habit, you create character.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span lang="EN-GB">If you create a character, you create a destiny.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span lang="EN-GB">André Maurois<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Until next time</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Emanuel </span></p> <!--EndFragment--><p></p> <!--EndFragment-->emanuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11215873385558184706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354864431888677604.post-41571955312224188182010-10-16T16:32:00.000-07:002010-10-16T16:33:25.367-07:00Free flowing<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">At home. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Saturday night. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Don’t feel particularly energetic. I am not sure why, but will give a go at journaling about it. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Have had delicious food. A wonderful evening with my love. I am reflective. I don’t know how I feel about the last few weeks – they could be described as professionally enhancing. Personally enriching. Great learning. Experiential. Still not sure how I feel about the. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Loved last weekend as I did a running race – survival of the fittest. 12 k with hurdles – I finished in 1h 02 min+ something. Really enjoyed it, felt proud that I could push all the way through the race. Thinking of it – that is probably my highlight of the last few weeks. Great people around, cool atmosphere, great training! More of that!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">As for work – I have been spending time in, the UK, Sweden, Germany, Poland, Czech republic, Switzerland and Austria and on Monday I am going to France – the travel agenda is immense at the moment, and in all of the travels and work my creativity and personality is very challenged. I am performing, I am doing well, but for some reasons I feel quite reflective about the number of hours I spend, where I channel my energy, the inspiration I give to it and the inspiration I get. What is important is that I am learning and the learning curve is almost beyond what I can cope with at the moment – everything from hard facilitation, and leading an agenda, to process and ways of working development, market selection and creative design development – the role stretches me and I am learning!!! Learning and energy giving activity and surrounding is critical. The learning is there – I have the drive, but I am also challenged by very late nights in dark hotel rooms where I am catching up work that I supposedly could have managed at an earlier hour.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">What I love with the learning that I am going through at the moment is that some of the ways in which I do things that I have trusted to date needs to be re-evaluated in this new setting and context. I need to re-learn an approach or generally expand the ways in which I assume my role in different situations. I wonder when this happened before? It probably happens regularly for people, but I am not sure I have always been this conscious of it as I am now! In the past I have always tried to create a blue print for how things works and how I should behave to be efficient and achieve my goals. I think the last few years, my approach have been the same, but now I am in the process of expanding/evolving it – not throwing away my past ways of doing things – just adding new in my library. In the end – to be able to select “which golf club” to play, I need to sleep, train, spend time with family and friends and recognize that leadership for me will as I know it today be about clarity, compassion and choice – but the way I play on a day to day basis will vary on the situation – a situation I can only identify and see if I am present and show up – i.e. feeling and playing in the field.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Wow – sorry for mumbling – but these are very raw thoughts in an emotional feeling that isn’t great, but that already have some clarity around why its there!!!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I am learning, but my energy level is rather low – partly because of physical exhaustion, but also because of the fear of sitting my young years in empty dark hotel rooms doing serious stuff that I actually have the entire life of doing. If the learning wouldn’t be there, I would probably be doing something ells, but the learning is awesome, super intensive and very aligned to my personal objectives, so hey, I am a very fortunate person at the moment – yet just appreciating that I am quite challenged at the moment. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I appreciate impossible to follow, but meant a lot for me to write down. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Until later</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Emanuel </span></p> <!--EndFragment-->emanuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11215873385558184706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354864431888677604.post-88805821801493413802010-10-02T10:46:00.000-07:002010-10-02T10:50:16.676-07:00Long time no blogging…<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal">I have wanted to write a blog post for a long while now, but I haven’t done it – I refuse to blame lack of time, so I guess the real reason is that I haven’t prioritized it…for some reason, I have felt that what i have been going through hasn't been appropriate to write about...but I guess the real reason is that writing is not a practice anymore, its not something I do… I love capturing and learning as a result, understanding the journey I am on, but haven’t felt like writing… blogging for me is like journaling, but slightly more daring…when I need journaling the most, I probably do it the least…same with blogging, when I need to sit down, reflect and capture my experience I rush, forget, run and move on… the idea of practice is that you practice, and improve, practice and improve.. as for my blogging, I am out of practice and thus this is not a post that I feel is flowing, instead, I am forcing myself to write something. Bear with me, I need to practice and learn again to see the value and enjoy capturing my experience!</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The summer kicked off with two weeks holiday in Denmark and Sweden. Beautiful Bornholm in Denmark, reading, socializing, meditating, swimming and training, being with my energy Majken! </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Archipelago in Stockholm – the place I love, my inspiration, my peace! Nature and activity, harmony and fun! Sweden always gives me mixed feelings - I was there last weekend as well! I love coming back, meeting family and friends, but at the same time if I decide to move back one day I need to come to peace with how I want to live my life there.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">After kicking off the summer with two weeks of holiday it was back to work, confirming a new role in the new organization! It feels like I have worked for three organizations the last year: Legacy Cadbury, Cadbury-Kraft and Kraft Foods – the new role is a stretch, one of the toughest professional challenges that I have had, but also great fun and an enormous learning experience – really enjoying it actually! The weeks during the summer has been a lot about work, quite bad hours at the moment, but the weekends have been about experiencing the UK – the lake district, for hiking and the south coast for surfing and Bath for golf and nightclubbing! We also visited Sardinia, a beautiful island in the Mediterranean sea – celebration, good food and connecting with family and friends was what that trip was about. One of those when I didn’t feel that I needed a break, but nevertheless really nice!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The summer has come to an end, it has been amazing! I haven’t managed to play as much golf as I wanted, but still, that is a practice I want to carry with me! I am doing good, I enjoy life at the moment, not trying to challenge what I am doing, instead, practice, re-learn, be patient, trusting that the path is right for me at the moment!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Not a particularly inspiring post, but hey, I am back in the game, blogging again! I enjoyed it!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Until later</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Emanuel </span></p> <!--EndFragment-->emanuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11215873385558184706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354864431888677604.post-9231052794333662792010-06-12T09:42:00.000-07:002010-07-12T14:15:43.041-07:00The post I should have written a long time ago…<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">2010 to date has been a very interesting year for me! My thought for the year was to “do what I do better” as opposed challenge and change the fundamentals in life, i.e. where I live, what I do, who I meet, etc, etc…</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Interestingly, Kraft bought Cadbury and my real estate agent, CEDAR ESTATE decided to increase the rent beyond what I wish to pay for the apartment where we where living and out of no where, my job is at risk and in two months we need to change apartment…</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">As for the apartment – we have moved and we love our new place! Today I am thankful that Cedar Estate behaved in the way they did and that we moved from their property, simply because we never knew when they decided to enter the apartment to do what they call “maintenance work” or when they without notifying decided to show the flat for new possible tenants. Not to mentioned the times when they left windows open after maintenance work,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>when their cleaners destroyed our table and refused to take responsibility or when they always left the apartment in a very bad condition after they had been there without our consent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I usually don’t write these kind of things, but Cedar Estate real estate agents in London is by far one of the most unpleasant relationship that I have had with a service provider of mine, ever. WATCH OUT FOR CEDAR ESTATE - is a line I have felt like writing for a long time. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Having written all of this, it so important to trust life, simply because as a result of the fact that they pushed us to move, we have now found an apartment that makes us calm and that we really enjoy spending time in. We have a little garden where we have managed to bbq 9 times since we moved in some weeks ago…</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Apartment solved.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">In terms of work – my journey since joining Cadbury has been incredible! My learning curve has been beyond expectation and my motto is to challenge myself NOT TO WORK, but see what I do as learning with clear accountabilities. If I would have been asked if I needed change at the time when Kraft bought Cadbury, I would probably have said no, but now as it is coming I am trying to embrace every single piece of it. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">As I am writing this post I am going through consultation, i.e. my job is at risk and I need to either leave the company or negotiate a new role. I am quite excited about the emerging organization so if an opportunity comes up I am keen to join in. Lots of people have sensitively asked me how I am doing etc, and my answer is consistent. My heart is beating, I have legs and arms, I can walk and smile, thus, nothing really to feel sorry or bad about… having said that, the situation is rather stressful and I am keen to resolve it as soon as possible, without jumping into something which doesn’t feel right. One on the things I am happy about was that I established a worse case scenario, i.e. what is the worse thing that can happen in this process? For me it is not about loosing my job, but loosing myself by taking a job that is not me!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I will try to keep this space updated going forward – because I do feel that the intensity of these last few months needs to be processed. I feel with the start of the world cup that the wind is changing. I am excited to be in London, about my learning environment, my relationship, my family and friends – things are good!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Soon England first game in the world cup – really exciting! Football is religion in this country – the city is stopping and everything is about this game. Last time, back in 2006 I was having an AIESEC transition during World Cup – Its hard to imagine all the incredible things that have happened in my life the last four years! The world cup is super BIG and I cant wait, but to enjoy every second of it, every second of a tournament that unites the world and shows that everyone can WIN.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Until later</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Emanuel </span></p> <!--EndFragment-->emanuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11215873385558184706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354864431888677604.post-64677274010887671462010-03-28T07:26:00.000-07:002010-03-28T07:28:47.605-07:00My experience in Istanbul: EuroExpro 2010<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal">It was indeed great to come back and visit an extraordinary organization AIESEC and to chair their biggest European conference of the year, EuroExpro 2010.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I did not go there to check up on the organization or to challenge or trying to shape its direction! I just came there to be myself, to reflect on my current situation and to understand if I am living within my integrity zone. Above all of that, I came there to facilitate an environment to enable the delivery of an amazing experience for everyone involved. Looking back, I feel that we did have an amazing time there and the kind of things I have heard after the conference really make warm inside and also feel comfortable that we had a magical, truly transformative week in Istanbul. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">What I loved with the experience was that it wasn’t a pushed or a forced environment where everyone had to go beyond what’s reasonable to deliver. Instead, it was a systematically designed environment that was set up around a very clear vision for what we, i.e. every single person involved wanted to experience, combined with a great team environment, and some practices. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">To use words that I have used before – <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">our guiding idea</b> was to experience our best AIESEC conference ever, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">our practices</b> were regular faci meetings, morning breathing exercises, etc and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">our artefacts</b> where clear principles for how we wanted to behave and a strong team built up by excellent individuals. Every single person involved did give that little extra in every situation, and that really made the experience extraordinary, but I believe that was possible because of our very solid and strong foundation. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Outside the flow of the conference, i.e. the nitty gritty content of the conference the words that comes to my mind about what this conference was about are the following:<br /> <i><br /></i> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><i>Authenticity </i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><i>Integrity</i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><i>Clarity</i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><i>Compassion</i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><i>Choice </i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><i>Transformative experiences</i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><i>AIESEC</i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><i>Guiding ideas </i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><i>Practices</i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><i>Artefacts</i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><i>Stories</i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><i>Conversations</i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><i>and…</i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><i>Inspiration<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "> </span></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Thanks everyone who made this possible – it was an honour to Chair this environment that I hope was transformative for everyone involved!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Until next exchange</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Emanuel </span></p> <!--EndFragment-->emanuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11215873385558184706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354864431888677604.post-41804701003319576352010-02-21T04:27:00.000-08:002010-02-21T04:29:25.652-08:00Post Copenhagen events<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;tab-stops:28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; ">I have had the opportunity to attend a number of post Copenhagen reflections the last few weeks... the first one was organized by Tällberg (http://www.tallbergfoundation.org/) and the other by the science museum.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;tab-stops:28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Both these organizations have a tradition of organizing and host high quality and interesting conversation. So even this time! I guess I came there with the expectation to get a sense of what some thinkers on the topic of global governance and security had to say about what happened in Copenhagen and how the process and ultimately outcome can be improved in the future. I also wanted to understand the role of science versus the role science assumed in Copenhagen.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;tab-stops:28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">The role of science…</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;tab-stops:28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">In the months leading up to Copenhagen science started to play a role as a communicator about the “truth” of the causes and the effects of climate change. I have always been in the space that we should communicate and view the indications from science as possible causes and effects, and accordingly pursue risk mitigation efforts in case the terrible scenarios they are suggesting could be a reality…why take the chance?! I feel very comfortable they are somewhat in the right space of where the world is likely to evolve, but I do understand that people are confused on what to believe at this stage…</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;tab-stops:28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">To me, nothing has changed in terms of my views on science…What I hope though going forward is that leading scientist will learn about what they are best placed to do, and allow other people, better placed to do other things, do those things… (wow, a complicated sentence)… e.g. communicate and translate science and the conclusions that we can make especially around the science around climate change.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;tab-stops:28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">As science reached out receivers interpreted their messages as the “truths” of the world and that clearly provoked quite a few that then decided to make sure to challenge the validity of the scientific statements feeding the debate. An unfortunate situation, but maybe what we really needed to think about the way we assume the roles we are playing in the debate…</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;tab-stops:28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">My reflection – everyone don’t need to be good at everything, but what we need to ensure and take responsibility for is that we are trying to do and live in spaces we are best placed to be in. science are great in the spaces of analyzing patters and defining scenarios, other people are better placed to interpret those and communicate the implications to a wider audience.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;tab-stops:28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Science will still have an incredibly important role to play – their challenge, focus on what you are really good at and delegate the rest to someone ells!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;tab-stops:28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">The process…</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;tab-stops:28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">As for the process aiming to create the most important consensus of our time it wont be fixed. I understand that people in the system are trying to fix it, but after having spent some hours simulating that Copenhagen process I have to conclude that nothing good will ever come out of that a process. It is a process defined forgetting that people will actually take part in it. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">It is set up for some to win and others to loose, i.e. in the end of the day, it is a zero sum game.</i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;tab-stops:28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">In terms of being well placed to do things. I doubt that the prime minister of Denmark was well placed a to manage a process like that – I feel sorry for the people who would expect that from a head of state. He is brilliant in many other way and thus should allow other people better placed to facilitate processes, do that! – the process wont be fixed by replacing the Danish prime minister…</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;tab-stops:28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">There are people working full time with process work, and there are great processes e.g. the U-process, appreciative inquiry, open space technologies, that all are great processes to help articulate a new desired states – any of these would have achieved a better outcome that what we saw in Copenhagen, simple because they are trying to create a new desired state as opposed to set up a zero sum game.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;tab-stops:28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">As for the events that I attended…I listen and I listen and I was somewhat really challenged during most of the conversations simply because most participants never challenged the fundamentals of what really needs to happen. They were convinced that we need to try fixing something that is fundamentally flawed and most were incapable to see a new way of doing things implying a new way of living life! I felt challenged because of the inability to see a bright future, a future that at least I would want to be part of. They believe that we can act and achieve from a space of fear as opposed to from a space of opportunity and optimism.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;tab-stops:28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">There is something about the way we talk about generations these days that also challenge me quite a bit. I have never believed in the chronological way of measuring age – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">I think age as understood and measured from an emotional, intellectual, spiritual, physical and chronological perspective where we are currently only focused on the chronological perspective.</i> The reason for that is because <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">it is the easiest way of measuring age in the same way as profit is the easiest way of measuring the success of a business, or GDP growth for a nation and the number of cars we have as individuals</i>. – dare to allow complexity, but don’t make it too complicated.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;tab-stops:28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">What became clear for me during these events though is that I will be very difficult for some who have dedicated their life to understand the current system learned current ways of doing things and living life to think about <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and practice new ways of doing things…we need to help each other!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;tab-stops:28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">As we are realizing and recognizing that some of the past ways in which we have lived our lives have been flawed we need to encourage all of us to trying to practice new ways of living lives. I came to these events with an expectation to get answers and that was really ignorant! It is not that easy anymore – we all need to explore new ways of doing things… some will work, share them and reapply them, others wont work so try not reapplying the... What makes this task really interesting though is that no one really knows how the world is likely to evolve and needs to look like so we all need to assume responsibility for the way forward – bearing in mind that we all will have different roles to play, ideally roles that we are best placed to play!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;tab-stops:28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Until next exchange<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;tab-stops:28.3pt 56.65pt 85.0pt 113.35pt 141.7pt 170.05pt 198.4pt 226.75pt 255.1pt 283.45pt 311.8pt 340.15pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Emanuel<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment-->emanuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11215873385558184706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354864431888677604.post-72526371950906397832010-01-31T07:40:00.000-08:002010-01-31T07:43:56.534-08:00What does it take to make a change in the 21st Century – My commitments<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> The second out of hopefully many more <i>“What does it take to make a change in the 21</i><sup><i>st</i></sup><i> Century”</i> event took place yesterday. The day was about our body and mind as opposed to only our minds. We danced as an expression for how we felt and we all felt really inspired by the more creative elements. The topics for discussion were. 1. Environment 2. Education 3. Personal change 4. Enlightened Businesses. I was in the enlightened businesses group and we attacked the issue from three dimensions. <i>Entrepreneurial businesses, People and how existing businesses need to evolve.</i> We all felt empowered to do what we can as individuals in business to try to shape our organizations, but we also recognized that the guiding principles of business needs to be re-evaluated and evolve. Not rocket science, but an important acceptance of the group, to really start exploring some solutions.</o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">When we started to explore solutions we discussed individual actions that we can do to shape our environments. I loved that angle because that made most of us leaving the room committing to actions we all can take to really shape our businesses. Personally I committed to my practices of health (sleep, physical and spiritual health) cultivate close relationships and development, but also to empower super people to live a more healthy life. What this exactly means will be explored the nearest couple of months. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Thanks for organizing the event and for inspiring me to continue to live and learn.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Until next exchange</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Emanuel </span></p> <!--EndFragment-->emanuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11215873385558184706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354864431888677604.post-73743672319258723222010-01-31T07:26:00.000-08:002010-01-31T07:56:02.198-08:00About Late Night With a Leading Thinker<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwPv1TL8VaURcBpda74U4XrKiktjpvMyIZd_Gd5XUlYZt45bSqSKhMZ_cf-wfVrRZw-l-jTBcIQPHByBDb7ZcLUu4sB9wdk_LJ9QS2mo5AD-79lh8BmQ0zfgPBQT85I7ovGvNb0MdoNds/s1600-h/Slide1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwPv1TL8VaURcBpda74U4XrKiktjpvMyIZd_Gd5XUlYZt45bSqSKhMZ_cf-wfVrRZw-l-jTBcIQPHByBDb7ZcLUu4sB9wdk_LJ9QS2mo5AD-79lh8BmQ0zfgPBQT85I7ovGvNb0MdoNds/s320/Slide1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432933275047975250" /></a><br /><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal">Our first London Late Night With a Leading Thinker gathered around 14 people in our home around the question of <b>WHAT TO DO NOW</b>? The last few years I always find myself discussing the big questions and more seldom than often I really challenge myself to go down to individual actions that I can do in my everyday life to really live more in harmony with myself and nature. As much as I really guard that dialogue because I really believe it is important to get it right, this week’s session was initially all about the actions we can all do every day to reduce our negative footprint on earth.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Catalyst, a network of passionate professionals set the scene by introducing their perspective on the issue and also their specific focus: <b>FOOD</b>. I loved their focus in the sense that FOOD is something that connects us all. <b>All being ALL</b> as opposed to only human beings. Their story was touching and helped us finding beauty in connecting with nature. All participants got to eat organic nibbles that one person from Catalyst had harvested from his home in the countryside of England. We also go invited to just walk around with our bear feet on earth helping harvesting some organic products that he is farming in his home. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">After being challenged on the scale of the issue, there was a sense that we needed to empower each other to think and act from a space of optimism as opposed to from a space of fear. <b>Sustaining Ability</b> as opposed to sustainability was a manifestation of focusing on a vision of having a choice, i.e. sustaining our ability to chose how we want to live our life, as opposed to the more negative goals of sustainability which is more about sustaining a sinking ship. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">As always, I left with more questions than answers, but also with inspiration to continue my journey of exploring how we ALL can live in harmony with earth. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Thanks Catalyst for coming and sharing your powerful story and thank you all participants, i.e. Leading Thinkers for showing up with your mind, hearths and wills to make the evening an inspiring one!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Until next exchange</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Emanuel </span></p> <!--EndFragment-->emanuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11215873385558184706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354864431888677604.post-85874898670834133172010-01-31T07:01:00.000-08:002010-01-31T07:05:11.764-08:00About Spiral Dynamics<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I got a very vivid introduction to spiral dynamics in the beginning of this week: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_Dynamics">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_Dynamics</a> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Spiral Dynamics is about human development. It is an integral theory that helps us to understand the evolution of mankind. I had some transformative hours in the sense that it helped me to understand myself better, but also some of the tensions in today’s world. Some of the questions I have post allowing the theory and the worldview to sink in are if we have time to await the evolution to have its journey or if we need a revolution and also, is the theory applicable globally or is it more skewed towards a the vantage point of western societies? </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The introduction made a very strong impression on me and I am keen to explore the implications further. I can feel that it is a worldview that can help me to understand the current state of the world better and in a more holistic way. As much as it helps me to understand where we are at, our challenge ahead is to understand how we move ahead from here. I think the rest of the week helped my explore that further. Partly through our first "Late Night With a Leading Thinker" here in London, but also from yesterday's session on "What does it take to make a change in the 21st Century. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Until next exchange</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Emanuel </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></p> <!--EndFragment-->emanuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11215873385558184706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354864431888677604.post-56620935467231685162010-01-24T12:57:00.000-08:002010-01-24T13:00:27.076-08:00About my old lloyd shoesYesterday I threw away my old brown lloyd shoes. I didn’t want to make a big deal out of it so I just took them with me in an orange plastic bag and hanged them on the door of a second hand store. When I came back an hour later, they were gone. Hopefully in the hand of someone who disagreed with that the shoes had walked their last mile…<br /><br />My brown lloyd shoes had on my feet walked their last mile and every time I throw away a pair of shoes I take the opportunity to think about where those shoes have taken me…For example I have celebrated in them and I have cried in them - I have experienced the world and life in them. I dare to say that my brown lloyd shoes have always been with me as I have experienced the world and some of the most transformative years of my life so far.<br /><br />I had my brown shoes on me the 9th of September 2009 as I was entering the doors of my new learning environment in Cadbury. Last week the board of Cadbury recommended the shareowners of Cadbury to accepted a bid from Kraft Foods to acquire the company so my employer of choice will change ownership and there are strong reasons to believe that many others things will change as well! I would lie if I would say that I am not welcoming change as I really believe that the only thing that is really, “always constant in my life is change”, and most times change for me means expanding my worldview and learning new things! Having said that, I curious to see how Kraft can maintain what’s great with Cadbury as they are trying to improve the Cadbury-Kraft business. I do have hypotheses on some of the challenges, but also on some of the opportunities that await everyone involved in this process, but I do feel a need to allow the nearest future to enfold before speculating too much on what’s a reasonable and good ways forward.<br /><br />The week ahead is about reviewing the past and gain inspiration for the nearest future. I am looking forward to explore spiral dynamics and to host the first “Late night with a leading thinker” here in London! Our first guest is Andrew from Catalyst! I shall look forward to this and a lot more!<br /><br />As much as this blog post was about my brown shoes, it was about gratitude to life more than anything ells!<br /><br />Until next exchange<br />Emanuelemanuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11215873385558184706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354864431888677604.post-9497808381509300592010-01-16T04:53:00.000-08:002010-01-16T04:54:26.933-08:00a call for help - HaitiFriend --<br /><br />On Tuesday, a catastrophic earthquake struck near Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The full extent of the damage is still being assessed, but the death toll -- already in the thousands -- is climbing fast.<br /><br />This is the worst earthquake to hit the area in more than 200 years. Entire communities have been ripped apart and as many as 3 million people have been directly affected, including tens of thousands of American citizens who are in Haiti.<br /><br />Our neighbors in Haiti are racing to confront the enormous devastation -- and the OFA community can help.<br /><br />Click here for more information about essential relief efforts and ways you can help today.<br /><br />Footage is pouring in of homes collapsing, Haitians carrying injured family members, and hospitals being overrun in what was already the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere.<br /><br />I have directed my administration to respond with a swift, coordinated, and aggressive effort to save lives. Personnel from the United States and our partners in the international community are on the ground in damaged areas right now, working side by side with the Haitian people. They're providing much-needed food, water, and sanitation supplies, saving lives and helping local communities start to rebuild. <br /><br />Despite the fact that we are experiencing tough times here at home, I encourage those who can to reach out and help. It's in times like these that we must show the kind of compassion and humanity that has defined the best of our national character for generations. <br /><br />Click here to find out what you can do:<br /><br />http://my.barackobama.com/Haiti<br /><br />As this story continues to unfold, I hope you will continue to keep the people of Haiti in your thoughts and prayers, as well as the many Haitian-Americans who have done so much to enrich our country and who are worried about friends and loved ones in this time of need.<br /><br />Thank you,<br /><br />President Barack Obamaemanuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11215873385558184706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354864431888677604.post-75809985809191909722010-01-13T14:07:00.000-08:002010-01-13T14:24:22.254-08:00The role of digital in the marketing mix - initial thinking<meta charset="utf-8"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><!--StartFragment--> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Times;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Free flowing thoughts as I am learning about the role of digital in the marketing mix in an era of transition...</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Times;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Digital marketing is NOT about re-learning everything that marketing is all about. In fact, they way we do most things will still be the same. Marketing in the digital era is still about segmentation, targeting and positioning, and the marketing tactics are largely the same as well. Digital marketing makes mass marketing very expensive and inefficient. Thus, we need to be clear on what is the role of digital in the overall marketing mix.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Times;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Digital is enabling us as marketers to do our jobs better.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Times;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The segmentation can be more precise and our targets can be more relevant. The way we develop products can be more informed and the way we price them can more reflect the specific target. The way our brands behave can be more targeted.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Times;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The way we distribute our products can evolve, but the idea behind where we chose to be is the same, i.e. where people are making purchases. The way we do promotion need to evolve, but what we are trying to achieve will be the same, i.e. building sustainable relationships with our consumers.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Times;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Digital is not about NOT doing TV advertising, but instead it enables us to see the responses of our actions that give us choices on how to respond and proceed.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Times;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Digital is enabling us as marketers to do our jobs better.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Times;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">But it will require more from us.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Times;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">As opposed to start and finish a campaign activation, we are always is campaign activation. As opposed to talk at our consumers, we need to get their permission to have a dialogue with us. If we decide to talk at them, we have the medium to understand their responses to what we have to say. As opposed to be the only source recording messages about our brands, we are one out of millions of people who openly share opinions in influential mediums. </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Times;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Digital reminds us about our global world and it gives us a space to leverage resources for our global brands. </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Times;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Digital enable us to behave more targeted and to be better marketers. </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i><span style="font-family: Times;mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-USfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The challenge ahead is to understand the role of the different mediums and the role of digital in the marketing mix...How can mass and permission marketing synergize each other and who will be the best in leveraging the opportunity that has emerged through the digital revolution. The challenge ahead is about being timely and relevant to mitigate risk and leverage opportunities that emerge with the digital space. The consumer is informed, conscious and the queen...be good enough for her, him, earth, and us and you will thrive! </span></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i><span style="font-family: Times;mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-USfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Until later<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Times;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:";color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Emanuel</span></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> <p></p></span>emanuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11215873385558184706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354864431888677604.post-44485058309290490812009-12-20T06:41:00.000-08:002009-12-20T07:00:40.835-08:00My 2009 in bullet points…2009 has as any other year been an incredible year for me. One of those years where I have experienced things that if I would have known how tough they would be I would probably not have dared to experienced them all, however, looking back it is with an enormous gratitude that<br />I remember 2009 and look forward to 2010!<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">What tied it all together was my close relationship to majken, my amazing family, some incredible friends and a profound love to nature!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">• Finalizing my masters and releasing my second book</span><br />I was very pleased handing in my thesis in the beginning of year, a process that at times was really painful, but in the end a great learning experience and result! <span style="font-style: italic;">Key discovery:</span> Its not done until its done!<br /><br />I was pleased that VDM was keen to publish it for me and that I have my second book available for sales, a lot better than the first one! Find it<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Building-Consensus-individuals-influence-groups/dp/3639136799/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1261320323&sr=8-2"> here</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">• Aconcagua </span><br />Our inexperience became the experience – an extraordinary connection with nature and a memory for life! <span style="font-style: italic;">Key discovery</span>: nature makes me calm, cities makes me stressed!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">• Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia</span><br />South America by bus – <span style="font-style: italic;">key discovery</span>: what ever happens is the best thing. If it happens to me, I am equipped to handle it.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Cu6jux6u1-JfUMHA0eP55tIHYGP8rGrh9HS3Uz6I7jGn3HYTgFEOTpYlDYBRRY8rZBCF-sgC_jpnMITx7bMh52R6SDkz7ywJYjaPTEBjb5kEFLz6VXfew2ts7tgc-d5gA14h5vBGOyE/s1600-h/IMG_6382.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Cu6jux6u1-JfUMHA0eP55tIHYGP8rGrh9HS3Uz6I7jGn3HYTgFEOTpYlDYBRRY8rZBCF-sgC_jpnMITx7bMh52R6SDkz7ywJYjaPTEBjb5kEFLz6VXfew2ts7tgc-d5gA14h5vBGOyE/s320/IMG_6382.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417331695310230450" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH326ASd2f3O9oimbGVWS6qeCslaN-lwnxnNC45tpB7C7qiS8IGFE9ItMfG8HqGd7rhM304x1Jmun6UNwsXEZYWH6UUvwwRn5RJfztEGUnoESgFe4UGhOJVKWnDpVDkMXAFxAlgNdnT_c/s1600-h/IMG_6219.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH326ASd2f3O9oimbGVWS6qeCslaN-lwnxnNC45tpB7C7qiS8IGFE9ItMfG8HqGd7rhM304x1Jmun6UNwsXEZYWH6UUvwwRn5RJfztEGUnoESgFe4UGhOJVKWnDpVDkMXAFxAlgNdnT_c/s320/IMG_6219.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417331437015731154" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv0KNrvaYJSA77SLaX_iQj9eO9d1KU1Mup3Px5CzLTHKwe4nWZ3xxYdx8qQ5b9EFlEZEU_jf1ITE2ImmzQXDIfwOBUVxBPpSW_wHooW3LKeAamtLPtqPGw-JxZuzB1uup_ANdbNsiTUl0/s1600-h/IMG_6145.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv0KNrvaYJSA77SLaX_iQj9eO9d1KU1Mup3Px5CzLTHKwe4nWZ3xxYdx8qQ5b9EFlEZEU_jf1ITE2ImmzQXDIfwOBUVxBPpSW_wHooW3LKeAamtLPtqPGw-JxZuzB1uup_ANdbNsiTUl0/s320/IMG_6145.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417331548925223218" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />• Learning Spanish</span><br />An initial love for language but also a reconnecting to basic learning! <span style="font-style: italic;">Key discovery</span>: it is first when you dare to take a step back you really learn!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">• Argentina & Buenos Aires </span><br />Buenos Aires, the third city I can say that I have lived in. <span style="font-style: italic;">Key discovery:</span> Argentina has the best meat, wine and ice-cream and is a perfect mix of Europe and South America<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn1eM6v4soS1buSG7SL5U2MlE0FxTxjAo9DhaZ-6XvbUZjFFSPfwLy6wwlK2IFG_H_1_z3uBHJwM0ACIOf5PQzSLT3V9XljngRPCYFZTxm9y0CivMxP1VWVvM1bKGSYcrSkPclbzbdxQo/s1600-h/IMG_6763.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn1eM6v4soS1buSG7SL5U2MlE0FxTxjAo9DhaZ-6XvbUZjFFSPfwLy6wwlK2IFG_H_1_z3uBHJwM0ACIOf5PQzSLT3V9XljngRPCYFZTxm9y0CivMxP1VWVvM1bKGSYcrSkPclbzbdxQo/s320/IMG_6763.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417332603559472850" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">• Geneva</span><br />Connecting with ambitious youth and reaching out to the world and the global humanitarian forum – the video from the conference is <a href="http://vimeo.com/5378535">here</a>! I have hesitated quite a lot to share this video, simply because I found it quite tough to see myself on the screen… with some distance though, the key is what learning I took out from seeing myself there and I feel content with what I could extract! <span style="font-style: italic;">Key Discovery: </span>The power of guiding ideas<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">• Tallberg </span><br />Converging crises – complexity – solutions – very powerful and impactful four days! Sweden is beautiful. <span style="font-style: italic;">Key discovery: </span>Welcome complexity!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">• The Swedish Archipelago, Bornholm and vacation!</span><br />Two of the most beautiful places that I know of in the world – the Swedish archipelago and Bornholm! Every time I am there I feel so much hope, inspiration and compassion for what the world can look like! <span style="font-style: italic;">Key discovery:</span> How a sustainable vacation can look like with sailing, swimming in the water, and being close to nature, family and friends!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">• London</span><br />The fourth city I can say that I have lived in and currently actually really like to live in. Funny enough, my 2009 actually started in London.<span style="font-style: italic;"> Key discovery</span>: If you know what you want, you can find it here!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">• Cadbury</span><br />My new learning environment and employer. Very promising, challenging and impactful start – I am keen to understand what’s emerging! <span style="font-style: italic;">Key discovery</span>: interpersonal skills, v. e.g. marketing skills, very different, but mutually dependent!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">• 2010</span><br />A new year, probably fewer events than during 2009, but I sense that I have an intense learning journey ahead of me! Important components as always: relationship, health, family, friends, learning and development!<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Guiding ideas: Journey; Now; Choice; Within!</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv9ho5ews9nx9qv6GAJIEe3-Svb_JbjiPxd0mRxy749xUjMuyhaQFVE5xIZE9HzVJoKQoOzDB5bnRDX1L9mPXkIF1SwSeCiJIRU5x4ujBDPwweagFKC-LQxPj_9-ooS7ZrnChS9QTXwGY/s1600-h/4+reflections.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv9ho5ews9nx9qv6GAJIEe3-Svb_JbjiPxd0mRxy749xUjMuyhaQFVE5xIZE9HzVJoKQoOzDB5bnRDX1L9mPXkIF1SwSeCiJIRU5x4ujBDPwweagFKC-LQxPj_9-ooS7ZrnChS9QTXwGY/s320/4+reflections.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417332710106048034" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Happy Holiday!<br />Emanuel<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH326ASd2f3O9oimbGVWS6qeCslaN-lwnxnNC45tpB7C7qiS8IGFE9ItMfG8HqGd7rhM304x1Jmun6UNwsXEZYWH6UUvwwRn5RJfztEGUnoESgFe4UGhOJVKWnDpVDkMXAFxAlgNdnT_c/s1600-h/IMG_6219.JPG"><br /></a>emanuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11215873385558184706noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354864431888677604.post-12452250998196866662009-12-20T06:08:00.000-08:002009-12-20T06:11:32.278-08:00About AIESEC – finally a well deserved good case practice <meta name="Title" content=""> <meta name="Keywords" content=""> <meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; 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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">When I was in AIESEC I always had the feeling that the organizations was in between 5-15 years ahead of time… being a proud alumni I still believe that is the case and that is why I am still keen to monitor what the organization is up to!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The last few weeks have been amazing and almost emotional because AIESEC has achieved enormous results and being aware of them! Back in 2005 the organization created a dream – not a random dream, but a dream that was based on real events. The method <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appreciative_inquiry">appreciative inquiry</a> helped the organization understand:<span style=""> </span>when the organization is at its best, how is it and how can what it is, be replicated, every day! (read again if difficult to understand)
<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">From when the dream was created, generation after generation have had clarity, consistency, determination and measurement in place to understand health and success of the organization and that has enabled AIESEC to double its impact in 5 years!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">How many organizations in the world can say that they actually over achieved a 5 year vision? Maybe a few! How many can say the same, after having changed leadership every year during those 5 years? Very few! This is not only a good case practice for AIESEC, but for any organization…clarity, determination, consistency, monitoring and measurement have had a profound impact! </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I am the first to admit that I was one of the people who did challenge some of these goals two years back… I asked if they were too ambitious? If they were still motivating etc! I am glad that some of my peers fought back!!! Thank you for doing that and for proving me super wrong then and also now!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Congratulations AIESEC – spread the word, what you have done is amazing! <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Thank you 61 generations of AIESECers, but in particular, Brodie, Dey, Gabiza, Juan and Aman!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">A proud alumni and a big fan!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emanuel </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> emanuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11215873385558184706noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354864431888677604.post-30299527320826574132009-12-19T16:42:00.000-08:002009-12-19T16:54:06.596-08:00About the way we reward behaviours… <meta name="Title" content=""> <meta name="Keywords" content=""> <meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 2008"> <meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 2008"> <link rel="File-List" href="file://localhost/Users/Emanuel/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0/clip_filelist.xml"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:documentproperties> <o:template>Normal.dotm</o:Template> <o:revision>0</o:Revision> <o:totaltime>0</o:TotalTime> <o:pages>1</o:Pages> <o:words>190</o:Words> <o:characters>1083</o:Characters> <o:company>GSM</o:Company> <o:lines>9</o:Lines> <o:paragraphs>2</o:Paragraphs> <o:characterswithspaces>1330</o:CharactersWithSpaces> <o:version>12.0</o:Version> </o:DocumentProperties> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:drawinggridverticalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> <w:dontautofitconstrainedtables/> <w:dontvertalignintxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="276"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:0cm; margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:10.0pt; margin-left:0cm; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;} @page Section1 {size:595.0pt 842.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:35.4pt; mso-footer-margin:35.4pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0cm; mso-para-margin-right:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0cm; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Today we are rewarding un-sustainability… as a consumer it is always cheaper (in terms of what we actually monetary pay from our pockets) to buy un-sustainable products! How can we transform the way we reward companies aiming at sustaining ability? </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">It seems clear that our current way of doing is rewarding the wrong behaviour. Thus, what we really need to do is to transform the cost side of the production, i.e. ensuring that every single product contains cogs + real cost of production… if the cost side would fundamentally change it would be financially unwise for companies to produce unsustainable products…by rewarding the right behaviours, i.e. keeping social cost of production down, companies wouldn’t afford not to produce sustainable products…from a consumer point of view it would be cheaper to buy sustainable products and thus naturally the market would transform in the sense there would be no market for unsustainable products as it wouldn’t make financial sense to produce them… this seems super logical that this is how it ought to be, but its not…!
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">What an opportunity to change the guiding ideas for companies as they are innovating and developing <span style=""> </span>on new products!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Rewarding desired behaviours, another piece in the puzzle…</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Until next exchange</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Emanuel </span></p> <!--EndFragment--> emanuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11215873385558184706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354864431888677604.post-30727069441947061532009-12-19T11:50:00.000-08:002009-12-19T11:54:51.144-08:00Are we living a prisoner’s dilemma? <meta name="Title" content=""> <meta name="Keywords" content=""> <meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 2008"> <meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 2008"> <link rel="File-List" href="file://localhost/Users/Emanuel/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0clip_filelist.xml"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:documentproperties> <o:template>Normal.dotm</o:Template> <o:revision>0</o:Revision> <o:totaltime>0</o:TotalTime> <o:pages>1</o:Pages> <o:words>242</o:Words> <o:characters>1383</o:Characters> <o:company>GSM</o:Company> <o:lines>11</o:Lines> <o:paragraphs>2</o:Paragraphs> <o:characterswithspaces>1698</o:CharactersWithSpaces> <o:version>12.0</o:Version> </o:DocumentProperties> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:drawinggridverticalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> <w:dontautofitconstrainedtables/> <w:dontvertalignintxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="276"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:0cm; margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:10.0pt; margin-left:0cm; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-noshow:yes; color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-noshow:yes; color:purple; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} @page Section1 {size:595.0pt 842.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:35.4pt; mso-footer-margin:35.4pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0cm; mso-para-margin-right:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0cm; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoners_dilemma">Prisoner’s dilemma</a> is a fundamental problem in game theory and it is a good way to articulate why it is so difficult to cooperate even if it is in everyone’s interest to do so! Maybe the COP 15 meeting in Copenhagen was from the start to the end a prisoner’s dilemma? </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Our current guiding idea is that if someone win, someone ells has to loose. I believe there are no situations that has to end in a win-loose situation! Some could argue I am naïve and maybe I am – but I would argue again, that it only comes back to our guiding ideas….! Having been a quite ambitions soccer player I was taught that for me to win someone has to loose and it is actually first now, years after I have stopped playing that I am realizing how destructive that was for me, for my team and for sport… sport should be about uniting through competition and in the end, simply the fact that sport is existing and that games are played is a win-win!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I do appreciate competing, but the element of winning is not about making sure someone ells loose, but instead making sure we all thrive in what we are doing. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">In the context of the world we cannot afford to continue to have a win-lose guiding idea, simple because earth is one and need to be treaded as ONE and if we want to be here we need to be one team, humanity in nature together as ONE...Our opportunity as a collective – shape and create new guiding ideas, an opportunity of a lifetime and it has never been more important that it is right now! Lets not focus on talking about the failure in Copenhagen and nopenhagen or whatever, but instead start creating and shaping new guiding ideas.. it can start NOW! In everything that I do I will seek win-win, as my fundamental guiding idea recognizing that there has to be such outcome no matter what I do!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Until later</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Emanuel</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> emanuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11215873385558184706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354864431888677604.post-38142155074672104522009-12-19T05:02:00.000-08:002009-12-19T05:29:23.268-08:00the most important consensus of our time<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjobTqRrPLAJRQ_V1vGJOmnuyuCMwI3Ao481D8q2ExteagFyVUaHVm_Oef4d0BFgdab9I_fPMVZSlMZgr_icGDiUS-UxT6fZhiG6N6aAtCI7kiRcB37RluOxANO9YQnGcaMQheAmqkG7hk/s1600-h/cop15-graph-resized.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjobTqRrPLAJRQ_V1vGJOmnuyuCMwI3Ao481D8q2ExteagFyVUaHVm_Oef4d0BFgdab9I_fPMVZSlMZgr_icGDiUS-UxT6fZhiG6N6aAtCI7kiRcB37RluOxANO9YQnGcaMQheAmqkG7hk/s320/cop15-graph-resized.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416934077859803682" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />the agreement (?)(framework convention on climate change) to be downloaded <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/1/hi/sci/tech/8422133.stm/ext/_auto/-/http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2009/cop15/eng/l07.pdf">here</a><br /><br />the last point emphasis 1.5 degrees C – which means according to 350.org 350ppm, i.e. the safer climate path, now what does it mean that it's not binding?<br /><br />clearly it is just the beginning to what's needed in terms of a governing agreement, however, an agreement will never be enough and maybe not even the beginning! the people of the world came together the last few weeks and that can never be seen as a failure... in the end, our choice on what to do now will always come back to us and our guiding ideas for what it means to live a prosper life... is up to us and with that comes an enormous responsibility, but also an opportunity to shape the future guiding ideas of the world - i.e. the ideas that fosters our actions! It is an amazing time to be alive right now! we must grasp this opportunity because our situation really requires all of us to be great!emanuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11215873385558184706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354864431888677604.post-58813421919440451972009-11-29T12:41:00.000-08:002009-11-29T12:43:30.641-08:00Making an impact in the 21st century - what does it take to make a difference? <meta name="Title" content=""> <meta name="Keywords" content=""> <meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 2008"> <meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 2008"> <link rel="File-List" href="file://localhost/Users/Emanuel/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0clip_filelist.xml"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:documentproperties> <o:template>Normal.dotm</o:Template> <o:revision>0</o:Revision> <o:totaltime>0</o:TotalTime> <o:pages>1</o:Pages> <o:words>673</o:Words> <o:characters>3838</o:Characters> <o:company>GSM</o:Company> <o:lines>31</o:Lines> <o:paragraphs>7</o:Paragraphs> <o:characterswithspaces>4713</o:CharactersWithSpaces> <o:version>12.0</o:Version> </o:DocumentProperties> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:drawinggridverticalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> <w:dontautofitconstrainedtables/> <w:dontvertalignintxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="276"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:0cm; margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:10.0pt; margin-left:0cm; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0cm; mso-para-margin-right:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0cm; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">What is the role of work? How can you make a difference in 2010? </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">These were some of the questions fitting in the flow that I went through during yesterday (Saturday the 28<sup>th</sup> of November. )Jarda, Emma and Maritna had kindly put together a wonderful space aiming at creating meaningful elaborations on the questions above both on an individual level, but also for us as collective. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The last three months have been about scaling down, building context and practicing the beginners mind in my current context. I learn, I have fun and I am challenged–I feel a lot of gratitude towards my current context. That aside, yesterday was for me a reconnection to some of the bigger questions that I continuously need to ask myself, but also that we as humanity need to ask ourselves. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Yesterday was an investment in myself.<span style=""> </span>An opportunity to bread and listen to what’s emerging. It was also an opportunity for me to understand how the last three months have impacted the way I think. Yesterday meant a lot for me because the space helped me to show up, ask questions, explore answers, learn and ask more questions. <span style=""> </span>I was also happy connecting to some old friends and meet some new. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The key discoveries include issues on three dimensions: World, Society, Individual.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">As opposed to attacking the problems, we tried to understand the causes. The group working on the world dimension phrased their cause beautifully as a “sense of separation” - between earth and humanity, body and mind. Exploring our societal issues we talked about the importance of de-couple carbon and development, and consumption with happiness, we discussed the rapid nature of the way in which things happens, we distinguished between knowledge and wisdom, east and west and we also discussed guiding ideas. It is important to recognize the difference between ideas and guiding ideas, guiding ideas being ideas, leading to action.<span style=""> </span>Someone said, logic help us draw conclusions, feelings makes us act, the same distinguishes ideas from guiding ideas. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">It could be argued that today’s guiding ideas in terms of success on an individual level is the number of cars we own, on organizational level it is shareowner return and on national level it is <span style=""> </span>GDP growth. These guiding ideas have helped us to achieve prosperity in some parts of the world, but they are also causing some of the most pressing issues of our time. If we accept that our guiding ideas are steering our action and that the power of guiding ideas have created the prosperity in the western world during the last 200 years, an enormous opportunity to attack our current pressing issues emerges. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Viewing guiding ideas on these different levels also help us recognize the important of different types of solutions on different levels. On national level, e.g. a new guiding idea could be happiness, if that would be our guiding idea, our actions would fundamentally be different and the countries that we would look up to would also be different… as opposed to understand the western world being the index, Colombia would be the most advance nation., recognizing that Colombia has the happiest people in the world…! This shows how incredibility important the upcoming meeting in Copenhagen is, because that is an opportunity to change our guiding ideas on a national level. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">It took 50 years to build the global brand of coke, 3 years to build the global brand of Yahoo, 2 years for google and 1 year for youtube… the rapid nature in which ideas can be spread and reach mainstream is super quick and that is really what make me hopeful. Combining the opportunity of guiding ideas and the rapid way in which those can reach the world, it is possible to be hopeful... because if we can get it right, the speed in which change can happen is enormously fast….! </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">As we came to understand some of the underlying causes to today’s issues, we continued to understand the personal visions that were in the room. I had the opportunity to visit 2014 and my life at that time – a very powerful journey! The remaining work will be to put that vision into a painting that I will carry with me going forward! I feel that I have a big mandate and responsibility, but I also feel very clear on my present and future!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Hosts and participants of yesterday – thank you for being there and helping me to create clarity about my present and future and for giving me hope about the world!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">This was a rushed post, because Sunday also means preparing for another week, however, I wanted to get some of these feelings and thoughts down and then hopefully revisit the post soon again to add some more thoughts at a later date!
<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Until next exchange</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Emanuel </span></p> <!--EndFragment--> emanuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11215873385558184706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354864431888677604.post-8075553351468228602009-10-18T07:34:00.000-07:002009-10-18T07:36:31.284-07:00On patience, order, comfort and core… <meta name="Title" content=""> <meta name="Keywords" content=""> <meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 2008"> <meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 2008"> <link rel="File-List" href="file://localhost/Users/Emanuel/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0clip_filelist.xml"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:documentproperties> <o:template>Normal.dotm</o:Template> <o:revision>0</o:Revision> <o:totaltime>0</o:TotalTime> <o:pages>1</o:Pages> <o:words>480</o:Words> <o:characters>2738</o:Characters> <o:company>GSM</o:Company> <o:lines>22</o:Lines> <o:paragraphs>5</o:Paragraphs> <o:characterswithspaces>3362</o:CharactersWithSpaces> <o:version>12.0</o:Version> </o:DocumentProperties> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:drawinggridverticalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> <w:dontautofitconstrainedtables/> <w:dontvertalignintxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="276"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:0cm; margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:10.0pt; margin-left:0cm; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;} @page Section1 {size:595.0pt 842.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:35.4pt; mso-footer-margin:35.4pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0cm; mso-para-margin-right:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0cm; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">As I was walking around in town today, the word <b style=""><i style="">patience</i></b> came to my mind!
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Naturally I am an incredibly inpatient person, which is good and bad...it's good because I usually get a lot of things done in a fairly short period of time, both on a task basis, but also when it comes the journey I am on! However, it can be bad from the perspective that I sometimes I might not be allowing enough time to see my full potential emerging. I.e. I don’t allow myself to master whatever I am doing, because as soon as I feel comfortable I am moving on... comfort, doesn't mean mastering...! In all of this, I am trying to understand what is the core that follows me unconditionally what I am doing? Fortunately for me, I am realizing that I am patient around my core, i.e. when it comes to my core, i.e. my values system, my struggles, my development areas on areas that fundamentally defines who I am, I do allow myself to continuously thrive and learn. These areas are the aspects of my personality that I can carry with me, unconditionally what I am doing! The question I am asking myself is if I want to expand my core, i.e. allowing some of the things that I am doing to be part of my core...i.e. becoming a specialist in marketing for example. Being a marketer becomes something that defines part of who I am, i.e. an area where I am patient, allowing my full potential to emerge...! I admire people who do make such a choice, i.e. on the question on who they are, they expand who they are do what they do, i.e. that have made a choice on what they do, and then naturally what they don't do! </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">When am I ready to make such a choice? IS it my role to make such a choice, or is my calling different…Thus, will I ever make such a choice? Being general, is easy and difficult, it is easy because I can thrive and make what I do a passion no matter what I do, but it is also difficult because it doesn't naturally delimited or direct me in to a secure path...! I guess it comes down to what Ken Wilber will refer to as the balance between order and chaos…a balance between a large defined core, i.e. a very directing core, and everything that comes with that, (order), or a rather smaller core, and everything that comes with that (chaos)…my general take in the past, intimacy with nature, love, family and health, enables my personality to allow more chaos…!
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<br />I guess, part of why am exploring this topic today is part of what I will be doing in my new role is to understand the core of something. Unconditionally if we in the past have been conscious of it or not, or understood why what we have done, what we have done, I hope to understand what choices we have made, I.e. what has been the core of what we have done... as we are conscious of our core, we can start to choose a course of action...! Expand our core, from that order, i.e. allow chaos, or magic to emerge out of a clarity.. maybe, clarity is what enables chaos, i.e. order is the ultimate enabler or chaos…!?
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<br />My concluding thought: <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Balance</span>!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">B<span style="font-style: italic;">alance between patience and impatience, between order and chaos, and direction and non direction. Our level of comfort is what defines our level of uncomfort.</span> Our challenge – keep pushing the barriers of where we feel comfortable so that we consciously are allowing ourselves to thrive!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Until next time</p><p class="MsoNormal">Emanuel
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<br /></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> emanuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11215873385558184706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354864431888677604.post-39962569603235678572009-10-10T02:11:00.000-07:002009-10-10T02:12:36.852-07:00Obama's response<span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Friend --<br /><br />This morning, Michelle and I awoke to some surprising and humbling news. At 6 a.m., we received word that I'd been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009.<br /><br />To be honest, I do not feel that I deserve to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures who've been honored by this prize -- men and women who've inspired me and inspired the entire world through their courageous pursuit of peace.<br /><br />But I also know that throughout history the Nobel Peace Prize has not just been used to honor specific achievement; it's also been used as a means to give momentum to a set of causes.<br /><br />That is why I've said that I will accept this award as a call to action, a call for all nations and all peoples to confront the common challenges of the 21st century. These challenges won't all be met during my presidency, or even my lifetime. But I know these challenges can be met so long as it's recognized that they will not be met by one person or one nation alone.<br /><br />This award -- and the call to action that comes with it -- does not belong simply to me or my administration; it belongs to all people around the world who have fought for justice and for peace. And most of all, it belongs to you, the men and women of America, who have dared to hope and have worked so hard to make our world a little better.<br /><br />So today we humbly recommit to the important work that we've begun together. I'm grateful that you've stood with me thus far, and I'm honored to continue our vital work in the years to come.<br /><br /> Thank you,<br /><br /> President Barack Obama</span>emanuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11215873385558184706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354864431888677604.post-9991484121841208392009-09-19T04:28:00.000-07:002009-09-19T04:31:51.269-07:00about building context and practising the beginners mindI have completed the 2nd week in my new learning environment. <span style="font-weight: bold;">I call this period: Building context and practising the beginners mind. </span>Building context is about building relevance in my ideas and reflections and practising the beginners mind is about re-emphasizing for myself that I can learn something from everyone around me, all the time. It's also about pushing myself a Little extra to engage in every single opportunity to connect with a new person...!<br /><br />I have also started to follow inspiring marketeers on Twitter and subscribed to a number of newsletters - a new world is opening up! This week various forums launched the 100 most valuable brands. I keep asking myself the question, how would that map look like if or when rather those brands or companies need to carry all the cost of their production...i.e. the cost of production as we know it today and the cost of production as we will get to know it tomorrow, i.e. inc the social costs...as the companies carries those costs their products will be more expensive and the question we need to ask ourselves - are we willing to pay for that or will we modify the selection of products we consider as important to live a prosper life in the future? Thus, forcing some of the power companies of our generation to fundamentally re-evaluate why they exists...I guess the car industry is the first industry seeing the consequences of this shift, but I believe there are many more to come...Thus, I believe the map will look very differently in not too long time period ahead...<br /><br />until next time<br />emanuelemanuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11215873385558184706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354864431888677604.post-27999331758698672042009-08-30T06:18:00.000-07:002009-08-31T03:38:40.781-07:00about the most important consensus of our time<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM1mOjSPYxLe8rSC9mfiuEitHSl0z4vugmKVsPmm5Cskrxmmg8qerXCP3G09zZc-CdPYq5b518Zboe-7fSziLUSz8mF7R-Vok7yggkMiJ4vm7nH9RdkSBow1l6NxWynvYYvfmdquHvVok/s1600-h/image002.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 92px; height: 113px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM1mOjSPYxLe8rSC9mfiuEitHSl0z4vugmKVsPmm5Cskrxmmg8qerXCP3G09zZc-CdPYq5b518Zboe-7fSziLUSz8mF7R-Vok7yggkMiJ4vm7nH9RdkSBow1l6NxWynvYYvfmdquHvVok/s320/image002.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375746415478387026" border="0" /></a>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Copenhagen Manifesto </span>
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Expressing the participants’ concerns and hopes about the high-level meeting, the Youth Forum 2009’s Copenhagen Manifesto should be received as a legacy of the Youth Forum 2009.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 16pt 7.5pt 1cm; line-height: 18pt;"><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-GB">We the young adults demand, that: </span></b><b style=""><span style="" lang="SV"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0cm 16pt 7.5pt 2cm; text-indent: -17.85pt; line-height: 16pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=";font-family:Cambria;font-size:12pt;" ><span style="">1.<span style=";font-family:";font-size:7pt;" > </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style=";font-family:Cambria;font-size:12pt;" >The leaders of nations and organizations no longer justify emissions caused by their acts, but act for the benefit of all<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0cm 16pt 7.5pt 2cm; text-indent: -17.85pt; line-height: 16pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=";font-family:Cambria;font-size:12pt;" ><span style="">2.<span style=";font-family:";font-size:7pt;" > </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style=";font-family:Cambria;font-size:12pt;" >Developed countries have to support developing countries to adapt to the impacts of climate change and must create an effective renewable energy development fund<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0cm 16pt 7.5pt 2cm; text-indent: -17.85pt; line-height: 16pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=";font-family:Cambria;font-size:12pt;" ><span style="">3.<span style=";font-family:";font-size:7pt;" > </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style=";font-family:Cambria;font-size:12pt;" >Climate refugees must be given the same legal status as any other refugee<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0cm 16pt 7.5pt 2cm; text-indent: -17.85pt; line-height: 16pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=";font-family:Cambria;font-size:12pt;" ><span style="">4.<span style=";font-family:";font-size:7pt;" > </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style=";font-family:Cambria;font-size:12pt;" >Climate awareness must be a part of every school curriculum<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0cm 16pt 7.5pt 2cm; text-indent: -17.85pt; line-height: 16pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=";font-family:Cambria;font-size:12pt;" ><span style="">5.<span style=";font-family:";font-size:7pt;" > </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style=";font-family:Cambria;font-size:12pt;" >Negotiations should be viewed through collaborative online media, to create complete transparency and openness<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0cm 16pt 7.5pt 2cm; text-indent: -17.85pt; line-height: 16pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=";font-family:Cambria;font-size:12pt;" ><span style="">6.<span style=";font-family:";font-size:7pt;" > </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style=";font-family:Cambria;font-size:12pt;" >It be a human right not to suffer from climate change related disasters<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0cm 16pt 7.5pt 2cm; text-indent: -17.85pt; line-height: 16pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=";font-family:Cambria;font-size:12pt;" ><span style="">7.<span style=";font-family:";font-size:7pt;" > </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style=";font-family:Cambria;font-size:12pt;" >There be pressure on countries to meet their Kyoto commitments and that the Copenhagen agreement should drive fundamental systemic change<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0cm 16pt 7.5pt 2cm; text-indent: -17.85pt; line-height: 16pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=";font-family:Cambria;font-size:12pt;" ><span style="">8.<span style=";font-family:";font-size:7pt;" > </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style=";font-family:Cambria;font-size:12pt;" >The Copenhagen conference must result in an agreement that addresses the needs of all<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0cm 16pt 10pt 2cm; text-indent: -17.85pt; line-height: 16pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=";font-family:Cambria;font-size:12pt;" ><span style="">9.<span style=";font-family:";font-size:7pt;" > </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style=";font-family:Cambria;font-size:12pt;" >We all move beyond self-interested concepts of nationalism to an integrated vision of one system: earth<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 16pt; line-height: 16pt;"><span style="font-family:Times;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 16pt 10pt 2cm; text-indent: -2cm; line-height: 16pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Times;"><span style=""><span style=";font-family:";font-size:7pt;" > </span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:7pt;" > </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family:Times;">I can't in words express how concerned I am about the current state of the world. The COP 15 meeting is one part of the solution. However, the most important part of the solution is to be found within us all...!</span><span style="font-family:Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; text-indent: 0cm; line-height: 42pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Times;"><span style=""><span style=";font-family:";font-size:7pt;" > </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family:Times;">Until later</span><span style="font-family:Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; text-indent: 0cm; line-height: 42pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Times;"><span style=""><span style=";font-family:";font-size:7pt;" > </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family:Times;">Emanuel</span><span style="font-family:Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 16pt 10pt 2cm; text-indent: -2cm; line-height: 16pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=";font-family:Calibri;font-size:10pt;" ><span style=""><span style=";font-family:";font-size:7pt;" > </span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:7pt;" > </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style=";font-family:Calibri;font-size:10pt;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> <meta name="Title" content=""> <meta name="Keywords" content=""> <meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; 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I will be joining Cadbury, a happiness factory, working for the global office. I am very inspired by the opportunity and the challenge ahead of me and very pleased with my choice of company... i left for argentina confused, tired and socially exhausted, but i am coming back clear, fresh and ready to take on new challenges... a really nice feeling, though the path there at times were very challenging...! for those of you who fear to take a step out from a perceived flow to insecurity and uncertainty, dare to do it sometimes, as i discovered that it is first when you allow space for new discoveries to emerge they (the discoveries) dare to emerge...<br /><br />on the agenda the nearest couple of days is to find a comfortable place to say and get ready to take on my new challenge!<br /><br />more updates to come as i am writing on a new chapter of my life)<br /><br />until later<br />emanuelemanuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11215873385558184706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354864431888677604.post-53023074504782786282009-08-05T14:28:00.000-07:002009-08-05T14:42:56.326-07:00about incredible june and julyafter more than a month in silence i am back in front of my computer and a lot of things have happened... as opposed to start updating on some of my experiences the past month i thought that I ll be posting an interview that helps articulating some of my discoveries after having participated in the Global Humanitarian Forum Youth Forum, The Global Humanitarian Forum, the Tällberg Forum and after having spent a wonderful vacation in the Swedish archipelago with my love, my family and close friends...! I have had a fantastic time and I am so excited about my recent past, present and future!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> * Conference themes always mean something more to the participants than others who just see and read the name. What was the theme really about?</span><br /><br />The theme really was about understanding the current state of the world, when it comes to our planet, the economy, technology, learning/education and building on these four, governance. What tied it all together was an understanding of the world as one system, the key to be able to comprehend the scale and opportunity that comes as we recognizing converging crises in a time of diverging interests. Towards the end the theme helped defining the need for an integrated approach on solutions to the defining issue of our time, climate change.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> * (Assuming the theme is really about sustainability and climate change, the global crisis being the climate one) What are the underlying issues of this global crisis?</span><br /><br />As articulated above, we are currently operatin g in a world with converging crises. We have a financial crisis, an economic crisis, natural systemic crises within all our ecological sub-systems, we have a health crisis, a food crisis, a water crisis and humanitarian crises. All of these crises seen as separate events are to fundamentally misunderstand the problem, thus also the possible solutions.<br /><br />From one perspective the body works really well to articulate this point. We can live our life as we want until our body indicates that we are not living in harmony with it. We might get fever or feel stressed. These crises are just symptoms of a lifestyle which clearly has not been in harmony with all aspects of our personality. Sometimes, we just get a cold, a signal from the body that something is wrong, our actions on that symptom will ultimately determine if we will recover fast or becoming even sicker. It is really from this perspective I have come to understand the for example the issue of climate change. Our nature is indicating that it has fever. The sickness of the nature is articulated through natural disasters, e.g. flooding, hurricanes etc,. The symptoms of our natural fever are causing humanitarian disastrous, such as poverty, starvation and a rising food prices just to mention a few. Thus, the key challenge to approach a solution is really to listening to the feedback on our actions. All these crises gives us the feedback we need to approach a solution.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> * So in short, the underlying issue of climate change is our inability to balance all aspects of society? </span><br /><br />Yes and no. Yes because it is true, no because there is not a one liner to articulate this complex issue. I do believe metaphors are incredibly powerful support tools to help articulating problems as such, however, as we start seeking solutions or even speaking about solutions, we must become tangible again. Thus, move away from metaphors and use simple commonly used language. Bottom line, we, meaning all of us, fundamentally need to change the way we live our lives. We can choose to see this change as a step back, or we can see it as a forward roll, as i have chosen to see it here: http://vimeo.com/5378535. Allow me to share for you about the past two weeks of my life. I decided to have my vacation in the Swedish archipelago.<br />At the place were I lived there were no water so we cleaned ourselves by swimming in the sea. One of the highlights of the two weeks was my sailing trip in between some of the beautiful island in the archipelago. My day activities were about reading, meditating, training and spending quality time with my family and friends. In short, I used maybe a litre of water a day on average and my carbon footprint was heavily reduced compared to a life in the city. My conclusion, my vacation was incredible, a forward roll as opposed to a step back. Imagine the impact if I would have chosen a vacation across oceans instead...<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> * What were some of your favorite solutions proposed at the end?</span><br />As we recognize the connection between our guiding ideas and our actions we are approaching a solution. We need to change our guiding ideas because as we have changed our guiding ideas our actions fundamentally will change as well. As opposed to be driven by ego, greed and consumption, we need to be driven by clarity, compassion and choice. As opposed to have GDP growth, profit growth and the number of cars as su ccess indicators, as guiding ideas, on national, organizational and individual levels, we need to re-invent the way we understand these objectives. An important component for this to happen is that we achieve a deal in Copenhagen, not any deal, a good deal, meaning that it is good enough for planet earth to be able to contain humans on it. Bottom line, earth will survive, the question is if it will be able to safely have human living on it. The experts tells me that for us to be able to continue to live here safely in harmony with nature, we, i.e. all of us, meaning every single one of us, need to achieve 350 parts per million as a global roof for carbon emissions, on top of stop destroying our forest and over eat and drink our natural re-sources. The negotiators in Copenhagen in December need to agree upon what should be the framework that help ensures that. Some would argue that what we need to do now is a step backwards, but I would see it as a step forward. It is time fo r humanity to reconnect to what it means to be a human being.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">*I understand that this is a critical solution but I do not see it as realistic. Do you think an agreement at Copenhagen will be reached? What was the consensus on that question at Tällberg?</span><br /><br />My short answer to your question. It has to be. The most important consensus in our history needs to be agreed upon in Copenhagen at Cop 15, the number we all need to dream about and remember is 350. To read up on it, please visit: http://www.350.org/.<br /><br />Realistic or not, the nature of the challenge we are facing are starting to fade out all realistic solutions available, thus, we need to dare to think big about what we as humanity can do and will do. I believe we deserve to be saved.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> * Share with us some of the most interesting conversations you found yourself in?</span><br />A very tough question as I found myself in so many interesting and what I call shifting conversations. With shifting conversations I mean conversations that you leave feeling somewhat different. You feel, see or view something differently after you have had the conversation. Amongst the one standing out happened during a lunch that I had with Richard Barret. He is a values based leadership guru and he was asked by the nation of Iceland to analyze the current state of the country. He made a values review of Iceland in September, concluding that if Iceland would be a company they would be bankrupt as of that date. We all know the path that Iceland took after September until today. I shifted during this conversation because I realized that there are new ways of measuring how we are doing as na tions that are non financials, yet credible and effective. Thus, Barret represent the new way of thinking, the new era where we have expanded the way we understand growth and success on national, organizational and individual level.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> * The youth contingent at forums such as these are usually small, how many young adults were present? Two questions on youth: What was their unique contribution to the forum, what made them valued to the forum? And what were they saying in the talks, what were their perspectives?</span><br /><br />The youth representation at Tällberg was made through an organization called YES. I am not sure on their views and perspectives, so I wont comment them, however, when it comes to the agenda as such, I do believe there was an underrepresentation of youth, a dangerous mistakes as today’s youth are key players in the solution. For next years forum, I hope to meet many AIESEC participants that takes part in the agenda.<br /><br />until later<br />emanuelemanuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11215873385558184706noreply@blogger.com0