Asian Perspectives on Leadership

Yasuhiko Genku Kimura

February 14, 2005

GSBA 543 Leadership and Career Development

USC Marshall School of BusinessIBEAR XXVII, 2005

© 2005 Yasuhiko Genku Kimura

1. Understanding the Oriental Mind/Philosophy/Culture

Epistemological Distinctions

Perception

Conception

Introception

Perception

Immediate

differentiated aestheticcontinuum

beings

Conception

Mediated

differentiated theoreticcontinuum

things

Introception

Immediate

undifferentiated aestheticcontinuum

Being

The Orient: Primacy of

introceptual aesthetic continuum

Immediate knowledge through identity

Intuitive innerstanding

The Occident: Primacy of

conceptual theoretic continuum

Mediated knowledge-about through postulation

Conceptual understanding

Oriental Culturemore introverted

Occidental Culturemore extroverted

Morality and Ethics

Orient: Allegiance to the Indeterminate in relative contexts

Occident: Allegiance to the Determinate principles

2. Asian Perspectives on Leadership and Leadership

Development

Asian Perspectives on Leadership

Leadership is a state of being and a mode of consciousness

Asian Perspectives on Leadership

Leadership is a state of being and a mode of consciousness

Action follows being and manifests consciousness

Asian Perspectives on Leadership

Self-development is the essence of leadership development

Asian Perspectives on Leadership

Self-development is the essence of leadership development

Character-building Organization beyond Learning Organization

3. Four “I”s of Leadership

Four “I”s of Leadership

IntelligenceShintoism(Japanese)

Kami/KamikaeruAuthentic thinking

Kami = KakuremiThe Invisible ground of Being

Kami-kaeruTo return to the Invisible within

Intelligence

Intelligence

Chushin-kiitsu(Organizational Principle)

Everything coming fromand returning to the Central Void

IntegrityTaoism

(Chinese—Pan-Asian)

Four “I”s of Leadership

Integrity

Tao/Tao-Teh

Tao = Cosmic Integrity/Wholeness

Teh = Tao manifesting as human integrity/wholeness

Integrity

Sageliness WithinKingliness/Queenliness Without

Integrity

Sageliness WithinKingliness/Queenliness Without

Jen (Confucius): Tao Teh expressed in human relationships

Four “I”s of Leadership

IntentionBuddhism

(Indian—Pan-Asian)

Intention

Bodhi/Bodhisattva(byang-chub-sems-dpa)

Bodhi = Self-refinement and self-awakening

Bodhisattva = One committed to unceasing self-refinement and self-

awakening

Intention

Evolution is a processof open-ended learning

Four “I”s of Leadership

IndividualityHinduism(Indian)

Individuality

Atman/Atmavidya:Cosmic Individuality and

Self-knowledge beyond ego

Atman = the Cosmic Self

Atmavidya = the knowledge of the Self

4. Integrating Asian Perspectivesinto the 21st-century Global Context

Integrative practiceof the four “I”s

in the context of the 21st century

Integrating Asian Perspectivesinto the 21st-century Global Context

Integrative practice of 4 “I”s in 21st Century

Integration of conception with introception and perception

Integrative practice of 4 “I”s in 21st Century

Integration of conception with introception and perceptionLeading from a more integral and advanced level of consciousness

Integrative practice of 4 “I”s in 21st Century

Integration of conception with introception and perception

Leading from a more integral and advanced level of consciousness

Cultivation of Wisdom beyond accumulation of knowledge

Integrating Asian Perspectivesinto 21st-Century Global Context

Unchanging Truth and Visionin a changing world

Unchanging Truth and Vision

Self-knowledge: Knowing who you are and why you do what you do

Unchanging Truth and Vision

Self-knowledge: Knowing who you are and why you do what you do

Cosmic knowledge:Knowing of the Eternal and the Unchanging

From the Monological Mind to the Dialogical Mind

Integrating Asian Perspectivesinto 21st-Century Global Context

Integrating Asian Perspectivesinto 21st-Century Global Context

Alignment Beyond Agreement

Omnicentric Configuration