PART OF THE CROWD AT THE TALK.
YAP EXPOUNDS ON AGILE LEADERSHIP.
Creative agility, Yap remarked, is the ability to be creative as individuals, to ask lots of questions. He warned of dictator leadership that tends to instil fear, causing individuals to clam up to avoid getting into trouble. “Even though you think you are right, you will become wrong psychologically. You feel you can’t challenge your superiors, so you pull back, become quiet.” He said an insightful and creative leader questions underlying assumptions and is focused on strategic outcomes.
PROF MADHULIKA KAUSHIK (SEATED, FOREGROUND, IN SARI) EXPRESSES HER VIEWS.
In the ensuing discussion on why bosses scream and shout, WOU Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) Prof Madhulika Kaushik commented, “When you shout, you lose your cool and it shows loss of control. If you want people to contribute, then don’t create a gap between them and you but bring them all together.”
Regarding context-setting agility, Yap explained that it is the ability to focus on the vast number of happenings around us, and then making sure that you have the opportunity to push your ideas, with full awareness and a sense of purpose”. He clarified, “If you sell, you need good marketing skills. If you create a product, you must be able to diversify it to reach out to more consumers.”
PROF HO (CENTRE) PRESENTS A TOKEN OF APPRECIATION TO YP.’
He said bureaucracy can hinder agility, especially when an approval process takes months. “If you want to get things done properly, cut down the bureaucracy, cut down your approval process, make it agile. Don’t let it hinder the decision-making process.”
He concluded: “Go make a difference. Agility is ultimately about adding value to yourself, value to your organisation and value to your community.”
