Saturday, January 17, 2015

Authority Goes Bananas

SEALA 2, DAY 3


Michael Kouly (President, Cambridge Institute for Global Leadership) ponders his lecture on leadership, systems and authority.



Today's guest may be feeling lonely in the exercise of his authority. Thoughtfully, Prajna and co. join Michael on the stage.



Feldatun has some proposals how to make the discussion more lively.



Ian and Mei Ching take stock of the proceedings.



The facilitators' peanut gallery: Ashok Mittal, Gloria, Vickie, Talal Hajjar, Ismaa Khan.



The participants' peanut gallery: Zubair, Tita, Yumna, Ritika.



Describing her observations, and some provisional conclusions, Ayesha takes the floor and holds the attention of the room with her innate authority.



Michael refuses to share his banana with Ridzuan.

Don't ape the person in authority if he's really just a monkey!



Bina has goods to offer much more satisfying than a banana: food for thought, the fruits of her wisdom.



Facilitators of a feather flock together: Talal, Susan Simons, Makrita Avjyan, Dan White.



Debriefing the morning session.



Star Power is a multi-round game that mimics the dynamics of organizations where power is divided unequally among hierarchical groups or classes. It tests loyalty and puts stresses on group cohesion. 



The strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they must. That's a gloomy proposition. 



The composition of three hierarchical groups is determined by the scores achieved by trading colored chips. Ian and Vijay plunge into transactions.



Naza counts her blessings – and her gold. 



Basu checks the scoreboard.



The Malaysian ladies put their heads together.



Tita and Top watch as the endgame plays out.



The Mei Ching Tianhe-2 supercomputer crunches the numbers...



... while Susan Sutterfield collates scores on ye olde yellow stickies.



And the winners are...!


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