Listen!

SEALA 2, DAY 2

Anand frames Day 2 with the subject of value innovation. Under what conditions can a company or organization perpetually grow? In an environment where the changing needs of the beneficiaries or customers are thoroughly understood, anticipated, and met. Focus on the end-user – wow your customer!

Raheel is an object lesson in high-resolution focus.

Anand's grains of wisdom encounter the mills of Farhad's mind.

Innovation requires agility and a high level of comfort with uncertainty. (Can the leopard change his spots? Of course it can!) Chameleon-like, never fear to reinvent yourself, over and over again.

"You, Shawn Liew – yes, you! Do you have the flexibility and agility required for success in today's marketplace?"

After the break, Anand examines personal effectiveness and emotional intelligence through the lens of Personalysis, a survey-based assessment tool. Ritika Mathur's unique traits and style are made easily apparent to her peers. (Micro-phone kindly supplied by macro-man Tim Bednar.)

Danny's an all-round colorful guy.

Feldatun Sharif probes more deeply into her emotional "toolkit."

Detail people: Meade Sutterfield and Paulette Pidcock.

Getting to know you... over lunch.

As a prelude to the leadership art of telling values-based stories, John King's session begins with an exercise on compelling listening.  

FIRST, wander around in an aimless, unstructured way. For many people, this is called LIFE.

SECOND, group into triads with a speaker, a listener, and an observer. 

– Who is accountable for delivering value? Speaker Arundhati. 

– Who controls the environment that allows Arundhati to be effective? Listener Naza Mohd Nasir. 

– Prajna observes and arbitrates.

Vickie Neighbour does the walking, 
Her jungle dress does the talking.

Mei Ching is a chemist by training. No surprise, then, that everything she has to say fizzes with energy and is polysaturated with value.

Ian and Kelvin simply fizz.

Good chemistry between Sarika and Zubair.

Ridzuan auditions for Bollywood.

SEALA Masterpiece Portrait #1: 

"The Listener."

At the end of a long day of talk, it is time to retreat to the soothing beauty and quiet of the lake: to listen to the lap of the waves, the evening hum of the insects, and the gentle inner voice that whispers, "Can't wait for SEALA Day 3!"