Summary of what has been learned and what will be applied to the work
24-August-17
Subject 34:
- When you find yourself in a hole, the best thing you can do is stop digging. This is a good quote to reflect the sunk-cost trap.
- The decision making in the meeting can be in 2 ways: advocacy and inquiry. Advocacy has a leader influence in making a decision. Inquiry has a shared and discussed opinion before the decision is made.
Subject 35:
- Mega trends such as demographic shifts, economic shifts, climate change, technology breakthrough are changing the world we live in.
- To be a servant leadership is to sacrifice and inspire others.
- Morality 4.0 = Sufficiency, Discipline, Honesty, Volunteerism
- 4H for Thai People 4.0 = Head, Hand, Health, Heart
- Learning 4.0 involves purposeful, generative, mindful and result-based learning.
Subject 36:
- Learning can be formal or informal (generative / emergent) learning. Personal aspects are barriers to learning.
- Learning organization is compared between Chira Way and Senge Way.
- Chira Way of learning follows the King working principles and 4L+3L+2R+2I.
- His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej Six Steps of Working:
- 4L = Learning MEOC (Methodology, Environment, Opportunities, Communities)
- 3L = Learning from PEL (Pain, Experiences, Listening)
- 2R = Reality, Relevance
- 2I = Inspiration, Imagination
- Peter Senge Way of learning consists of:
- Think MACRO, do MICRO
- Work in steps
- Turn difficult things into easy things
- Consider local knowledge
- Apply communication, coordination, and integration
- Take ownership
- Personnel Mastery
- Mental Models
- Shared Vision
- Team Learning
- System Thinking
25-August-17
Subject 37:
- EdPEx stands for Education Criteria for Performance Excellence which has 7 categories, 17 items, 36 areas to address, 89 specific questions, and 11 core values.
- The roadmap started from TQA (2001) to PMQA (2005), SEPA (2008) and EdPEX (2009). The performance indicators are important. They must be real and measurable.
Subject 38:
- Government project proposal requires fitting the plan in 3 dimensions: Area, Function, and Agenda.
- Return on Investment (ROI) is the ratio of the net operating income to the average operating assets.
- Margin is the ratio of the net operating income to sale values.
- Turnover is the ratio of sale values to the average operating assets.
Subject 39:
- Nanjing massacre was a mass murder and rape which left over 300,000 deaths.
- Deng Xiaoping famous quote is “It doesn’t matter if a cat is black or white, so long as it catches mice”.
26-August-17
Subject 40:
- Each group summarized the trip in Bangkok. The Chaipattana Foundation is an inspirational trip and it can be taken as the working model for sufficient development.
- At the Bank of Thailand we learned that the world has changed. The challenges are disruptive technologies, aging society, learning gaps of students and so on.
- KX is the knowledge exchange building which provides co-working space, maker's space, innovation capability building program and so on.
- KMUTT was founded in 1960. It was the first university that went out of the government system. The quality control uses EdPEx in driving the development.
- Unilever has been with Thai people for a long time and now the marketing strategy has evolved by using internet and digital platform to connect clients and business partners.
Subject 41:
- Today activity is different from other days. Another side of the brain was used in learning the art of drawing picture using watercolor.
- Drawing helps practicing mindfulness, temper control, and to plan things in advance.