{"id":2539,"date":"2020-02-20T17:41:09","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T16:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.druckerforum.org\/blog\/?p=2539"},"modified":"2023-11-01T15:42:46","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T14:42:46","slug":"managing-oneself-revisited-by-julia-wang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.druckerforum.org\/blog\/managing-oneself-revisited-by-julia-wang\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cManaging Oneself\u201d Revisited <\/br>by Julia Wang"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In\na networked world, opportunities for individuals to develop, create and grow\nare available everywhere. Whether they can successfully capture\nthe opportunity or surf on the wave of the changes, depends heavily on the individual ability to manage oneself. At the 11th<\/sup>\nGlobal Drucker Forum on \u201cThe Power of Business\nEcosystems\u201d on November 21, 2019 in Vienna, one\nplenary discussion on the theme of \u201cManaging Oneself\u201d drew on Peter Drucker\u2019s 1999\narticle of the same name to bring new\nperspectives on leadership, innovation, and organizational resilience and\nagility in the context of ecosystems today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Art Kleiner, Editor in Chief of PWC Strategy+Business,\nkicked off the discussion by revisiting Drucker\u2019s original text. According to Drucker, managing oneself is about discovering strengths, understanding values, and taking responsibility for self-reinvention. To be effective in an\norganization, an individual\u2019s values must be\ncompatible with those of the organization. Why\ndo such things matter in the networked society?\nWhat commitment to learning should an organization\/ecosystem expect from its people and vice versa?\nAnd what challenges is one liable to face in\nmanaging oneself? In other words: what does\nit actually mean to\nmanage yourself\/oneself in the world of ecosystems? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no\ndoubt that in today\u2019s workplace wellbeing has been seriously compromised by the\nanxiety and stress caused by overwork. In this\ncontext, managing oneself is about both self-protection\non one hand and the healing of others on the other. To\nbe resilient, agile and happy, you must learn to manage yourself, counselled executive coach\nMichael Gelb; in the same way organizations committed to\nhealing the anxiety and suffering in the world turn out to be more financially profitable as well as healthier. The number one skill required for leadership in such\norganizations is the ability to self-manage and choose love and compassion as\nthe basis for making big decisions. Quoting Leonardo\u2019s \u201cmen of genius sometimes work best when\nthey work least\u201d, Gelb suggested that \u201cto\nsmile as Mona and to think like Leonardo\u201d is a practical route to better thinking,\ncreativity and personal effectiveness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In \u201cManaging Oneself\u201d, Drucker reminds us that the\nchanges brought about by the internet make savvy self-management a must for knowledge workers to be effective. Drucker\u2019s\nbody of knowledge is about creating human\nenergy and human vision. Julia Wang, President of Peter F. Drucker Academy\n(Hong Kong), reflected on the context of Drucker\u2019s writing. Today, everyone has\nan opportunity to become or at least to think\nas a chief executive officer. Managing oneself is about discovering who you are, then focusing on what you can contribute, as\nwell as taking responsibilities for\nrelationships and communications. This is especially true in the world of\necosystems, where trust and collaboration are essential for both individual and\norganizational success.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nowadays\ntechnological speculation and hype are endless; but human skills remain central to business endeavor. Venture capitalist Scott\nHartley shared his views on cultural aspects\nof big tech. The business of both liberal arts\nand technology is either understanding or\nimproving the human condition, and both deal in\nhuman values. We cannot separate the two when we try to understand the fundamental problems of\nsociety and the value technology can\nbring to solving them. The ability to ask the right questions is critical, especially in the face of uncertainty, and\ntraining in the humanities sharpens skills in this\nregard. Managing oneself means looking at\noneself as a person and reflecting on how we\ninteract with others. To succeed in the era of\nAI, robotics and technological disruption,\nhuman skills, creativity and empathy are fundamental.     <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Self-management is about doing things in fresh and different ways, innovating and thinking creatively to push the\nenvelope of current possibility. When people or\norganizations reach their capacity, they have to find a new way to build out new ones, suggested Whitney Johnson, CEO of WLJ\nadvisors. The idea of S-curve learning demonstrates the self-disruptive learning\npath that eventually can lead to creativity and innovation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Digital\nanthropologist\nRahaf Harfoush shared her perspectives that managing\noneself is mainly to do with accountability\nand impact. The networked society is created\nby ourselves as human beings, and it is up to all of us to make it what we want it to be, whether happy, angry or sad. This reminds us that we are\naccountable for choosing how we invest our time,\nattention and energy, and those actions and choices impact on people around us. Will our actions as\nindividuals positively or negatively affect the\ndigital environment? It\u2019s essential for us to understand our own behaviour, habits and biases, to enable us to become a more positive impact on the whole network. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\npanellists shared insights on how to create conditions for individuals and\norganizations to nurture creativity, resilience, agility and collaborative\ncultures through conscious\nself-management. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In summary, the most important\ntakeaways from the session were: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Leaders\n who make strategic decisions do, and should, listen to their inner\n voices.  <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. A\n courageous decision on the basis of love and compassion can make a big\n difference.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Technology\n is a human activity. Leaders with human insights have a better\n understanding of others as well as themselves. The liberal arts are\n foundational to our way of\n thinking and our\n ability to ask the right questions. Human skills, values and empathy\n are central to success in the era of technology disruption.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Managing\n oneself is about doing things differently \u2013 a mindset change that leads to\n creativity and innovation. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Managing oneself is about taking responsibility\n for relationships and communication. \n In the era of complex ecosystems, the starting point for\n leading others has to be the ability first of all to understand and manage oneself. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    About the Author:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Julia Wang<\/strong> is the President of the Peter F. Drucker Academy (Hong Kong) <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    This article is one in the Drucker Forum \u201cshape the debate\u201d series relating to the 11th Global Peter Drucker Forum<\/a>, under the theme \u201cThe Power of Ecosystems\u201d, taking place on November 21-22, 2019 in Vienna, Austria #GPDF19 #ecosystems<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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