#pod2

- drove locally to get lunch (we driving hehe but slowly just in case)

- poor quad activation at this point. Can’t lift up my leg without using my hands or other leg. Stiff.

- still able to get about 0-90 but struggling

Global Social Capital reflects your intercultural empathy, interpersonal impact, and diplomacy. The following are the major competencies of Global Social Capital.

Intercultural Empathy:

●      Ability to work/socialise/study well with people from diverse backgrounds to my own

-       I can work well with people from diverse backgrounds from my own as I always get along with people easily. (4)

●      Ability to understand nonverbal expressions of people from other cultures to my own

-       Working with other cultures is always interesting as you can to learn different ways of interpreting things from different perspective. I believe I can understand these expressions but communication is key for this. (4)

●      Ability to emotionally connect to people from other cultures to my own

-       Once again, I can emotionally connect to people as I been through a lot in life but being a listener to people who are in need really helps them out. (4)

●      Ability to engage people from other parts of the world to work together

-       I confidence that I have this ability as I managed to be able get people from different backgrounds to work together to achieve a common goal together. (5)

Total Score (17)

Interpersonal Impact:

●      Experience in cooperating/collaborating/negotiating with people from other cultural, faith or value backgrounds to my own

-       I can do cooperating and collaborating very well, but in terms of negotiating, I tend to hard-headed in the things I really believe in but I will not let it ruin our friendship/relationship. (3)

●      Strong social/professional/community networks with people from diverse backgrounds, including from different faith, language or cultural backgrounds to my own.  

-       Coming from a multicultural country and as an international student, I do have strong social/professional/community network with people from diverse backgrounds. Because of my birthplace, I had to learn to co-exist with other different faith and culture in school or while I was growing up. And to this day, some of them are my close friends. (4)

Total Score (7)

Diplomacy:

●      Ability to integrate diverse perspectives

-       I always like to view things differently from my own to other people perspectives as they provide me insight and knowledge from the place they come from. Plus this gives me lots of interesting ideas as everybody have so much to give from their own cultural background. (5)  

●      Ability to listen to what others have to say

-       I’m a listener. I always give a chance for everybody in a group setting to give opinion. (5)

●      Willingness to collaborate

-       This will depends on situations. I’m willing to collaborate with others but if the opposite side doesn’t want to collaborate with me, I can’t do anything about it. Also, if our goals does not meet to a win-win situation, I will find hard to collaborate with the opposition. (3)

●      Ability to constructively participate in conflict resolution

-       Can’t say that I’m constructively participating in conflict resolutions. Sometimes, I just let it be for a period time and then only help solving the conflict. You can say I’m a passive participate in conflict resolution. (3)

Total Score (16)

Passion for Diversity:

●      Enjoy mixing with people from other language, faith or cultural backgrounds to my own

-       I really enjoy mixing with individuals from other language, faith and cultural backgrounds as this really give me an insight how other people in the world live which is different from my own. (5)

●      Enjoy exploring other parts of the world/high on my bucket list of ‘must do’s’

-       I always like adventure. Exploring new places really intrigues me as I can know the place more by exploring. (5)

●      Enjoy getting to know people from other parts of the world

-       It always fun getting to know other individuals as they tell you their life experiences. (5)

●      Enjoy living in another country/high on my priorities for post-degree future

-       Definitely live in Japan or other parts of the world after my degree. (5)

●      Enjoy traveling (in your country and/or abroad)

-       I not sure if I like travelling as I do not have the resources to do it. (3)

Total Score (23)

 Quest for Adventure:

●      Interest in dealing with challenging situations

-       In video games, I always love to give myself some challenges to make it interesting. It is fun to overcome challenging situation as you get to learn a lot from it. (5)

●      Willingness to take risk

-       I’m not much of a risk-taker but am always willing to try new things and change my way of doing things. (3)

●      Willingness to test one’s abilities

-       I’m always willing to test my own abilities in the real world situations like talking techniques even if I have to embarrass myself in the process of doing it. (5)

●      Enjoy dealing with unpredictable situations

-       Unpredictable situations are not my forte, but I certainly enjoy dealing with it once in a while. That doesn’t mean I like to always expect dealing with unpredictable situations. (3)

Total Score (16)

Self-Assurance:

●      Self-confident

-       I have self-confident with the things I do. (5)

●      Comfortable in uncomfortable situations

-       Really depends. Some personal and social situation is hard to know what to say at times. (3)

●      Use humour  in tough or difficult situations

-       Does that mean always finding the positive in everything? If so, I pretty sure I’m good at that. (4)

Total Score (12)

Understanding of Globalisation as the process shaping and making the C21st. world (max. score 25)

●      Knowledge of globalisation (0-5)

-       Because of my degree is about international business, I believe I have adequate knowledge on globalization. (3)

●      Knowledge of how globalisation is shaping the world of work (0-5)

-       Before my studies of International Business, I do know how globalization is shaping the world today as every countries today are slowly getting connected to the world today with technology and knowledge. It is because of globalization that the world today can have so much knowledge and information and wealth. (4)

●      Knowledge of how globalisation is shaping the local worlds of your own everyday life as a student and as a graduate (0-5)

-       Because of it, locals are slowly getting into international (business - wise) with all the information that is out in the internet. It affects me too by getting immerse with other cultures and language and of course, studies. It really influence on the way I think of other people and allows me to learn more in every way of my life through other people life experiences. (4)

●      Knowledge on global institutions, systems of governance and policy that may impact on your future career or income earning pathways (0-5)

-       I do know quite a bit of global institutions because of my degree I learned on how these companies operate both locally and internationally.

As for systems of governance and policy, I have to say that I do know of these because as an international student, you have to follow the rules and regulations if not you will be deported which led me to read the policies that are in place before I do something.

But seriously, I believe this will impact my future career as I will be more vigilance on the policies and government systems to ensure that I’m doing the right thing. (3)

●      Knowledge of how to present yourself and communicate for a global audience (0-5)

-       I have a good understanding of presenting myself to other people from different culture and religion. I also do know how to communicate respectfully with people with different background. I believe this will help me with communicating a global audience. (4)

Total Score (18)

Analytic and Strategic Thinking (max score 15).

●      Ability to grasp  complex concepts and apply them in real world situations  (0-5)

-       I use concepts from across video games (strategy, teamwork, foresight, and mechanics) which had complex concepts and apply them in my real life situations like making the right decision or thinking about the consequences before making my moves. (5)

●      Ability to understanding abstract ideas (0-5)

-       Because of video games, I believe I can grasp the abstract ideas presented in them like why does the developers decided to make the game like that rather than the ordinary way. (4)

●      Ability to take complex issues and explain the main points simply and understandably (0-5)

-       I always had hard time explaining in general but once I’m able to grasp the complex issues are, then I will be able to explain the main points simply and understandably to others. (3)

 Total Score (12)

Pod2: Global Mindset

What the Financial Times definition of global mindset is true at some point to the world we live in today. Our world economies todays prosper with trade and knowledge with the help of technology that is so ever growing. Yes, I do agree that the Financial Times definition of global mindset is geared towards commercial or business applications for global corporations. This is because these corporations are, one way helping the world to prosper in terms of economy and infrastructure and they pretty much influence the world’s population with their brand names.

In any part of the world, leadership is about influence. There are many ways to influence others: Directing them, rewarding them, inspiring them, or giving them ownership of the decision are but a few examples. The leader’s task in a multicultural world is to influence direct reports, project teams, supply chain partners, client organizations, and regulatory agencies that have different cultural, political, and institutional backgrounds.

But there’s a disconnect. In most societies, ordinary citizens are socialized to learn how to work with people who are like them. They develop a unicultural lens that helps them understand and interpret their surroundings.

This has worked for many centuries, but it is an obstacle now — children grow up learning how to work with people who are like them; as adults, they start working for companies who require them to work with people who are different from them and who have different cultural lenses.

So what does the leader of the future need to be successful? Leaders who have a high level of Global Mindset are more likely to succeed in working with people from other cultures. Leaders with a strong stock of Global Mindset know about cultures and political and economic systems in other countries and understand how their global industry works. They are passionate about diversity and are willing to push themselves. They are also comfortable with being uncomfortable in uncomfortable environments. They are also better able to build trusting relationship with people who are different from them by showing respect and empathy and by being good listeners.

This is how our world works..  Sadly.

Pod2: Knowledge Economy

What is ‘Knowledge Economy’?

Knowledge Economy is a system of consumption and production that is based on intellectual capital - value of a company’s employee knowledge, business training and any propriety information that may provide a competitive advantage. Economy that is based on creating, evaluating and trading knowledge. In a knowledge economy, labour costs become progressively less important and traditional economic concepts such as scarcity of resources and economies of scale cease to apply.

Examples of Knowledge Economy activities are research, technical support and consulting or service-based works.

Basically, The knowledge economy addresses how education and knowledge — generally called "human capital — can serve as a productive asset or a business product since innovative and intellectual services and products can be sold and exported and can yield profits for the individual, the business and the economy. This component of the economy relies greatly on intellectual capabilities instead of natural resources or physical contributions. In the knowledge economy, the production of services and products that are knowledge-based provides rapid acceleration in the technical and scientific fields, making way for more innovation in the economy as a whole. Read more: Knowledge Economy http://www.investopedia.com/terms/k/knowledge-economy.asp#ixzz4Mq6aybA9

Knowledge Workers vs. Manual Workers