TEDx Talks DeeperLEADERSHIP Dr. Denny Roberts Qatar Foundation Education Division

Urgent need for Deeper Leadership in our World Globalization Globalization Technology Technology Environment Environment Population growth Population growth Political and religious divisions Political and religious divisions Changes in economic and geo- political balance Changes in economic and geo- political balance Finding the adaptive responses that will allow us to thrive Finding the adaptive responses that will allow us to thrive

Leadership without easy answers (Heifetz, 1994) Adaptive leadership requires: Adaptive leadership requires: Renegotiating loyaltiesRenegotiating loyalties Discerning essentials to conserveDiscerning essentials to conserve Tolerating tensionTolerating tension Finding the resources to succeed Surfacing and managing contradictions Defining leverage points of complex systems

We have to know what matters and pursue the adaptive challenge

Downloading: projecting past patterns suspension redirecting letting-go Open Will Open Heart Open Mind Seeing from outside Sensing from the whole PRESENCING from Source Enacting strategic microcosms Embodying the new in performance, practices, infrastructures Envisioning from the future wanting to emerge embedding prototyping crystallizing reacting © 2004 Scharmer OPENING: transforming perception CREATING: transforming action DEEPENING: transforming Self, Will Who is my Self? What is my Work?

Flow… Csikszentmihalyi Flow involves living one’s dream or conviction, not as an act of will but as a yearning to participate with others in achieving peak performance. Flow involves living one’s dream or conviction, not as an act of will but as a yearning to participate with others in achieving peak performance. Flow is present when there are; clear goals & unambiguous feedback, balance between opportunities and ability to act, merging of action and awareness, focus on the present, loss of self-consciousness, distortion of time and space. Flow is present when there are; clear goals & unambiguous feedback, balance between opportunities and ability to act, merging of action and awareness, focus on the present, loss of self-consciousness, distortion of time and space.

Flow and Performance High ability + High Challenge = Flow Low   High Low   High Boredom Anxiety Flow Apathy Skills Worry Arousal Control Relaxation Challenges

Oscillation… Schwartz Oscillation is described in Schwartz’ “Making of a corporate Athlete” as a conditioning must. It calls for oscillation between periods of action and reflection (similar to Palmer’s ideas in the Active Life, 1990). Oscillation is described in Schwartz’ “Making of a corporate Athlete” as a conditioning must. It calls for oscillation between periods of action and reflection (similar to Palmer’s ideas in the Active Life, 1990). Highly intense and productive periods are possible, punctuated by periods of withdrawal for reflection and refocus. Highly intense and productive periods are possible, punctuated by periods of withdrawal for reflection and refocus.

Periods of intensity and renewal oscillate over time

Deeper Leadership requires presence, flow, & oscillation Photos by Jake Brewer