- CHRISTOPHER FONG -

Consulting Psychologist
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1. What is a Global Mindset / Thinker?
2. ”Somewhere In There” - Psychological Perspective
3. “Somewhere Up There” - Corporate Perspective
4. “Somewhere Out There” - Global Perspective
5. Diagnostic Models for the Global Mindset
6. Class Participation
 Presenting Scenario:
The world’s economic landscape is changing rapidly and becoming increasingly
global. We come face to face with a series of unprecedented political, ethical,
economic and financial issues. Especially in the last five years, we see the
world ruled by much flux and uncertainty. The fall of the dotcoms; upheaval in
capital markets; globalisation and intensifying competition; a more volatile global
economy; the horrific Sep 11 2001 & its aftermath and the threat of terrorism,
global warming & natural disasters are some of examples.

How successful the new generation is at exploiting emerging opportunities and

tackling their accompanying challenges depends crucially on how intelligently
it observes and interprets the dynamic world in which it operates.

Therefore harnessing the Global Thinker / Mindset is a central

requirement for building such intelligence.
 Hypothesize:

So Who Is This Global Thinker ?

Or
What is The Global Mindset?
 This seminar hopes to examine the concepts of the global mindset from a
psychological perspective.
The Psychology of Self Awareness is especially important because its absence is
the single most critical derailer for senior leaders. Global Thinkers must understand
how they are perceived in diverse contexts by many, very different people with
different assumptions and behavioral norms. To lead effectively, they need to
understand their own strengths and weaknesses, their emotions, and their impact on
others.
9 They also need a wider behavioral repertoire to call on contextually appropriate for a
range of situations. (e.g.. EQ, Communication skills, Inter/Intra personal relationship
skills etc.,)
9 Global Thinkers with a high level of Self Awareness are also characterized by expert
intuition, “common sense,” and learning agility. They can quickly tell whether a
situation is typical or atypical, and act.
9The Social psychology gives the global thinker a systemic perspective and
broad understanding of cultural diversity, political, socio-economic conditions,
history and interrelations.

9The Cognitive Psychology takes into consideration a high degree of cognitive

complexity and not just merely possessing High IQ. The Global Thinker can
simultaneously hold and apply several valid but competing and complementary
interpretations of a domain or situation. Meaning they are able to balance
contradiction, ambiguities and trade-offs, and manage paradox.

Other traits: open-minded, non-judgmental, inquisitive, highly motivated, curious,

what makes people different, tolerance for Ambiguity, build trust and relationships.

Summary: Adaptability, Innovative, Evolving, Experiential

 the Science
of
Human Cognition
&
Behaviour
 The Who’s who…..

Psychoanalyst
Sigmund Freud
“Father of Psychology”
Carl Jung

Behaviourism
John Watson
BF Skinner

Humanistic
Classical & Carl Rogers
Personality Abraham Maslow
Operant Conditioning
Hans Eysenck
Ivan Pavlov
Albert Bandura
-Neuro Science & Cognition
-Child Development
-Life Span Development
-Reality & Awareness
-States of Consciousness
-Conditioning & Learning
-Memory & Intelligence
- Motivation & Emotions
- Gender & Sexuality
-Personality & Differences
- Stress & Health
-Psychological Disorders
-Therapies
-Social Psychology
-Attitudes, Culture & Relations
-Applied Psychology
-Neuro Science & Cognition
BUSINESS/
-Child Development ECONOMICS
-Life Span Development
SCIENCE &
-Reality & Awareness
MEDICINE
-States of Consciousness
-Conditioning & Learning LAW
-Memory & Intelligence
EDUCATION
- Motivation & Emotions
- Gender & Sexuality FAMILY
- Personality & Differences
RELIGION
- Stress & Health
-Psychological Disorders MEDIA
-Therapies
LIFESTYLE
-Social Psychology ARTS / SPORTS
-Attitudes, Culture & Relations
-Applied Psychology
 Biological

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EMOTIONS

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PERCEPTION BEHAVIOURAL
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Environmental Developmental (Act)
 Your Personality DNA

COGNITION
(Think) EMOTIONS
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Behaviour Values Emotions
BEHAVIOURAL
PERCEPTION LEARNED and/or CONDITIONED (Act)
(See)
Biological
 A Systemic Perspective
Mental (Intelligence) Physical (Health)

Spiritual
Emotional

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Social
Behaviour Values Emotions
Culture

LEARNED and/or CONDITIONED

Biological

Political
 Antecedents and consequences of the individual global mindset

Social
Corporations
Capital that are
successful
Individuals who
in their
are capable of
Individuals different
global
who are global
Individuals Sense making
effective in markets
Psychological who have a (business &
influencing
Capital Global markets)
people from
Mindset
different
sociocultural What is
Sense-making the game?
systems
under different
socioeconomic What are
Templates the rules?
Intellectual ( Local companies
Capital Local needs ) How do
we win?
 Different Mindsets of
Management
Global Mindset
• Focus on big picture and changes
in corporation's global business
environment
• Strong confidence in Vision and
organizational process
• High value of multi-cultural teams
• Diversity seen as a source of
opportunities
• Constantly challenging own
experiences and assumption;
Always open to change
Parochial Mindset
• Focus on national markets
and local trends
• Emphasis on tight
headquarter control and
hierarchical structures
• Limited cross-national
cooperation
• Diversity is seen as a threat
to uniform strategies
• Sticking to existing
paradigms; Difficulties in
coping with change
 BIGGEST!
BIGGER! …Consideration
for a
BIG! Global Mindset
 Culture Diversity
“An openness and awareness of
diversity across cultures with a
tendency and ability to synthesize
across this diversity.”

- Gupta & Govindarajan (2002). Cultivating a global

mindset, Academy of Management Executive.
 Cultural Diversity

- Accept individual and cultural differences

-Accept difference between F.A.S.T.

-Adapt to difference ethnic values & beliefs

-Work and Communicate in multiple cultures

-Manage global Complexity, Contradictions &

Conflicts

-Manage multicultural teams (people)

-Embrace global learning and cross culture

studies
 Hand Gestures
even in
Cultural Diversity!!!
 Class Activity:

“The Global Product”

1. Design a product
2. To encompass the 4 continents of the world
3. Each continent represents something unique about it
example: What does Asia represents?
What does the Swiss represents?
4. After that, discuss how unique your product is and how it
encompasses global diversity in it.
 An Integration of
SYSTEMIC GLOBAL
PERSPECTIVE PERSPECTIVE

BUSINESS/
MENTAL
ECONOMICS
PHYSICAL
SCIENCE &
MEDICINE
EMOTIONAL
LAW
CULTURE
EDUCATION
SOCIAL
FAMILY
SPIRITUAL
RELIGION
POLITICAL
MEDIA

LIFESTYLE
ARTS /
SPORTS
 F.A.C.Ts of LIFE™
Diagnostic Model
For
Developing
A Global Mindset

Designed & Developed by Christopher Fong

Published by APA (2005) and now used as a teaching model in psychology studies
F.A.C.Ts of LIFE™
for a Global Mindset

Fears
Anxieties
Controlessness
Threats

OF

Learning to unlearn & relearn

Identity
Freedom of Choice
Emotional Empowerment
 CLASS PARTICIPATION

“Organization of Dots”
 REUVEN FEUERSTEIN
NEARLY 7 DECADES OF POWER
In Special Education
• MASTER TEACHER
• PARADIGM
BREAKER
• MASTER ASSESSOR
• POWERFUL
OUTCOMES
• GREAT TEACHER
EDUCATOR

INTELLECTUAL DECENDENT OF BINET AND PIAGET

DYNAMIC ASSESSMENT AND INSTRUMENTAL ENRICHMENT
POWER VIRTUALLY UNKNOWN AND MARGINALIZED
 Rey’s Complex Figure

Organization of Dots

Plateau

Representative Stencil Design by Raven

 INPUT PHASE
• Blurred and sweeping perception
• Unplanned, impulsive and unsystematic exploratory
behavior
• Impaired receptive verbal tools and concepts which affect
discrimination
• Lack of or impaired spatial orientation and lack of stable
systems of references that impair the establishment of
topological and Euclidean organization of space
• Lack of or impaired temporal orientation
• Lack of or impaired conservation of constancies of factors
such as size, shape, quantity, orientation, etc. across
variations of other dimensions of the perceived object
• Lack of and deficient need for precision and accuracy in
data gathering
• Lack of or impaired capacity for considering two or more
sources of information at once, reflected in dealing with
data in piecemeal fashion, rather than units of organized
facts
 OUTPUT PHASE
• Egocentric communication modalities
• Difficulties in projecting virtual relationships
• Blocking
• Trial and error responses
• Lack of or impaired verbal tools for th
communicating adequately elaborated
responses
• Lack of or impaired need for precision and
accuracy in communicating responses
• Deficiencies in visual transport
• Impulsive acting out behavior
 The End
Thank you for listening! All the best in your future

Christopher Fong

Email: midiman@singnet.com.sg