Today in “Leadership in a Global Context”, we completed our journey through various simulations with “Tip of the Iceberg”, a simulation meant to highlight the pitfalls of global communication—especially with nonnative speakers. The simulation had two groups of four try to collaborate on a series of questions where each team member held different information, but…
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The Global Context of “Leadership in a Global Context”
Today in “Leadership in a Global Context”, we focused on just that: leadership in a global context. For me, this leadership is all about turning the difficulties of working across geographic and cultural borders to a power that can be weaponized for a team’s success. Global collaborations, when handled effectively, can provide incredibly useful perspectives…
A Reflection from the Summit of Everest
We ended our first week of “Leadership in a Global Context” with “Everest V3”, a simulation built to emulate the decision making and team dynamics that go into summiting mount Everest. Groups of five were assigned and each student was given a special role with their own goals and abilities, and it was our job…
A Reflection on “Power and Influence”
Today in “Leadership in a Global Context” we completed the “Change Management Simulation: Power and Influence” Harvard leadership simulation, which focused on highlighting the challenges of leading through change. You played either the CEO or the Director of Product Innovations at Spectrum Sunglass Company, tasked with motivating other members of upper company leadership to adopt…
Responding to Uncertainty: A Reflection on “Patient Zero”
Today in “Leadership in a Global Context”, we completed the “Patient Zero” simulation, a scenario where a new pandemic has ravaged your fictional nation, and you—being the leader or part of the leading decision making body—must make life or death choices about how to proceed. The simulation posited five main conundrums, and we had to…
A Retrospective on “Judgement in a Crisis”
In class today, we completed the Harvard Business simulation titled “Organizational Behavior Simulation: Judgment in a Crisis”. It had you put in the role of product manager at Matterhorn Health, a fictional company that just released the “GlucoGauge”, a self-administered device used to track glucose levels. The product launch had not gone well; while the…
My Perspectives on Leadership
Throughout my life, I’ve seen great leaders and very poor ones. The skills and traits vary wildly between them, but there is certainly a general correlation between their characteristics and their success at being an effective leader. The one that most obviously comes to mind is an ability to listen—what we named in the class…
A Personal Introduction: Leadership in a Global Context
Hello! My name is Ryan Young, and I’m a rising sophomore majoring in math and physics & astronomy, with a minor in political science concentrated in international relations. I’m looking to go into research (hopefully in discipline-based education) in either math or physics in the future. I’m from Bucks County, Pennsylvania—about 45 minutes north of…