Part 0, 1, 2, 3 , 4, 5 , 6 and 7 of Acumen virtual bootcamp series can be found here. This is last part of the Acumen Bootcamp series
I had completed all sessions of the bootcamp. And, the interaction with people helped me to define what is leadership. Leadership is an influence. Leadership is born when competence meets character, practical skills meet moral imagination and urgency meets action. I would recommend people to article: Crucibles of Leadership
The last session was reflection exercise by the participants and moderators on the whole 8 week journey. I was introduced to rich network of social-sector leaders from across the world a.k.a Community of Social Innovators. The decline of what sociologists call ‘secondary associations’, where people come together to search and inquire, is one of the processes of atomisation which lead to people being isolated and facing this mass of information alone. I hope a new association can help to navigate me complex and gradually painstaking journey of social change. There is Acumen Academy also, a school dedicated for social change. The goal is to learn and escape from becoming prisoner of my own rhetoric, which makes it even more difficult to adapt new realities.
Feedback: The internal reflection as a leader and a person was the fulcrum of the course. Yet, more time could have been devoted to adaptive leadership in my opinion. The crucible experience was a trial and a test, a point of deep self-reflection that forced participants to question who we are and what mattered to us. Four hours per week is a minuscule time in comparison to the time that is wasted throughout the week. That may be called as a lack of rigor in the whole 8 week sessions. Investment of at-least 8-10 Hours per week would have better returns for fellows and moderators. Thanks to my peers for profound discussions and especially Abbas for moderating interactive session
I had completed all sessions of the bootcamp. And, the interaction with people helped me to define what is leadership. Leadership is an influence. Leadership is born when competence meets character, practical skills meet moral imagination and urgency meets action. I would recommend people to article: Crucibles of Leadership
The last session was reflection exercise by the participants and moderators on the whole 8 week journey. I was introduced to rich network of social-sector leaders from across the world a.k.a Community of Social Innovators. The decline of what sociologists call ‘secondary associations’, where people come together to search and inquire, is one of the processes of atomisation which lead to people being isolated and facing this mass of information alone. I hope a new association can help to navigate me complex and gradually painstaking journey of social change. There is Acumen Academy also, a school dedicated for social change. The goal is to learn and escape from becoming prisoner of my own rhetoric, which makes it even more difficult to adapt new realities.
Feedback: The internal reflection as a leader and a person was the fulcrum of the course. Yet, more time could have been devoted to adaptive leadership in my opinion. The crucible experience was a trial and a test, a point of deep self-reflection that forced participants to question who we are and what mattered to us. Four hours per week is a minuscule time in comparison to the time that is wasted throughout the week. That may be called as a lack of rigor in the whole 8 week sessions. Investment of at-least 8-10 Hours per week would have better returns for fellows and moderators. Thanks to my peers for profound discussions and especially Abbas for moderating interactive session
