APOSTOLIC CREATIVE APOSTOLIC CREATIVE LEADERSHIP LEADERSHIP

for SYSTEMIC CHANGE

Product or Behavior Change

Creative Deviance on the Frontline

Relationship Art Activity Meaning Making Collaborative Work Mental process Stories

The 3 Cs of APOSTOLIC CREATIVE LEADERSHIP

From his Jesuit spiritual training, Mateo Ricci critically reflected on the cultural context.

From his European scientific heritage, Mateo Ricci was able to make meaning of apparent contradictions.

From his Christian theological formation, Mateo Ricci learnt to use his cognition with humble courage”.

The Maps The lands and the sea The people and their cultures The stories, myths and legends The mind sets and affective make up The rituals, customs and traditions

CONTRADICTIONSMake meaning of the tension

Science and Faith and CultureEastern religions and Western ChristianityAcademic Scholarship and Hierarchical

LeadershipMission and Status Quo

the tension between respect and money, the tension between reciprocity and greed, and the tension between traditional culture and post modernity, the tension between Christian religions and democratic politics, the tension between management and ethics, and the tension between tradition and change

HUMBLE COURAGE

• channel their egos away from themselves and into a larger goal of building the community.•their ambition is first and foremost for the institution, be it the family, the culture, the church, the government•demonstrates a compelling modesty, shunning public adulation and is never boastful• act with quiet, calm determination and set up successors for even greater success in the next generation

It is located (context dependent), It is engaged (dependent on interaction with

the surrounding environment), It is embodied and concrete (affected by

material aspects and physical constraints), It is specific (sensitive to contingencies). It involves cognition, is not individual,

rational, abstract, detached and general. Instead, leadership is social (located in human communities),