LEADer/ Choosing For Integrity

LEADer/ Choosing For Integrity

Ubud, Indonesia - 26 May 2015.  Meet Endang Widiati, a civil engineer who grew into a participatory development advocate and then became general manager of Bali’s leading business group in yoga-based events, retail clothing, healthy food, holistic healing, community support, business registry and media resources. What are her 3 recommendations for aspiring leaders in Asia? 

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INsight/ Is Intention Enough?

INsight/ Is Intention Enough?

Manila, Philippines - 1 May 2015.  The world this week is marked by sorrow over death and suffering from the devastating earthquake in Nepal, and by deep reflection after the mass execution in Indonesia. On the positive side, what can we learn from the last-minute reprieve for Mary Jane Veloso, who was about to die together with the 8 convicted men?

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LEADer/ Taking Three Steps

LEADer/ Taking Three Steps

Ubud, Indonesia - 9 April 2015.  Meet Soemantri Widagdo, a leading innovation scientist, international art curator, and social change maker, affectionately known as Pak Tri.  What steps does he recommend aspiring leaders in Asia to take? And in doing so, what strengths can they build on, and what leadership roles can they explore?

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LEADer/ Seeding Healthy Change

LEADer/ Seeding Healthy Change

Ubud, Indonesia - 28 February 2015.  Meet Maria Loretha, a champion leader for healthy change in Eastern Indonesia. The eldest of five children, Maria grew up in West Kalimantan, home of Indonesia’s Dayak people. How did she become a community leader for nutritious local foods across her country?

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LEADer/ Tapping Renewable Energy

LEADer/ Tapping Renewable Energy

Manila, Philippines - 9 February 2015.  Meet Aldrin Calderon, a graduate of the Leadership for Sustainability course at the United Nations University in Tokyo last October.  How is he applying his experience in the leadership course to make a difference for rural communities in his country?

 

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INsight/ Map Or Compass?

INsight/ Map Or Compass?

Ubud, Indonesia - 1 January 2015. How will you start your new year? Have you prepared your set of new-year resolutions with enthusiasm to make the best of your opportunities and improve on the last year? Do you know where you are going and what you have to change in order to get there? Have you mapped your journey to success? What did you do with your resolutions last year? Could you see them through to success? Or did you loose sight of them a few weeks later as a mountain of work and daily chores took their toll and you felt unable to change your habits for more effective ones? What happened with your map? There is a better and easier way to change, with more fun to be experienced along the way.

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