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9|osopes of
Leadersp
1he core sub[ecL of Lhe
Clobal Leadershlp rogram
wlll lnform how l assess
leadershlp ln Lhe Luropean
urban developmenL
conLexL
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Assesslng lnLernaLlonal
corporaLe leaders and
sLraLegy wlll asslsL ln
comparlng buslness
proflLablllLy agalnsL soclal
lmpacLs ln urban pro[ecLs
vlslLlng Luropean clLles
lncludlng Lhose analyzed
under SlLLe's lnspecLlon
prlor Lo commenclng aL 1he
8arLleLL School of lannlng
unlverslLy College of London
omleLlng Lhe Clobul Leudershl
Progrum ln Prugue, ech Reubllc
A monLh of lnLenslve sLudles ln hllosophles
of Leadershlp and Clobal 8uslness
1he flrsL monLh of my Lravels have been
based here ln rague Czech 8epubllc
compleLlng Lhe Clobal lnsLlLuLe for
Leadershlp and Clvlc uevelopmenL's
(ClLCu) Clobol leoJetsblp ltoqtom
PosLed by Charles unlverslLy ln rague
Lhe course was an lnLenslve sLudy
program comprlslng Lwo sub[ecLs
hllosophles of Leadershlp and Clobal
8uslness
1he course ls hlghly selecLlve wlLh 32
sLudenLs elecLed from over 330 appllcanLs
each year 1he sLudenLs come from a
varleLy of backgrounds lncludlng sLudenLs
(boLh undergraduaLe posL graduaLe and
MasLers beLween Lhe ages of 19 and 32)
from AusLralla Mexlco Lhe unlLed SLaLes
Malaysla Chlna 8ulgarla 8razll vleLnam
new Zealand Cermany lndla Columbla
Afrlca kyrgyzsLan and Lhe Czech 8epubllc
1he course was run from 1 !uly Lo Lhe 31
!uly 1he flrsL week lncluded orlenLaLlon
Leam bulldlng exerclses and a reLreaL 1he
reLreaL was a Lrlp Lo a chaleL ln Lhe Czech
counLryslde followed by Lwo days of
communlLy servlce aL an organlc farm and
a Lrlp Lo 1erezln a nazl concenLraLlon
camp AfLer Lhe reLreaL we commenced
classes aL Charles unlverslLy ln rague
1he Lwo classes l sLudled were
hllosophles of Leadershlp and Clobal
8uslness We Look 6 hours of classes per
day and were requlred Lo compleLe abouL
Lhree hours of assessmenLs and 4060
pages of readlng per day Cn weekends
we explored and prepared for exams
Iew of 9rague from Lhe SLrahov MonasLery 1he flrsL sLage of my pro[ecL has
been underLaklng Lhe Clobal Leadershlp rogram ln rague Czech 8epubllc
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1he hllosophles of Leadershlp class
covered readlngs from greaL phllosophers
lncludlng laLo Pobbes Machlavelll
Pegel 1horeau uLnam nussbaum and
PlLL We assessed successful leaders
lncludlng Pavel (my personal favorlLe)
Masaryk PlLler Lhe ualla Lama Malcolm
x MarLln LuLher klng !r and Chandl
Lach day we were asked Lo analyze a
readlng from one of Lhese flgures and
respond Lo a seL of quesLlons We were
asked how Lhe values LhaL flgure
demonsLraLed could be employed ln
response Lo a hypoLheLlcal scenarlo
llnally we were asked Lo prepare a
reflecLlon respondlng Lo our perspecLlve
and lf and how we relaLe Lo Lhe sub[ecL
CuLslde of Lhe LheoreLlcal we were
challenged pracLlcally wlLh numerous
debaLes presenLaLlons and Leam based
compeLlLlons
rofessor Mcuougall used Czech hlsLory
as a way of demonsLraLlng Lhe lnLellecLual
baLLles of good and bad leaders
exempllfled besL ln Lhe home of a velveL
8evoluLlon (Lhe Czech 8epubllc was freed
from an oppresslve communlsL reglme
Lhrough peaceful clvll dlsobedlence and
nonvlolenL proLesL Lhe lnLellecLual
reprleve referred Lo as Lhe 'velveL
revoluLlon' because lL came wlLhouL
bloodshed)
ln Lhe flnal week we parLlclpaLed ln a
lengLhy 'hllosophers uebaLe' whereby
each sLudenL was asslgned a phllosopher
or leader and challenged Lo represenL LhaL
flgure's values bellefs and agenda ln a
lengLhy debaLe regardlng currenL world
challenges
We were asked Lo prepare a 'ro[ecL
roposal' a flvepage reporL on how we
could employ Lhe lessons of greaL leaders
ln a slngle soclal enLrepreneurshlp
venLure We Lhen presenLed our pro[ecLs
Lo Lhe group My pro[ecL looked aL
promoLlng aspecLs of Soclal 8uslness ln
Lralnlng urban developmenL professlonals
WlLh half Lhe world's populaLlon now
llvlng ln clLles one ln flve are llvlng ln
absoluLe poverLy and Lhe Lop 1 reLalns
equal wealLh Lo Lhe boLLom 37 My
pro[ecL suggesLed LhaL whllsL Lhe ma[orlLy
of properLy professlonals pursue
convenLlonal and esLabllshed markeLs Lhe
'base of Lhe pyramld' (8C) markeL ln
developlng counLrles represenLs a huge
opporLunlLy boLh soclally and
economlcally 1he measured 8C markeL
for houslng ln Afrlca (12 counLrles) Asla
(9) LasLern Lurope (6) and LaLln Amerlca
and Lhe Carlbbean (9) ls $1873 bllllon
(urayLon 2008) Conslderlng Lhe wealLh
of welleducaLed properLy professlonals
produced by developed counLrles llke
AusLralla Lhere are cerLalnly
opporLunlLles for AusLrallan professlonals
Lo yleld slgnlflcanL caplLal (boLh soclal and
proflLablllLy) ln developlng naLlons
Phllosohles of
Leudershl
1he core sub[ecL of Lhe Clobal
Leadershlp rogram was
'hllosophles of Leadershlp' an ln
depLh assessmenL of greaL leaders
LhroughouL hlsLory challenglng
sLudenLs Lo collaboraLe lnLer
culLurally and workshop leadershlp
skllls lncludlng verbal and wrlLLen
communlcaLlon negoLlaLlon and
presenLaLlon skllls

'Phllosohles of Leudershl' wus
LuughL by Professor HeuLher
MucLougull, Ph. L.
vaclav Pavel was Lhe
flrsL presldenL of Lhe
Czech 8epubllc A
hlghly regarded
lnLellecLual and
lnsplraLlonal leader hls
wrlLlngs lnclude
'ower of Lhe
owerless' (1983) and
'Summer MedlLaLlons'
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Clobul 8uslness
'Clobul 8uslness' wus LuughL by 1uson Wlden, u successful usseL munuger und roerLy develoer ln Lhe UnlLed
SLuLes of Amerlcu.

1he Clobal 8uslness class sLarLed wlLh a LheoreLlcal conLexL 1he
flrsL Lwo weeks were spenL looklng aL Lheorles ln globallzaLlon
sLraLeglc Lhlnklng sLraLeglc plannlng negoLlaLlon managemenL
and eLhlcs
We were Laken Lhrough a presenLaLlon by MaLL Lvens (CA CMA
ClM) a successful flnanclal managemenL advlsor ln vlrglnla
(uSA) whlch looked aL deLalled sLraLeglc plannlng wlLhln an
organlzaLlon 1he AL approach (of AssessmenL 8asellne
ComponenLs uown Lo speclflcs and LvaluaLlon sLages of sLraLeglc
plannlng) was
We were lnLroduced Lo Lhe concepL of 'Soclal LnLrepreneurshlp'
by ScoLL Sherman (M8A hu and founder of Lhe 1ransformaLlve
AcLlon lnsLlLuLe) and Lhe ldea LhaL modern leaders have a
responslblllLy Lo yleld soclal caplLal ln addlLlon Lo and ofLen ln
order Lo maxlmlze proflLablllLy
We revlewed crossculLural negoLlaLlon Lechnlques uLlllzed by
1erry Plrd an lnLernaLlonal negoLlaLlon experL We underLook a
deLalled case sLudy of Coogle's experlence ln Chlna
Cur assessmenL conslsLed of Lwo wrlLLen examlnaLlons a wrlLLen
proposal and a presenLaLlon We were glven a monLh Lo prepare
Lhe proposal and presenLaLlon whlch relaLed Lhe preparaLlon of
an lnLernaLlonal markeLlng sLraLegy for a sample buslness We
were drlpfed background documenLaLlon lncludlng flnanclals and
encouraged Lo pose more quesLlons Lhan we were glven answers
We were puL lnLo four Leams and Lhe challenged Lo compeLe wlLh
one anoLher for a cash prlze and a scholarshlp Lo anoLher course
ln addlLlon Lo a good grade l Look a leadershlp lnlLlaLlve Lo dlrecL
my Leam We surveyed Lhe LargeL markeL and collaLed as much
lnformaLlon from lnLervlews wlLh Lhe dlrecLors as posslble We
prepared a 'sLraLeglc acLlon plan' wlLh Lrackable Langlble goals
and Lhree overarchlng lnlLlaLlves Lo lmprove Lhe buslness
Clven Lhe compeLlLlve
naLure of Lhe pro[ecL we
esLabllshed LhaL a
creaLlve presenLaLlon was
requlred Lo dlfferenLlaLe
our offerlng We creaLed
Lhe Lheme of a mock
fllghL ln whlch Lo place
our audlence compleLe
wlLh maLchlng unlforms
a humorous lnfllghL
safeLy brleflng and several aLLenLlon grabblng Lechnlques Lo keep
Lhe audlence engaged
Cur Leam won Lhe compeLlLlon WhllsL l was Lhe mosL
experlenced buslnessperson ln our group we were up agalnsL
groups wlLh M8A's and a number sLudenLs Laklng a buslness
masLers
We chose Lo donaLe our sponsorshlp Lo a flnanclally
dlsadvanLaged appllcanL from a developlng counLry We wlll be
lnvolved ln Lhe selecLlon process nexL year
he secondury sub|ecL of Lhe Clobul Leudershl Progrum wus Clobul 8uslness, u course whlch looked uL Lhree muln
ureus, munugemenL und leudershl, murkeLlng und sLruLegy. heorles from KoLler, HofsLede, erry Hlrd und Lhe
Pro|ecL Clobe were unulyed Lo rovlde u conceLuul frumework for ussessmenLs. Uslng lnLernuLlonul cuse sLudles
Lhe course looked uL hlghly successful comunles ln u globul conLexL such us Coogle, SLurbucks und Ale und how
Lhey huve used vurlous munugemenL, negoLluLlon und roducL develomenL or oslLlonlng Lechnlques Lo be
successful. he ussessmenL wus u comeLlLlon Lo roduce Lhe besL lnLernuLlonul murkeLlng sLruLegy for u sumle
buslness. My Leum, Lhe Creen eum (lcLured), won Lhe comeLlLlon.


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1he LheoreLlcal framework for my research lnLo Luropean besL pracLlce ln urban deslgn managemenL and
change wlll be esLabllshed durlng my exchange program wlLh Lhe presLlglous 8arLleLL School of lannlng aL
Lhe unlverslLy College of London My sLudles commence aL Lhe 8arLleLL ln laLe SepLember where l wlll be
based unLll laLe uecember

ln Lhe lnLerlm l lnLend Lo famlllarlze myself wlLh Lhe urban landscape of varlous Luropean clLles lncludlng
vlenna 8udapesL Lyon and arls among oLhers 1he sLunnlng conLrasL Lo AusLrallan clLles has already been
overwhelmlng l plan Lo vlslL some of Lhe clLles Camlllo SlLLe dlscussed ln hls semlnal LexL '8lrLh of Modern
ClLy lannlng' and revlew recenL research underLaken by LlchLenberger (1994) and Cuiednlcek (2003)
regardlng developmenL paLLerns ln rague and vlenna

l plan Lo prepare my nexL pro[ecL updaLe upon arrlval ln London and prlor Lo Lhe commencemenL of my
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