Vahid Masrour presents on the topic of world citizenship. He discusses world citizenship as a state of awareness and introduces himself as working with the World Citizenship Chair at Pontifica Universidad Católica del Ecuador. The presentation covers topics such as the multi-cultural mindset, world citizenship in business, and world citizenship as a potential job or career path. Masrour questions the concept of citizenship being defined by one's country of birth and cites a quote about having a world-embracing vision from Bahá'u'lláh.
1. World Citizenship
a state of awareness
Vahid Masrour
Pontifica Universidad Católica del Ecuador
World Citizenship Chair
February 2010
2. (Planned) Topics
I. Intro: Who am i, and why am i here?
II. The multi-cultural mindset
III. World Citizenship and business
IV. World citizenship as a job
6. Citizen of a country…
because i just happened to be born
there?
7. Article 13(2) of the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights:
“Everyone has the right to leave
any country, including his own,
and to return to his country.”
8. “Let your vision be world-embracing,
and not confined to your own self”
Bahá’u’lláh
14. A path to Unity in Diversity
Moral Leadership, by Anello & Hernández
Initial encounter
(with a culture that’s “different”)
Tension
Division in Diversity
Come together with
an open mind
15. Understanding
A path to Unity in Diversity
Coming together
with an open mind
Showing
interest
Tolerance
Endeavour to
understand
16. A path to Unity in Diversity (2)
Understanding
affection
Esteem
Shared vision
17. A path to Unity in Diversity (3)
Shared vision
Unity in Diversity
18. World Citizenship
The business perspective
• What does World citizenship have to do with
business?
• Why would World Citizenship be a part of work?
• How could world citizenship help a manager?
19. Creating a product/service in 2010
Requirement
s: USA
Design:
Sweden
Miniatu
rization:
Japan
Manufacture
: China
Storage
:
Panamá
Distribution
: Local
20. The enterprise in
the XXIst Century
Virtual Organization
Network Enterprise
a. Online participation
b. Cultural sensitivity
c. World-view
d. Collaboration
What skills will it require?
What will it look like?
21. World Citizenship as a Job
Vahid Masrour
World Citizenship Coach
Cel (593) 99.044.027
vahidm@gmail.com
www.tinyurl.com/vahidm
22. World Citizenship as a job
"intercultural coaching“, they call it.
http://www.eoc-intercultural.com
His 3 first birthdays were celebrated in 3 different countries.
What are each of those guys thinking? Can they actually share thoughts with each other? Are they too different?
How will they relate if he is British and she is Irish?
Is he Chinese or Japanese? Does that make a difference? Is it important?
Can he be “African”?
Can i (Vahid) be “European”?
How do you deal with it? Cultural diversity at one level, never ending human diversity at the other.
IT comes down to the very concept of human being that we keep in our minds and hearts.
Lying under the cover of culture, we inevitably find human beings… so what is human, and not cultural?
Back to that question, which is key to a World Citizenship State of Awareness, allow me to offer the answer that has worked for me…
Maori, from New Zealand, see the movie The Whale Rider to see how an adolescent deals with her growing up in between cultures. The showing of the tongue, part of a dance called a “challenge”, is where an encounter starts, and goes on as a fight or as a peaceful meeting depending on how the challenge is answered.
Moral Leadership, Module 10 Teamwork, Nur University. Eloy Anello & Juanita Hernández.
Showing GENUINE interest
Tolerance a stepping stone towards…
Along with understanding usually come some emotions…
When we have a shared vision, living in a state of unity in diversity becomes possible, or rather inevitable.
Requirements: if it's just one country. Nokia might require studies across several countries
and a world clock
Here is my business card.
World citizenship a full time job? I’m talking crazy here, right? Or am i?
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