KPMG Sri Lanka organised a workshop on ‘Imagery of the Future - Learning to think on your feet while walking on shifting sands’ recently.
It was facilitated by the International Mind Education Institute (IMEI) which teaches ‘Mind Education’ in many nations.
Managing Partner of KPMG in Sri Lanka, Reyaz Mihular in his key note speech said that building strong minds through the Mind Education program is an initiative he considers a Corporate Social Responsibility of sustainable value for the greater good of the nation. He emphasised the importance of building people with strong minds and connectivity who can overcome challenges as teams. President of IMEI, Dr. Jae Hong Kim and Director, IMEI for Sri Lanka, Hyeonyong Choi presented the main lecture that analysed the cause of an ‘ill-heart’ and its dangers, the importance and the mechanism of gaining a strong heart, the secret of surviving in vulnerable situations through connectivity and focus.
The lecturers from IMEI, Ms Ahn Juyi, Ms Minju Ji, Ms Lee Jung Min and Ms Lee Seungyi discussed the idea generation and crisis coping ability through the examples of Google and Japan specifically in terms of: Creative ideas and voluntary work of staff; Leadership: that is speeded-up by prioritising ideas and instantly gets into action; - Organisation: providing opportunities through infrastructure. They also explained the secret of the Redwood Tree that survives for over 3,000 years amid adverse conditions and grows to a height of 120m.
An interactive approach ‘Action Learning’ initiated brainstorming sessions for developing ‘action based decision making’. It included a cross functional presentation method that enabled every participant to make a presentation and a ‘block vote system’ that identified the best teams that were presented token gifts.
The workshop, held at Hotel Taj Samudra, was attended by the representatives of over 40 organisations. - Sharon Abeyratne