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Living and Leading in a VUCA World: Response-Ability and People of Faith

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Managing VUCA Through Integrative Self-Management

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Living and leading mindfully in a VUCA world may awaken our consciousness to the entanglement of systemic injustice, in tolerance of expressions of hate and violence, the widening of wealth and wellbeing gaps between rich and poor, and the exacerbation of environmental degradation. We hold our gaze on the disturbing issues that are facing humanity and the planet, and we commit to taking action through our contribution to a transformational management education . Our focus in this chapter is on faith traditions. All religions posit universal loving relationships. We are motivated by the call of 2015 Parliament of the World’s Religions to work together for a world of compassion, peace, justice and sustainability despite our differences. We seek the potential of interfaith collaborations in living and leading in a VUCA world through translating faith and spiritual values into teachings of love and compassion. These values can be exercised in the educational content and processes we are responsible for. We urge this in the hope that these values will be extended in the post-university communities our students will engage with.

All major religious traditions carry basically the same message that is love, compassion, and forgiveness … the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.

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    http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/02/foreign-shop-owner-set-alight-south-africa-150227061954428.html

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    http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2014/11/burma-genocide/

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    http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/101east/2014/11/malaysia-unwanted-20141118111742722400.html

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    http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures/2015/05/migrants-gamble-life-mediterranean-150520070949956.html

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    http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/sep/07/global-warming-religion

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    http://www.un.org/sg/statements/?nid=7239

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    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/history-inthe-making-an-unprecedented-visit-to-ise-jingu-japans-holiest-shrine-to-see-it-rebuilt-under-the-beliefs-of-the-shinto-religion-9555482.html

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    http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2015/04/09/global-religious-faith-based-organization-leaders-issue-call-commitment-end-extreme-poverty-2030

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    http://www.weforum.org/videos/time-davos-debate-capitalism-annual-meeting-2012

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    http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/26/pope-francis-capitalism-tyranny

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    http://www.unprme.org/about-prme/the-six-principles.php

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    http://hds.harvard.edu/faculty-research/conferences-and-seminars/business-across-religious-traditions

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  1. Waikato Management School, Hamilton, New Zealand

    Nazarina Jamil & Maria Humphries-Kil

  2. Labuan Faculty of International Finance, Universiti Malaysia Sabah Labuan International Campus, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia

    Nazarina Jamil

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Jamil, N., Humphries-Kil, M. (2017). Living and Leading in a VUCA World: Response-Ability and People of Faith. In: Nandram, S., Bindlish, P. (eds) Managing VUCA Through Integrative Self-Management. Management for Professionals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52231-9_5

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