I had an interesting experience participating this course. I did
struggle throughout the semester because of personal reasons
including getting a promotion at work and getting covid right after.
Overall, I had a great experience because of the professor, Dr. Raj
Parikh. He never managed to miss an email from me and always
responded with an uplifting attitude which definitely helped me get
through. It definitely changed my intention on how I participate in
future courses because waiting til the last minute or submitted
assignments late has not given me the best insight on business and if
I am more diligent getting my work done, I will gain more knowledge
moving forward especially from my peers during discussion boards.
Some challenges I faced in this course were the complexity of the
work I did not know or understand. For example, there were many
concepts that were not something I am used to as I do not have a
prior degree in business or a related field. I have a degree in Sports
Medicine so to me this degree has definitely has kept me in a place
of uncertainty and given me a complex mentality when it came to
doing my work. Although, this may be true I was able to overcome
these challenges and move forward throughout the course. I think
future courses will deepen my ability to work in the VUCA world
because business is always going to be uncertain and complex but
learning more about the basics and understanding situations will help
me thrive in the field.
With the fourth industrial revolution, the introducing of early
advances on the internet of things; artificial intelligence (AI) and the
production of smart equipment that can analyze diagnose and fix
issues without the need for human intervention has pushed us to do
better than. For example, I was watching an episode of ‘Bones’ and
within the show there was a program called V.A.L., and this program
was created to be a medical-crime detective basically replacing
Sweets, a FBI psychologist. In this episode, sweets had to overcome
the use of his peers using the program and figure out the murderer
on his own which he did. The program even chose the wrong
murderer and was returned to the company that made it in the end.
This may be a case that shows that machines and programs can’t
replace humans but in some instances they can and we need to prove
how valuable we truly are. I believe that when we are facing a
challenge, we always adapt our leadership style and behavior
because if we need more of a team dynamic, we choose to proceed
with a comforting group mindset when leading or when we need to
get to work and move forward an appreciative and motivating
behavior is exhibited. I have seen this in my team at work lately
because a lot the work is out of our hands when it comes to permits
in review in specific jurisdictions but our job is to use these
leadership skills and behaviors to possibly get them moved up
quicker so they can be approved and issued.
Considering these challenges that come with the internet of things
and AI, I want to learn how to be more ahead of the process rather
than trying to figuring out more solutions after the fact. I specifically
want to focus on “A Better Brain leader learns in which situations to
balance his brains’ action modes to avoid stress and conflict, but
instead help his workforce to develop and thrive.” This future work in
this program will benefit me and the people I lead because as a new
leader with one person under me I need to be able to communicate
effectively and be confident enough to give him tasks to do to make
both of our lives less stressful and not just have everything be done
with me until I can no longer handle all of the tasks and I am forced
to give him work to do which he may not have the skills to do.
Julianna McGovern
Muttke, M. (2020). Build Better Brains: A Leader’s Guide to the
World of Neuroscience.
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