Hello Everyone!!!
Here is the another interesting topic.
It will come from from U Thein Lwin who was an "Honourable Speaker" when we were together at ACE.
We all were amazed whatever topic he talked to us.
Let's see he is still good speaker or not.
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Commonsense and Leadership
v Without commonsense, can someone be good leader or manager
v Commonsense is born or made
Presented by U Thein Lwin
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Sorry!! Please correct my mistake
1. Without commonsense, can someone be a good leader or manager?
2. Commonsense is born or made?
Thein Lwin
For this topic, firstly I need to know what commonsense actually means.
So, I looked up at Wikipedia and it says, commonsense is what people in common would agree: that which they "sense" in common as their common natural understanding. Some use the phrase to refer to beliefs or propositions that in their opinion they consider would in most people's experience be prudent and of sound judgment, without dependence upon esoteric knowledge or study or research, but based upon what is believed to be knowledge held by people "in common".
Hence, ones without commonsense means he or she will normally disagree things that most of the people easily agree on.
In my opinion, it is a must-have for great managers and popular leaders (esp. politicians). Without it, it is very likely he or she will be de-ranked or out of the office sooner or later. However, it is not a pre-requisite for geniuses. As I consulted to the Wikipedia, and I found Albert Einstein stated: "Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." Apparently, he saw it as a negative point.
The conclusion is that you can choose not to have or born without commonsense but you must have enough courage for being out of the mainstream. But people will think you are either a genius or a slightly crazy person. On the other hand, with commonsense, you are either a good manager/leader or a very good follower of that manager/leader. And, finally, I think commonsense is a born-quality.
For my thinking of commonsense is “most of them must be born”.
But I’m not sure for other less percentage. They can be re-born or made according to their hard working or trying to get certain level of knowledge and training. But they may need to pay attention on it the whole time to keep their sense going right way.
Another thought on commonsense is “It’s not built on career high education degree, such a kind of rich and even luxery level living.
But I can tell 100% sure is “Commonsense is an important key to be a good leadership or management to get organization or nation successful.”
Dear Ma Myo and AKL,
I post this topic because I face this issues in the working areas. I believe most of the manager donot have commonsense. Expatriate Manger in here complaint about that. He said most of the local manager here donot have commonsense and just say "YES".
He asked me , how can we train them.
I also don't know what is the solution. In my personal opinium, without commonsense no one can be a good leader or manager, and also believe that commonsense is a born-quality.
In the last month I attended our repectable teacher Dr. U Aung Tun Thet's seminar at IBC. The topic is "The Strategic Leadrership". I learnt alot from seminar. I raised a question during the seminar, same as aboved mentioned topic. Saya believe commnsense is needed for good leader and Manager, but Saya think that commonsense can be trainned.
In my experience, commonsense is difficult trained.
Here is some story from Medical doctor.
WHAT IS COMMON SENSE?
Common sense means paying attention to the obvious. This is not as easy as it sounds. We all have vivid imaginations, and we tend to get lost in our fantasies.
When fantasy replaces common sense, life becomes farcical and even tragic. Life is a series of ordinary events that follow the laws of logic and probability. These ordinary events are indifferent to our fantasies and require the careful, accurate navigation of common sense.
I learned the lesson of common sense as a third-year medical student. I was doing an internal medicine rotation at a Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital and working with interns, residents, and attending physicians.
One day, on morning rounds, we examined a patient with a black tongue. The intern assigned to that patient had researched all the causes of a black tongue and was eager to demonstrate his new knowledge. As the intern started to lecture us, the attending physician interrupted him and asked the patient if he uses black cough drops. The patient smiled, opened the drawer of his night table, and took out a package of Smith Brothers black cough drops.
The intern's face turned red, and we all laughed. The intern was so focused on being a doctor, that he forgot to ask his patient an obvious question. It's been thirty-five years since I was a third-year medical student, but I still have a vivid memory of that day and that lesson: use common sense and pay attention to the obvious.
My thirty years of medical practice have taught me the lesson of common sense again and again. Eventually, I realized that society in general, and modern medicine in particular, lack common sense. This is why societal and medical problems are rarely solved. Let's apply common sense to health-care.
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