Changing Paradigms of Management and Leadership

OLD PARADIGM to NEW PARADIGM

SELF CENTERED to COMMUNITY CENTERED
ethnocentric to community oriented
individualistic to communitarian
authoritative to democratic
self-interest to service to community

OLD SCIENCES to NEW SCIENCES
Newtonian to Quantum
linear to non-linear
one truth to multiple truths
reductive to emergent

MATERIALISM to SPIRITUALITY
modernist to post-modernist
"mind" to "integration of mind, heart, soul"
positivist to interpretive
materialist to spiritual

UNIFORMITY to DIVERSITY
hierarchical to lateral
absolute perspective to contextualism
selective to inclusive
simplicity to complexity

RATIONALITY to INTUITION
actuality to potentiality
intellectual stimulation to emotional arousal
problems to opportunities
conservative to creative

PARTIAL to IMPARTIAL
atomistic to holistic
exclusionary to synergistic
analysis to synthesis
partial to integral

PROFIT ORIENTATION to PEOPLE ORIENTATION
Theory X to Theory Z
competition to cooperation
economic to social
profit oriented to triple bottom-line

CERTAINTY to UNCERTAINTY
clarity to ambiguity
order to chaos
determinate to indeterminate
stability to change

COMMAND & CONTROL to FLEXIBILITY & EMPOWERMENT
top down to egalitarian
controlling to inspiring
doubtful to trusting
domination to collaboration

CHARISMATIC to SERVANT
arrogant to humble
impressive to authentic
self-worth to modesty
extrinsic motivation to intrinsic motivation

OLD METAPHORS to NEW METAPHORS
clockwork/machine to brain/living ecosystem
static box to dynamic flow
solid ice to emergent cloud
building to web/network