13
2011
Searching for a different kind of samurai
An article by Edmond Antoine
I was watching the 7 Samurai last night, the 1954 movie directed by Akira Kurosawa. When Master Samurai Kambel takes on the fight to defend peasants against the bandits, he is a different kind of leader. Brave, compassionate, able to assemble a diverse “team” of like minded samurai, driven by their passion for something bigger than themselves,yet simple human brothers having good laughs as well! The peasants are themselves only driven by fear. And they loose and loose each year more. Their village is on the verge of collapse.
While we are struck by the sudden violence of the tsunami on the Japanese coasts, and its consequences, we are reminded of the constant need to be grateful for who we are - especially in the biological light that we are already a rarity to have made it past the ovulation stage – and reminded to be grateful to have each other.
Japan, the 3rd largest economy in the world, still very much a non transparent society, may be on the verge of drastic changes as well.
While we strive for happier time, we may need to prepare ourselves as leaders to create a different working place. We may need to support the emergence of different kind of samurai leaders.
While keeping our business projects like great adventures to fulfill a useful mission and create wealth, what could we endeavor to make it more human, more team like, more able to provide stability and hope? Reinventing our way to collaborate.
Is it relevant to continue to accumulate so much that is unnecessary, in these times of drastic changes, or relevant to remind each other of our call for love and compassion to each other? Yet our obligations to the world as we know it remain often intact, and our self awareness to evolve may stagnate.
How could we support the emergence of different kind of samurai-leaders? how do you support the emergence of new leaders?
let’s defend our village, the Earth and its communities, to create a more sustainable approach with less fear, more determination to make it together in a different way!
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About the Author: Edmond Antoine
Edmond Antoine is an entrepreneur and ICF Master certified coach who has more than 25 years of experience managing business units and teams throughout the world. He has coached hundreds of people supporting them to produce greater results and new equilibriums. In 2010, he lead a Legacy Odyssey Trek in the Everest National Park, and coached a socially responsible entrepreneur in Newark, NJ. This moved him to create this blog in order to raise awareness and bring people from different walks of life together so they can invent new paradigms.
