“The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.” (Bertrand Russel)
The faster and more complex the world becomes, the more important is our cooperation – the CoSpirit! The summarised phenomenon of VUCA ( volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity) leads to processes and solutions having to be more flexible and connected, to a greater extent. Especially when the pressure increases, constant changes are pending, and it becomes imperative that everyone together, pulls in the same direction!
Modern employees ask for operational management relationships and for personal responsibility. Matrix-, and project- structures entail influencing without the need for a classic management-mandate. They may require managers and team-members to break away from old, set images of leadership and behavioural patterns. Single-minded thinking, territorial selfishness, internal competitive thinking, lone fighter -, and authoritarian leadership scenarios, prove to be counterproductive in a networking, rapidly changing world. What attitudes and behavioural strategies do we need instead? What does, the new spirit of cooperating, the CoSpirit, that ensures that cooperation in various forms can succeed under the current circumstances, look like?
