MELA 4, DAY TWO: 8 MARCH 2013
MELA 4 is a single day old, yet a wealth of fresh linkages has already been forged. New social connections have been established. New neurological pathways are being developed. It is a lot for the human hard drive to process at once. There is much to sort out and think about.
Salah Al Ghazali's brain is a workload-optimized supercomputer that processes an average of 250 gigabytes of MELA information every three seconds. Nada and Jaafar look on in silent admiration at this marvel of mental engineering.
Zainab Al Ismaili and Wassim are also accomplished data-handlers and number-crunchers.
The human touch is the forte of facilitators Luke Simons, Meade Sutterfield and Patti Proietti.
Having shone the spotlight on individuals' behavior and personality through DiSC, today Marco Blankenburgh addresses the wider horizons of InterCultural Intelligence – the capacity to interpret and adjust to the cultural behaviors of others.
One good way to appreciate what is at stake is to put yourself (almost literally) in other people's shoes. In pairs, participants are invited to observe how their partner walks and mimic his or her gait.
Riyadh demonstrates "the Mater march."
Some of us have our feet firmly on the ground. Some of us barely touch it at all.
Ahmad frankly marvels that Reem (and women in heels in general) are able to walk anywhere at all.
Amer polishes off his Worldview Assessment...
Bill Starnes presents Marco with a MELA gift bag in gratitude for his energetic and illuminating sessions.
"Telephone for you, Madame...." Always at your service, MELA staff Massi Proietti reminds Abeer that not everyone needs a top-of-the-line smart phone, as he disconcertingly produces a receiver and cord from his trouser pocket.
In the afternoon, Jim tells the group about values-based stories. In a visual world, leaders must learn to talk in pictures and become great storytellers. If the vision or task is clear, it assumes the burden of leadership.
Plug them together, and many gigabytes of ideas must they have to exchange? How many terabytes of vision to share?
How deep is the ocean? How high is the sky?
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