Partners and academics spoke about the challenges that leadership is facing during the pandemic in a video conference with the president of Tec de Monterrey.
Salvador Alva, president of Tec de Monterrey, predicts new human skills and exponential changes in education and business models.
Although Tec was already using a model that promoted the “creative capacity and critical thinking of students… Now we are developing new human skills,” he said.
Among the new skills currently being developed, the Tec president listed:
- Critical thinking
- Resilience
- Expressing emotions
- Empathy
The leader of the institution pointed out that the crisis caused by COVID-19 has triggered reflections in 2 different ways:
- How do we solve the crisis with the resources we have available?
- How do we reinvent ourselves in the face of this situation?
The levels of connectivity that now exist permit our society to make progress.
“And the freedom that we have today has generated a lot of creativity,” he said.
“Our attitude can be trained, and that is the only way to educate: by example.”
Seeing new business models that consume others is not something new, he said, but this crisis has brought about transformations and people proposing new methods.
The same is true of education: the model that has been maintained since the 18th century and mass education that kills critical thinking has been left behind.
For Alva, the new challenge facing educators is “to be open to thinking: as educational institutions, we have the obligation to reinvent our schools.
“Today, we are providing educational programs from anywhere. How many new ideas will emerge and how many of those who did not have access to education will now have it?”
He noted that not only has there been a change in education, but also in health, the economy, and business. Alva advised his audience to face transformation positively.
Learn to enjoy exponential change as individuals, and especially as those who carry the weight of leadership on your shoulders.
“The problem is that there are no leaders. Most people are administrators who follow sequences. When changes have to be made, it’s difficult for them,” Alva stressed.
“Every time we create something new, it generates a conflict and we generally see it negatively, but you have to look at all of the benefits.
“Our attitude can be trained, and that is the only way to educate: by example,” he concluded.
A SPACE FOR REFLECTION AND CHANGE
The talk “Leadership in the face of the crisis and my role as an agent of change”, given virtually by Alva, is part of the program of conferences entitled “Period and change”.
There will be 10 presentations given to educational leaders in Mexico and Latin America to support the development of ideas in the face of the crisis caused by COVID-19.
The 4 key themes around which these conversations will revolve are:
- Leadership during a crisis.
- Context with an understanding of the outlook in Mexico and around the world
- Education: its future, challenges, opportunities, and academic continuity.
- The flourishing of emotions, well-being, fulfillment, resilience, and happiness.
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