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The Paradim weblog presents the new paradigm of leadership. The content is built on the idea of Richard L. Daft, who is redefining the role of the leader and managers: towards activating the potential of a broader range of people, building the responsiveness of the organisation as a whole (often referred to today as agility), and ultimately towards a more sustainable doing and living, more sustainable definition of roles, and a more balanced life.

Working with a purpose. Transferring knowledge and the growth and development of a learner, caring for a patient, responding to needs of population, solving society’s problems and commercially providing products and services that meet people’s needs. Whether we work in education, healthcare, public administration, the public or private sector; the foundation of any organisation is its purpose, mission, or contribution it makes.

Follower follows a common purpose. The word refers to all other members of the organisation. They are the most direct creators of results and achievers of a mission (and are supported or facilitated as much as possible by the manager and leader). A follower is focused on the value created: on the development of a learner, on health of a patient, on customer satisfaction, etc. He/she tries to achieve purpose of his/her work as well as possible by being knowledgeable and innovative in his/her methods.

The view presented is part of the so-called new paradigm (of leadership, but also of management and followership). It aims to involve all members of the organisation in learning, developing and solving the organisation’s challenges; to include all the different approaches and perspectives that these members have; to ensure that the knowledge and insights of those working in the organisation are not lost, but heard and used for development. To achieve this, it redefines roles presented previously. It is the content that is therefore the centrepiece of Paradim website.

Towards a better world? Today, we are increasingly moving from the question of what? or what are we creating? to the question of how? We are therefore increasingly focusing on how we achieve something, with what input, with what well-being and satisfaction, with what impact on other segments of our lives. What is important to us – such as our personal health, quality of our relationships at work, quality of a living environment in which we spend our lives, as well as our personal opportunities and personal fulfilment through work – all these should matter and should have its place. Society is now moving from an information society to a knowledge society, but it is time to become a society of (solid) values too.