This mind map of Tun Dr Mahathir's keynote speech on "Asian Leadership" at the 14th ICOT on 23 June 2009 in Kuala Lumpur is the second of four mind mapped keynote speeches that I promised to post. The viewer is invited to Prof Howard Gardner's Keynote speech in my earlier post.
As usual Dr Mahathir's speech is always covered with interesting anecdotes. One of the things he emphasized is that DEVELOPMENT requires able LEADERS who has the ability to also THINK about DEVELOPMENT. This inevitably covers one of his best remembered achievements as PM of Malaysia where he stood his ground during the 1997 financial crisis to steer the country towards economic recovery.
Dr Mahathir also mentioned that once LEADERS (e.g. GEORGE BUSH, TONY BLAIR, RICHARD NIXON, MAO TSE TUNG / MAO ZEDONG etc....) are in POWER, it is very difficult to remove them. (These remarks drew laughter from the audience). Yet they, the LEADERS, are important in the development of the country.
I leave viewer(s) with an interesting interpretation for the rest of his excellent speech, that was delivered to a pack audience at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC).
I am very fortunate and thankful that Dr Mahathir was very kind to autograph my mind map of his keynote speech that I did during his presentation. This is the second time that a Prime Minister has autographed my mind map. For the first, viewers are invited to view my mind map of former PM Goh Chok Tong's keynote speech given at the Singapore Quality Award (SQA) presentation ceremony in 1998 [CLICK HERE]. Please enjoy.
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I was very privileged that Professor Howard Gardner autographed my mind map of his keynote speech given on the 14th International Conference on Thinking was held in Kuala Lumpur on 22 June 2009 where he added yet another Intelligence, Interdisciplinary, to the list of nine, NOT eight intelligences (Linguistic, Mathematical, Spatial, Musical, Kinesthetic, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, Naturalist and Existential) that he originated many years ago. He also spoke about his latest and more interesting passion of his life, the Good Work Project. More details of this project could be found in this website: http://www.thegoodproject.org/ - It is about his passion to launch a large-scale effort to increase the incidence of good work in our society. Read more about it in the internet.
I first met Professor Gardner when he presented his keynote speech on Multiple Intelligences in 1997 at the 7th ICOT in Suntec City, Singapore. The Conference was opened by Mr Goh Chok Tong, the then Prime Minister, who announced Singapore's vision of "Thinking Schools, Learning Nation". This theme, has since, been the Vision of the Ministry of Education (MOE), Singapore.
I was happy to have met him again in Kuala Lumpur where I presented a paper on “Enhancing
Learning & Thinking Through Mind Mapping®, Technology & a
Learner-centred Learning Approach”
I will be posting many more mind maps of the various 14th ICOT keynote speakers included Edward de Bono, Howard Gardner, Tony Buzan and Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad. Stay tune.
Thank you for your patience and interest in my mind maps.
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