Bachelor Degree in Global Governance

To all students, 

in the Attachment B of the Final Work Assignment, under "due date", delete "24th of April 2024" and insert "28th fo April 2025".

Happy Easter  Holidays!

FG

Dear students,

here we are with the last exam of our course, which promotes reflection on the main take-aways of your group interaction and leadership experience in Global Governance and in our GIL course, and on "inventing your own future" as a person, a team member and a leader. As discussed, our exams have an educational, not only evaluational meaning : ) .

Make sure you read very well the instructions, word by word: understanding complex tasks is part of the strategic thinking training (missing or understanding a sentence can trigger Butterfly effects... ; )

You find your Final Work Assignment 2025 in Materiale Didattico. 

Waiting for your souls to fly high toward your future selves!

Fernando Giancotti & Andrea Mastrorilli

Dear students, 

I have registered on ClassMarker all 147 students from the list updated by the Secretariat on the 2nd of April. The sistem has sent to all an email with the credentials to login for the exam, which will be assigned in due time, not later than the start time. Now is critical that you check to have received the email, considering also the spam folder, where often the messages go. Please take note that the students who will not be in class ARE NOT AUTHORIZED to enter and perform the exam when it will be released, as for the instructions. If somebody did not receive the email with the credentials, let me know @ globalgovernancegil@gmail.com.

Several ask different questions about grading and exams, and I have aswered also in class more than once. Be sure and serene, we strive to be fair and rejoice of your success. Tomorrow before we start, I will anwer directly to all the questions, old and new.

Sleep well and see you tomorrow!

Fernando Giancotti

Dear students,

for your convenience, here follow the written detailed instructions for the test of next Monday. Read them attentively and make sure you comply. this is a formal academic test and strict rules apply, as for the Code of conduct.

GG GIL Test Instructions 

Date: Monday,  7^th of April 2025

Time: 14.00 – as necessary

Students will be in presence, Aula Magna.

All students must have a laptop or  a tablet and a valid ID card. Smartphone will be authorized in emergency cases.

Recommendations to the students:

Be on time, be at 13.45 in front of Aula Magna. Students' Representatives will help with students’ identification and signature of the attendance sheet. Before the test be ready to show your ID (personal or University issued) to authenticate yourself.

Organize your equipment well in advance.

Your laptop or tablet computer must be able to connect to the internet to perform the test.

Before start, turn off any program, instant messaging, social networking service, email notification or any other application that may distract you from the test or interfere with it.

The class reference material files are also allowed (digital and hard copies).

Browse the ClassMarker website (www.classmarker.com).

Track the time during the test, accounting for any technical problems that may occur.

Commit your full attention to the test.

Don’t use hats, hoods, scarves and any other clothing that cover the face. The use of earphones, in-ear headphones or similar devices is forbidden and their use will lead to the annulment of the test.  

During the examination there must be the absolute silence. Failing to comply with the appropriate behaviour during the exam will result in interruption of exam and the person responsible leaaving the classroom.

Procedures.

The test will be executed through the ClassMarker website.

Students will receive a personal username and password from ClassMarker before the test.

Students must go on the ClassMarker website (www.classmarker.com) and verify the access. If You didn’t receive username and password check your spam folder before asking for assistance.

Credentials are not to be shared with anybody. Do not change username and password. 

Once authentication is complete and all aspects have been verified, the exam will start. 

Upon a “Go Ahead” sign by the Professors, students need to get access to the ClassMarker website and start the assigned test.

 Help Desk: During the test, problems related to the exam or other requests must be quietly reported to the teacher.   

Reference: Textbook, handouts and slides provided during the course. Study them carefully!!

Rules of Engagement 

• It is an “Open Book” test. Students can have their textbook, slides and handouts available, also in digital format.
• The time Limit is 60 minutes for 60 multiple-choice questions.
• After 60 minutes the test will end automatically.
• Questions and answers are randomly shuffled for each student.
• You have to answer every question to move forward.
• For each question, there is only one most correct answer.
• Only one question at a time will be visible on the screen.
• Once answered, you cannot go back to the previous questions.
• Do not use the browser’s back/forward buttons: move on using the “Next” button.
• Do not use the browser’s refresh command.
• Do not resize your window.

(Those actions can freeze the test software).

• You are not allowed to take snapshot of the test.
• Students that will suffer of severe technical issues will redo the exam in another session.
• Once completed the test, the student cannot leave the classroom, nor get up until all students will have ended the test. If you need to leave you can raise your hand and wait permission from the teacher.
• Neglect of above instructions or misconduct will be cause for downgrade or sanctions according to the code of conduct. 

See you soon and good luck!                                                  Fernando Giancotti

Dear students,

the Stratex is rolling and Monday the 7th of April you will have your first evaluation. Read the syllabus about how the course is evaluated. In a separate mail I will forward the instruction for the test of the 7th, from 14.00 to 18.00:  you will have two exams; the first one will be a multiple choice test on all course material: textbook, slides, handouts etc.. Basically all course content you can find in MATERIALE DIDATTICO on DIDA. The test is tough, so you really need to read well and know your stuff. The second exam will be the projection of the Stratex video of all 12 groups. It will be a way to share the diverse team experiences. The video will be evaluated in class and the grade will be weighed together with the one of the final Stratex document.

On the 28th of April, after three weeks, you will have to submit the Final Work: a short written assignment and a personal video. Detailed instructions will follow. 

At the end of May you will receive your grades. 

Exams are in presence, so do not plan to be absent.

For general questions about GIL course examinations, you can go through your GG representatives. For private or personal issues, you can write to globalgovernancegil@gmail.com .

See you soon and have fun!

Fernando Giancotti

Dear students,

I see you steaming, notwithstanding the fog of Stratex, and here some indication for you to keep going and improving your performance.

1. All of you, and especially the representatives, make a delibearate effort to include all team members, especially where there are barriers of any kind in the group. Good group interaction and leadership is key to your lives, besides and beyond the Stratex.

2. I have shared the deliverable folders with all the representatives who asked me for it. Now you can upload your deliverables in the folders, even if you sent it already by mail. Which was very good because you complied with the spirit of the exercise. 

3. Take heed of Stratex Guidance 3.4 on DIDA: in the Exercise Concept part, you have indication of external stakeholders you can use as mentors for international relations and AI related matters.  There is also the new right version of the EUC4PP, look at it!

4. Exploit the occasion you have to learn advanced and responsible use of AI tools! Not everybody has this chance at hand.

5. Have fun!

See you very soon

FG

Dear students,

on Monday we enter the hot phase of the Stratex, and I uploaded on DIDA - STRATEX 25,  plenty of good stuff for you.

You have the Stratex Groups, be sure to sign every session! The groups should appoint the two representatives asap, who will write a mail to me communicating their appointment. At the latest on the 31st by 16.00. 

You have an updated Exercise Guidance, take heed of the correct dates and times for delivery of products. You have the EU C4PP with guidance.

You have a newly loaded section named "Leading Generative AI", where you can find the material you should read and use as for ExGuidance and Annex A. Do it, it will reward your teamwork and your personal skills!

Looking forward to play and learn a lot together

Have a good week-end : )

FG

Hello,

for tomorrow "Intro to Stratex" class, you should read the material contained in the new DIDA folder named " intro-stratex-etc. zip", in "Materiale Didattico, Leading Generative AI" section.

You also have the updated exercise guidance 3.1, with the new times for classes and the exam.

See you tomorrow!

FG

Dear Students, 

tomorrow we will start preparation for the Stratex. We will go through the Exercise Guidance, make sure that you have feed-back for your "Mission and Vision” exercise and we will do a group brainstorming for your projects.

In "Materiale didattico" you will find the Stratex 25 Exercise Guidance, with Annex A - 1 and 2 -about the “Leading Generative AI” module; your SLIDO report for the M&V exercise and the reading material for the four Stratex sessions. Make sure you use also Annex A for the class assignments!

Read attentively the Exercise Guidance, look in the Annex for what to read and do for the exercise sessions and go through the Mission and Vision report: the highlighted sentences are the closest to the concept. 

We will do the brainstorming exercise in groups (bring paper and pencil for each person!) and then enter the ideas the team developed in a SLIDO poll.

Brainstorming is a group problem-solving method that involves the spontaneous contribution of creative ideas and solutions. This technique requires intensive, freewheeling discussion in which every member of the group is encouraged to think aloud and suggest as many ideas as possible based on their diverse knowledge. The four rules of effective brainstorming: focus on quantity, withhold criticism, welcome unusual ideas, and combine and improve ideas.

Here two links to short videos on brainstorming, but feel free to choose the reference material you wish.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNFBoBAAYuw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nOS7CliDo0&t=268s

See you very soon!

FG

Dear students,

today, toward the end of our class, we will have a SLIDO poll on your perceived fundamental take-aways about strategic thinking. Those who will capture good hints will have a class participation mark upgrade. 

Reading the slides and listening in class should be enough to do good.

; )

FG

Dear students,

I just read this post: https://aethermug.com/posts/living-in-a-real-world-acting-in-imaginary-ones

It is deeply related to our topic today, Models and Frames toward an understanding of the world, but it is also relevant for self-leadership and our happiness or sorrow. If you need context, you can click in the hyperlinks contained in the text.

See you very soon!

FG 

Dear students,

we are remodulating our discussions, going a little faster, to give you more time to introduce the Stratex. 

So here the the assignments for these classes:

• Reading assignment:
• Text Book: 101-117;
• Handout: The Heart of Change.
• Reference material: Slides G. 169 - 211.
• Topics:
• Change, Leadership and complexity. Concepts and case studies.

1)  Reading assignment for this class:

• Text Book: 70-117;
• Handout Models & Frames:

 https://aethermug.com/posts/a-framing-and-model-about-framings-and-models

2)  Reference material: Slides 151 - 168.

Topics: Models & Frames, CAL Loop & C2PS for Decision Making.

Se you soon! 

Fernando Giancotti

Dear students,

following a request for clarification, we have slightly modified the wording of the syllabus in the Class Participation paragraph.

New version in Materiale Didattico.

We will talk about evaluation today.

In Materiale Didattico you also find the thesis of your fellow student on Social Identity Theories and Radicalization, requested by one on you.

See you soon!

FG

Dear students,

we are about to start our journey in the mysterious realm of Strategic Leadership, the one that is badly needed for a Global Governance.            Complexity and Chaos will accompany us to broaden our mind, while they challenge us in our uncertain and dangerous world. This is your unique chance to enter this arena so early in life, to keep growing fast toward an understanding for impact in the complex matters that you will have to face, sooner rather than later. And very soon we'll go into our adventurous Stratex 24, where you will together walk the talk we have been doing. Get your enthusiasm up, we will have fun. But you will be challenged, so be ready for it. To start with, read your assignments and consult you reference material for each class: you will understand and therefore work better and you will have an huge edge in your exams.

Here follow the assignments for the above mentioned classes.

Have fun and see you tomorrow!

Fernando Giancotti

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYMaDQTLltk

Dear students,

Dear students,

I have uploaded the slides “Self-Regulation & Stress Management” as reference material for the upcoming 05.03 class in the "self-leadership folder". You will also find the following reading assignment:

• Handout: stress management for leaders;
• how to be a mindful leader
• handout: mindfulness and leadership
• handout: a wandering mind is an unhappy mind

the topics we'll cover are: 

• Self regulation and stress management for leaders

• Mechanisms of action and effects of stress

• Stress management techniques

• Mindfulness for leaders: cultivating presence and awareness

If you have any doubts, please let me know in the classroom. 

Warm greetings, 

Andrea Mastrorilli

Dear students,

I have uploaded the slides “the leadership model: Self Leadership”as reference material for the upcoming 04.03 class in the "self-leadership folder". You will also find the following reading assignment:

• leadership-excellence-through-self-awareness;
• Johary window model;
• Handout: The Triune Brain
• Handout: Emotional Intelligence

the topics we'll cover are: the leadership model: Self Leadership

• Self-Awareness
• Emotions
• Emotional Intelligence
• Emotional Self-Awareness and leadership

If you have any doubts, please let me know in the classroom. 

See you on Tuesday!

Warm greetings, 

Andrea Mastrorilli

Dear students,

tomorrow afternoon our journey will start. Welcome to the everyday mystery of the collective action and of its most powerful influencer: leadership. You will explore concepts and reality to prime your own development  of a perspective, such to unveil  that mystery as much possible. Our goal is to be able to act and think effectively as team members and leaders at every level and situation. To make the most out of this opportunity you must thoroughly read and understand the Syllabus, the Course Guidance, the Code of Conduct  and make yourself familiar with the GG portal, where you can find the academic material that, as a minimum, you need for this course. 

You will get reading assigned reading for each class. It is part of the methodology we follow that you read it before class, to enable class participation, very important to this course. You may be asked in class about the readings.

The assignment covering your first two classes follows. Make sure to read it and look into it thoroughly before class on Thursday the 27th, 14.00 Rome time.

CLASS 1

26/02/2025 14.00-16.00; 16.00-18.00

• Reading assignment for this class:
• Text Book pg 4- 25;
• Handout: The Primal Leadership; the SCARF Model; The concept of the Triune Brain;

• Reference material: Slides 1-25. Slides "The Neuroscience of Leadership"

• Topics:
• Course introduction
• (Syllabus /Course guidance/class participation);
• The small ancestral group;
• Rules and ethics;
• The importance of small group emotional dynamics;
• Students’ Contribution: ”my ancestral group”;
• Our Brain
• The 2 networks: pain and pleasure
• Social Neuroscience and Leadership
• The SCARF Model
• The Johari Window (exercise)

the e-mail address to contact for special needs is: globalgovernancegil@gmail.com

Further assignment for next classes will follow. 

TAKE HEED: ONLY ABOUT 60% OF THE STUDENTS ARE REGISTERED ON DIDA: YOU ARE, PLEASE EXPLAIN TO YOUR FELLOW STUDENTS THAT THE MUST COME ON BOARD ASAP, OTHERWISE COURSE PARTICIPATION IS IMPOSSIBLE!

Thannks a lot for the teamwork...and now let's have fun!

Fernando Giancotti & Andrea Mastrorilli