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Assignment for class of the 16th, 17th, and 18th of March 2026

Monday, March 16, 2026

Dear Students, 

in the next three classes we will go through the Strategic Leadership discourse, with special attention to the strategic thinking that you will have to use in the Stratex 26. 

I have uploaded on DIDA the brand new slides "Strategic Leadership GG 2026". Read and reference them for the nex three days. 

Here the assignment:

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

 

1)  Reference material: Slides STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP GG 2026

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

We are getting there, hang in tough!

See you shortly

FG

ERRATA CORRIGE - NEXT CLASS WILL BE ON MONDAY THE 16TH

Friday, March 13, 2026

Dear students, 

the last class assignment reported in a previous mail has mistakenly show our next class on the 18th. It will actually be for the 16th. We will see you on Monday. Further instructions will come on the week-end.

Cheers!

FG

Stratex Groups - Exercise of the 12.3.2026

Thursday, March 12, 2026

Dear students, today we will split into groups, which you will use throughout the Stratex ... and maybe more. 

Please when you come to class, seat already nearby your team mates, since we will do a team exercise.

See you very soon, here follow the groups:

Group 1  
1. MUTLU Elanur  
2. TSAKLEVA Vyara  
3. ALEEZA Fatima  
4. LIU Stella 
5. VU Dang Giang  
6. BACCARI Francesco  
7. CECCARELLI Diego  
8. COLDAGELLI Michele  
9. ALLEGRA Nicole  
10. AMIDEI Alice  
11. ASPES Sofia  
12. BAVARO Lisa  
Group 2  
1. OGUZLU Sude Lal  
2. BASLANDZE Elene  
3. AMJAD Miram  
4. BAYTERYAKOV Nikita  
5. SOLANO MARTINEZ Elsa  
6. DI FONZO Federico 
7. DI MARTINO Dario  
8. DI PALMA Antonio Pio 
9. BELLINI Francesca  
10. BORNEO Emanuela  
11. BOSCH CHIEPPA Lola  
12. CAPPELLI Alice 
Group 3 
1. ARSLAN Rifat Mert  
2. KAYIJUKA Jean Claude 
3. MIKELADZE Anastasia  
4. TATARCHENKOVA Elizaveta 
5. KANDHARKAR Shivam Santosh 
6. CAPPELLONI Sofia  
7. CARDONE Benedetta  
8. CATALDI Clelia  
9. CAVONE Giada  
10. COLASUONNO Beatrice  
11. CONTE Cecilia  
12. MORELLI Ginevra  
Group 4  
1. BOZTURK Boran  
2. MANZI Cedrick  
3. ALIYEV Alisher  
4. PODOBED Sofya  
5. ZEPEDA FLORES Maria Natalia  
6. CURTO Nicole  
7. D'ARTIBALE Arianna  
8. DE SOUZA Isabel  
9. DI DONFRANCESCO Lavinia  
10. DI EGIDIO Elena  
11. EL DIRANI Nancy  
12. FORMICI Nicole  
Group 5  
1. EFEKAN Ege Efkan  
2. TUMUSIME Ivan  
3. EMIROVA Alina  
4. GUZIK Magdalena  
5. ALTAYEV Max  
6. GAZZERA Noa  
7. GHANJOUR Marn 
8. IVELLA Martina  
9. KALLIKATTU Sania  
10. KOTORRI Alissa  
11. LA MACCHIA Claudia  
12. LEGA Martina  
Group 6 
1. YALCIN Erin 
2. IMANZI Leilla 
3. ITENOVA Zumrut  
4. MICHALAK Natalia  
5. UZOWULU Kenechukwu Daniel  
6. FALLONE Gabriele  
7. LUZI Giulia  
8. MAGLIONI Benedetta 
9. MANCINELLI Lea  
10. MARCHESINI Emma Marlenis  
11. MAZZUCCO Sofia 
12. MICCIO Siriana  
Group 7  
1. AKAR Ece Nehir  
2. NKWAYA Kim Kadene  
3. SHAPI Arailym 
4. SINAUCEANU Maria Amalia 
5. COX Charles  
6. FELIZIANI Mattia  
7. FICARRA Jacopo  
8. MISTERO Amalia  
9. VIGLIANISI Lavinia 
10. MONTESANO Giorgia  
11. CONTORNO REBECCA 
12. MURIALDO Cecilia  
Group 8  
1. BASA Berrak  
2. CHIFTCHI Naz  
3. TAMASKANI Soroush  
4. CRETUL Iulia  
5. RAMOS Arianne Jewel  
6. FIORITO Giulio  
7. IMBASTARI Jacopo  
8. NATALONI Elisa  
9. NITTI Martina  
10. PACIONE Diana  
11. PANETTA Giulia  
12. PANTALEO Camilla  
Group 9  
1. PACACI Asli  
2. BEKAURI Ekaterine 
3. SHAHID Kinza  
4. SIDYA Sara Nyafoona  
5. LABELLA Davide  
6. MARCHI Leonardo  
7. MARTELLA Gabriele 
8. MAZZARELLI Niccolò  
9. PASSANISI Bianca 
10. PESARESI Giulia  
11. PETRUZZIELLO Gaia  
Group 10  
1. TARHAN Ilgin Nur  
2. KHURTSIDZE Tamar  
3. GOLIKOVA Daria  
4. NKYI Kelvin Owura Kwaku  
5. MEACCI Daniele  
6. MUSA Flavio  
7. PAOLONI Tommaso  
8. PIER'ANTONI Ludovica  
9. PRINCIPE Beatrice  
10. PULCINI Maria Ludovica  
11. RIZZO Camilla  
Group 11  
1. GULEN Duru Defne  
2. ILIEVA Yoanna  
3. SADEGHI Melika  
4. DANISHYAR Mahnaaz  
5. SHAMMOUT Mustafa  
6. STRUFFI Elia  
7. TACOLI Filippo  
8. SERAFINI Maria Stella  
9. TORMENTONI Agnese  
10. TRIPODI Chiara  
11. TRULLI Sofia  
Group 12  
1. GUR Ada Duru  
2. KELLECI Lara  
3. YOUSEFI Fatemeh  
4. RAHMAN Lamiya  
5. TRENCHARD Edward Sean William  
6. TROIANI Flavio  
7. ZUCCHI Lorenzo  
8. VALLE Viola  
9. VENDITTI Ginevra  
10. MODESTI Joy 
11. ZIAUL HYDER Falguni 

Assignment for class of the 11th, 12th, 13th, 18th of March 2026

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Dear students,

we are now 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 26, 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.

Note: Since the slides after n.78 are changing, you can refer for now to the ones of 2025 on DIDA. Before we get to slide 78, we will upload the latest version for you.

Here follow the assignments for the above mentioned classes.

   CLASS 2 - G.

11 mar (14.00-16.00)

 

1)     Reading assignment for this class:

-        Text Book G.: 1-25;

2)       Reference material: Slides G. 21-61.

 

3)       Topics:

-        the effectiveness of collective action / Trust;

-        transfer of small group’s dynamics to large organization;

-        Trust and Leadership, Harari and Imagined Reality;

-        The Power of Narration;

-        Language, Myths, and Imagined Realities;

-        Mission and Vision: from the small group to large organizations;

-        Promoting messages to lead action; 

 

 

CLASS 3 – G.

12  mar (14.00-16.00)

 

1)       Reading assignment for this class:

-        Text Book: 40-55;

-        Book Chapter: Testimonies and Complexity;

-        Handout: //;

-        Links: Trailer to “Jurassic Park”; Trailer to “Sliding Doors”; Seeing the movies advised.

 

2)     Reference material: Slides “Introduction to Complexity Theories”

3)     Topics: Introduction to Complexity Theories

 

CLASS 4 - G.

13 mar 14.00-16.00

 

1)   Reading assignment for this class:

-      Text Book: 56-69;

-      Handout: Testimonies and Complexity.

-      Links: 4. and 5., Lorenz Attractor and Meltingasphalt simulation

 

2)    Reference material: Slides “Leadership, Complexity and Chaos”.

Slides 62 - 82

 

3)   Topics covered:

     Complexity, organizations and decisions.

 

 

CLASS 5 - G.

18 Mar 14.00-16.00

 

1)        Reading assignment for this class:

-        Text Book: 25-39

-        Handouts: The Triune Brain; Thinking Fast and Slow

2)     Reference material: Slides G. 83 - 148

3)     Topics:

Strategic Leadership and the Narrow Mind: intro to Strategic Leadership

 

Have fun and see you tomorrow!

Fernando Giancotti

Teaching material and reading assignments for class 5 - 0603 (14.00-17.00)

Saturday, March 7, 2026
Dear Students,

I have uploaded the slides “Conflict Management” and "Growing and developing the follower: empowerment and goal setting" as reference material for the yesterday class in the in "team leadership" folder. You will also find the following reading assignment for this class:

  • Handout: Team Leadership
  • Handout : Empowerment at work;
  • Goal-Setting Theory of Motivation
  • Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (if you want to self-assess your conflict management style)

The topics covered are:

  • Team Decision
  • Risky group dynamics
  • Conflict Management
  • Empowerment & Feedback
  • Effectiveness of collective action: the Collective Efficacy

If you have any doubts, please let me know by email. 

Warm greetings, 

Andrea Mastrorilli

Teaching material and reading assignments for class 4 - 05.03 (14.00-17.00)

Thursday, March 5, 2026

Dear Students,

I have uploaded the slides “Team Leadership” as reference material for the upcoming class in the in "team leadership" folder. You will also find the following reading assignment for this class:

  • LEAD SCORING Hersey e Blanchard
  • Handout: Tuckman’s Model;
  • Handout: Goleman six leadership Style
  • Handout: The Vroom-Yetton decision model

The topics we'll cover are: 

  • leadership theories (Goleman six leadership styles)
  • Team Dynamics 
  • Team Design
  • Team Direction
  • team Decision

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

Warm greetings, 

Andrea Mastrorilli

teaching material and reading assignments for class 3 - 04.03 (14.00-16.00)

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

 

Dear students,

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

  • S.M.A.R.T. GOALS WORKSHEET
  • Self efficacy
  • Goal Setting theory of motivation, 

for the first part of the class, and:

  • Classical Leadership
  • The Primal Leadership
  • Six Emotional Leadership Styles,

for the second part. The topics we'll cover are: 

  • Self-development and self-motivation
  • Goal Setting Theory
  • Self-efficacy beliefs
  • Empathy
  • leadership theories

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

Warm greetings, 

Andrea Mastrorilli

Today's Class

Tuesday, March 3, 2026

Dear students, I am following up on my previous message to let you know that I have uploaded the second part of today's lesson, “3. Self-Regulation & Stress Management”, into the Self Leadership folder. See you soon!

teaching material and reading assignments for 03.03 class

Sunday, March 1, 2026

Dear students,

I have uploaded the slides “SELF LEADERSHIP part 1 GIL 030326”as reference material for the upcoming 03.03 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
  • emotional intelligence test
  • handout: emotional intelligence

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

  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Emotional Self-Awareness and leadership
  • Self-Management: Mechanisms of action and effects of stress
  • Self regulation and stress management for leaders
  • Stress management techniques & Mindfulness for leaders

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

See you on Tuesday!

Warm greetings, 

Andrea Mastrorilli

GROUP INTERACTION AND LEADERSHIP COURSE - CLASS 1

Thursday, February 26, 2026

 

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  here on DIDA and make yourself familiar with this 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 97 STUDENTS OUT OF 140 ARE REGISTERED ON DIDA: YOU ARE, PLEASE EXPLAIN TO YOUR FELLOW STUDENTS THAT THEY MUST COME ON BOARD ASAP, OTHERWISE COURSE PARTICIPATION IS IMPOSSIBLE!

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

Fernando Giancotti & Andrea Mastrorilli