Heuristic Leadership T4 steps Model

The word heuristic was derived from Archimedes’ famous exclamation 'Eureka!' (ancient Greek: εὑρίσκω, find or discover), when he discovered, during a bath, a method for determining whether King Hiero’s golden crown was in fact made of pure gold. A heuristic technique often called simply a heuristic, is any approach to problem solving, learning, or discovery that employs a practical method not guaranteed to be optimal or perfect, but sufficient for the immediate goals. According to the legend, Archimedes shouted 'Eureka!' (I found it!), and jumped out of the bathtub after finding the solution. Legend also says, that he continued shouting 'Eureka!' while running naked through the streets of Syracuse to finish his examination of the crown. Heuristic is encouraging a person to learn, discover, understand, or solve problems on his or her own, as by experimenting, evaluating possible answers or solutions, or by trial and error. As the name suggests Heuristic leaders are capable of leading at constant tension irrespective of the load acting on them. Heuristic leadership, according to Nir Golan, educational and leadership expert, is coincidence in time.

Heuristic Leadership T4 steps model is an instructional tool that effectively uses technology to strengthen a leader's experience. It is based on technology that is in constant progress, it emphasizes high-quality instruction and provides access to challenging content, opportunities for leading anytime and anywhere.

Because of all the technology changes and innovations, there is a need for a model that organizes the Heuristic Leadership process into a chain of links.

Heuristic Leadership T4 steps Model based on the Significant Individual Learning model (SIL), was developed by Nir Golan, educational and leadership expert, in order to help leaders to develop their uniqueness leadership in the Digital Age.

Heuristic Leadership T4 steps Model:
The steps create the Leadership Chain as ongoing never-ending process.

1.   Motivation: Need definition

·      The leader identifies and reflects a Global need: the need is leading him/her to do things that they haven't done before.

2.   Action: Transformation from Strategy to Action

·      The leader performs the action for the first time. The leader then describes the action, helping him/her to improve the repeated action, making it a standard behavior.

3.   Conceptualization: Norm & Value definition

·      Understanding by the leader of the benefits of turning the behavior into the norm in order to reinforce the behavior in a social context.

·      The value becomes the guiding principle to making future decisions connected to the behavior; helping decide when and how to use this behavior.

4.   Habitual Vision

·      The values assist in redefining his/her unique vision. The leader knows how to describe his/her newly unique vision and explain what their unique contribution is to those around them.

Each step contains 2 skills or abilities:

1.   Motivation: Need definition
Critical Thinking & Global Awareness

2.   Action: Transformation from Strategy to Action
Problem Solving & Proactive Creativity

3.   Conceptualization: Norm & Value definition
Communication, Collaboration & Tolerance to diversity

4.   Habitual Vision

Details of the skills or abilities:

1.   Motivation: Need definition
Critical Thinking & Global Awareness

·      Critical thinking: Critical thinking is the intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information gathered from.

·      Global awareness: a conceptual understanding based upon an applicable knowledge of global and cultural perspectives.

2.   Action: Transformation from Strategy to Action
Problem Solving & Proactive Creativity

·      Problem solving: the ability to use cognitive processing in order find a solution to a difficult question or situation.

·      Creativity: the ability to transcend traditional ideas, rules, patters, relationships, and to create meaningful new ideas, the ability to make new things or think of new ideas, forms, methods, interpretations, etc.

3.   Conceptualization: Norm & Value definition
Communication & Collaboration

·      Communication: the process of using words, sounds, signs, or behaviors to express or exchange information or to express your ideas, thoughts, feelings, etc., to someone else.

·      Collaboration: to work with another person or group in order to achieve or do something, to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor.

·      Tolerance to Diversity is the ability to recognize the differences and commonalities among people from which they can begin to understand each other, respect it, and be tolerated.

4.   Habitual Vision

Heuristic leadership encompasses many different facets, tools, and applications to support and empower Heuristic leaders. This way is the only way to survive our repeatedly changed world. The power of Heuristic Leadership T4 steps Model is by integrating all the skills. Heuristic leaders are most useful in the world for high precision situations. Heuristic leadership should be consistent innovation, effective integration of technology, meaningful professional development, global connecting and an open mind.