leadership essentials · week 10 · day 5 · friday, sep 18
the crucible
who do I choose to be, and what am I committing to? from insight to identity. one film today, official secrets, the week's hardest moral-compass case, met right before the blueprint. everything built across the week becomes one document, in each student's own words.
Vishakha R Mmentor · leadership essentials · with Neha
today's arc · day 5 · 10:00 to 4:30 target, 5:00 buffer
four sessions
10:00 to 11:35official secrets: the moral compass, tested
11:50 to 1:20the unique blueprint, introduced
2:20 to 3:20the blueprint workshop, continued
3:35 to 4:30lab 5, the manifesto
session 1 · 10:00 to 11:35
official secrets: the moral compass, tested
film setup · question on screen
separate what she knows from what she assumes, then ask yourself what you would actually do.
katharine gun, a gchq translator, discovers a memo revealing a us/uk plan to spy on and pressure un security council members ahead of the iraq war vote. no commentary during, let it run.
film · official secrets
reading the memo, the decision to leak
separate what she knows from what she assumes, then ask yourself what you would actually do.
debrief
the first read
1what did she actually observe?where did interpretation creep in?
2what does she stand to lose?and what makes her act anyway?
hold the verdict. the lenses are next, and they're built to keep this open, not close it early.
setup
the five lenses on a single decision
Lthe lawwas this simply treason?
Ithe institutiongchq's and the state's duty to secrecy.
Cconsciencewas leaking the only ethical option?
Qconsequencethe vote happened anyway, did it matter?
Ppersonal costcareer, marriage, safety. would you have paid that price?
the judgement lab · groups of 5
five lenses, one verdict
1each group argues its lensas fully as you can.
2one collective verdictthe whole room votes, by vote, and defends it.
staying regulated while arguing a lens you may personally disagree with, and staying objective enough to actually hear the other four before voting.
debrief
what this case asks of a leader
1the verdict isn't the pointwhere did your own bias show up, in which lens felt easiest to argue?
2the real question underneathwhen the rules, the institution, and your own conscience genuinely disagree, what decides for you?
that's what this afternoon's blueprint asks you to answer for yourself.
session 2 · 11:50 to 1:20
the unique blueprint, introduced
bridge
that case had no clean answer, and neither will most of the moments that test your leadership. this afternoon isn't about finding the right answer. it's about deciding, in writing, who you'll choose to be when there isn't one.
introduction
the unique blueprint
1my core naturewhat's genuinely fixed.
2my adaptive behaviourswhat can be developed.
day 1's doing vs. being distinction, made personal and specific now.
workshop begins
the personal leadership blueprint: four pieces
1my core naturetraced back to day 1's johari window, what's genuinely fixed.
2my adaptive behaviourswhat can be developed.
3my biggest triggertraced back to day 1's trigger map.
4my anchortraced back to day 2's anchor work.
bring all four days of your reflections zone pages, they're raw material too, not just a diary.
session 3 · 2:20 to 3:20
the blueprint workshop, continued
before we continue
quick feedback, 5 minutes
1scan or open the linktoday's feedback survey, short and anonymous unless you choose to share your name.
2takes about 5 minutesthen we pick up exactly where we left off.
open the surveysurveymonkey.com/r/C6CVCFWworkshop time
no new content: just the writing
full time for the writing itself
no film in this slot. circulate quietly, this is working time.
peer reflection
blueprint pairs
1new partnernot your lab 1 partner from monday.
2one question onlydoes this ring true?
writing begins
the blueprint is the raw material. the manifesto is what you carry forward.
session 4 · 3:35 to 4:50
lab 5, the manifesto
setting up the final block
this session belongs to you. no slides from me, no lecture, and no group share unless you volunteer.
lab 5
the blueprint and four private questions
1individual, quiet working timeintegrate last night's four written answers into your blueprint.
final writing
the leadership manifesto
1continued quiet writing timewhere the week's raw material becomes one finished document, in your own words.
module close
you are leaving different
you came here to learn what good leadership looks like. you are leaving having decided how you will lead when it gets hard. that is the difference.
a suggestion, not a session: find two people, create a circle, and meet every week as an accountability partner to identify your agentic leadership journey.
the school of future
