About us - CLICK Institute

Why CLICK?

In various countries and cultures, the term “CLICK” carries profound meanings. It signifies “connecting beyond mere communication,” “achieving success,” or “gaining a deep understanding,” akin to an ‘Aha moment’ when everything becomes clear. According to the Oxford Dictionary, “CLICK” also signifies “suddenly becoming clear or understandable,” “quickly forming friendly bonds,” and “attaining success or popularity.”

At CLICK, we embrace these definitions as we believe that a better society is rooted in strong relationships among individuals who respect one another and embrace their cultural and cognitive differences. We empower people to harness their commonalities and diversities for effective interactions and exceptional collective achievements.”

Connection beyond Communication

CLICK Institute is dedicated to research, learning, and development services tailored for government, business, academic, and civic leaders. Our mission is to enhance leaders’ capacity to establish profound and meaningful connections with their teams, empowering them to lead their organizations towards both organizational and societal growth.

Exceptional leadership necessitates mastery in three key areas: cognition (the head), affect (the heart), and behavior (the hands). This mastery enables leaders to significantly improve the effectiveness of their interactions with individuals from diverse cultures, identities, and cognitive backgrounds, encompassing various thinking processes, styles, and modalities.

Knowledge beyond Information

In a society inundated and overwhelmed by a deluge of information, the imperative to acquire the skills of learning how to learn and thinking critically becomes paramount for achieving personal, organizational, and societal objectives. The CLICK Institute is unwavering in its commitment to unearth the most effective methods for leaders and team members to cultivate knowledge. Our aim is to empower individuals to master the art of critical and creative thinking, navigate the realms of effective convergence and divergence, and hone their abilities to remember, understand, apply, analyze, and evaluate information. By doing so, we equip them to excel in their endeavors, surpassing their own expectations and achieving heights they once deemed unattainable.

Execution beyond Intention

Success hinges on accountability – the ability to transform plans into actions and deliver results. This essential skill empowers leaders and team members across various organizations to be dependable and invaluable. At CLICK Institute, our unwavering commitment lies in conducting research and discovering effective methods to enhance accountability among leaders, team members, and organizations. Our aim is to enable them to achieve greater success in fulfilling both organizational and societal objectives.

Government, business, academic, and civic leaders have a crucial role in shaping a better society when they honor their commitments, delivering as promised, and on time. The development of our cities, nations, and the world relies on our collective ability to establish trust and exercise the freedom to cultivate ideas, innovate, and transform intentions into successful execution.

Humanization beyond Transformation

In a world of rapid digital and technological change, leaders across government, business, academia, and civic life face unprecedented challenges. At CLICK Institute, we’re committed to researching and developing strategies to ensure people thrive in this era of robots, AI, machine learning, and emerging tech.

Our focus is on helping traditional leaders transition into ‘human digital leaders’ who can navigate cultural diversity and understand the implications of technological advancements. We envision a future where people flourish alongside technology, fostering health and prosperity for all.

Purpose

“Help leaders click with their people to innovate and create better results for a better society”

our mission is to make a meaningful impact on various critical aspects, including education quality, cultural and cognitive diversity, global relations, workplace dynamics, innovation, leadership effectiveness, digital transformation, economic growth, justice, identity diversity, inclusion, gender equality, women’s empowerment, and human progress.

We are firmly committed to aligning our efforts with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as we advocate for a global approach to these crucial issues. CLICK Institute is dedicated to addressing some of the world’s most pressing challenges and actively working on solutions. Our ultimate goal is to create a more inclusive, multicultural, and prosperous global society where people lead happy, healthy, and prosperous lives.

Vision

“Be the space where leaders learn how to click with their people to innovate and create better results for a better society ”

We foster intellectual dialogues and collaborative projects that bring together academic, business, civic, government, and other influential leaders. Together, we aim to break down cultural and cognitive barriers and drive innovation in our society.

Mission

“We help leaders learn how to click with their people to innovate and create better results”

We envision and conduct research, learning, and development initiatives that raise awareness, promote advocacy, and drive action regarding the profound impact of cultural and cognitive diversity on the effectiveness and innovation of teams, organizations, and communities.

Values

“We help leaders learn how to click with their people to innovate and create better results”

We nurture a leading organizational culture that is guided by seven core values. These core values are meant to represent a way of life, with consistent behavior geared toward serving others in the way we operate. We are founded in the belief that a family, neighborhood, educational institution, company or government office is a better place be in when people consistently REJOICE in the following values:

1. Respect: valuing, attracting, and including others beyond their ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, nation of origin, socio-economic level, cognitive style, and ability

2. Excellence: striving to enhance, improve and evolve continuously reaching a higher version of ourselves, exceeding the quality standards and results expected from us

3. Joy: being able to smile, find meaning, peace, and transcendence in everything we do

4. Others: being socially responsible, humbly and selflessly contributing as servant leaders to the happiness and wellbeing of those in need and those around us

5. Integrity: respecting the laws and social norms, acting with honesty, loyalty, ethics, and transparency all the time

6. Collaboration: being flexible and agile, working interdependently with others, leveraging the cultural and cognitive diversity to produce better results as an outstanding team

7. Expression: being free to think, create, innovate, speak, feel and act in the way we want while respecting and considering others around us

A Think Tank for Culture, Leadership, Innovation, Connection, and Knowledge

Why CLICK?

Connection beyond Communication

Knowledge beyond Information

Execution beyond Intention

Humanization beyond Transformation

Purpose

“Help leaders click with their people to innovate and create better results for a better society”

Vision

“Be the space where leaders learn how to click with their people to innovate and create better results for a better society ”

Mission

“We help leaders learn how to click with their people to innovate and create better results”

Values

“We help leaders learn how to click with their people to innovate and create better results”

Servant Leadership Team

Passionate and committed servant leaders serve our think tank and institute, focused on our stakeholders and the global society.

Akiko Kadota

Alexandra Almestica

Alfredo Castro

Angel Rivero Palomo

Arianna Martinez Fico

Christina Unrein

Consuelo Del Castillo

Dalit Halevi

Dawn Baron

Deniz Senelt

Ditri Rizki

Donna Hailey

Eduardo Mayorga

Enrique Schonberg

Fares Ben Souilah

Fernando Sanchez-Arias

Gleendo Dasmarinas

Iñigo Sanchez-Cabezudo

Lars Hajslund

Marcus Orlovsky

Mirlay Castillo

Nataliya Wiedemeyer

Norka Ferraz

Olimpia Petzold

Paula Hoyos

Pilar Jerico

Roland Kwemain

Shine Bhaskaran

Tamara Lockwood

Tarek Wael

A Think Tank and Institute for Culture, Leadership, Innovation, Connection, and Knowledge

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Akiko
Kadota

Alfredo
Castro

Dalit
Halevi

Dawn
Baron

Deniz
Senelt

Ditri
Rizki

Donna
Hailey

Lars
Hajslund

Mirlay
Castillo

Norka
Ferraz

Paula
Hoyos

Pilar
Jerico

Tarek
Wael

A Think Tank and Institute for Culture,
Leadership, Innovation, Connection,
and Knowledge