Transpersonal Leadership in Action

16Leadership in East AsiaConfucianism and economics are inseparable

Maiqi Ma

DOI: 10.4324/9781003150626-20

The supreme leader is one whose existence people are hardly aware of; the next best is one whom people approach and praise; the next is one who is feared, the worst is one who is despised… The supreme leader doesn’t talk but act. When his job is done, people say “Amazing, we did it, all by ourselves.”

Lao Zi (or Lao Tzu) (c. 571 BC– 471 BC), Chapter 17, Daode Jing (or Tao Te Ching)

Overview

In 2020, our world encountered a major global disaster when the COVID-19 pandemic struck; life, health and safety, social and economic activities were all heavily hit. Whilst governments tried to develop responses to contain and control the pandemic, ...