R2 WORLDSHIFT LEADERSHIP CIRCLE INTENSIVES

HORIZON 2020

Brussels – Friday 12 February 2010

Are you a mid to senior level executive, leader, entrepreneur or innovator who is looking for fresh perspectives and inspired connections to drive the changes and innovations you are planning in 2010? Building on our highly successful programs in 2009, Renaissance2 (“R2”) is delighted to announce two intensive days in Brussels and London. We will focus on the opportunities and challenges associated with the next decade and the strategies and methods available to navigate and thrive in these rich but turbulent times.

These intensives are limited to 25 senior decision makers in business, government and NGOs. They will provide the following benefits to participants:

a.       Powerful strategic insights into the opportunities and challenges of the next decade.

b.      Opportunities to network with other senior leaders from a broad spectrum of disciplines and backgrounds.

c.       Specific takeaways of the latest methods and tools for integrating the new strategic thinking around the following 4 areas: Creating Resilient Environments, Developing Renewable Energy, Cultivating Enlightened Enterprises and Building Systems of Integral governance for business, government and NGOs.

The intensives are split into morning and afternoon sessions which can be booked individually, though we recommend the one day special package as the best value!  

Morning Session:

Creating Resilient Environments and Developing Renewable Energy Solutions

In the morning we are going to explore how to create resilient environments, organisations and communities with renewable energy solutions resulting in a renewable bright green economy. There will be two in depth keynote presentations by world experts and an interactive session where participants will get to grips with the implication of the morning session for themselves, their organisation and networks.

Lunch:

A tasty lunch will be served and participants will get the chance to network and discuss the sessions.

Afternoon Session:

Cultivating Enlightened Enterprises and Building Systems of Integral Governance

In the afternoon we are going to explore some of the very practical issues involved in implementing  projects, programmes and new ventures arising in our quest for a bright green economy, organisation and lives. There will be a keynote address illustrating some of the more advanced management, governance and leadership approaches emerging in enlightened organisations around the world, followed by a participative session where participants will learn to apply some of these new methods and tools to their own situation.

Price:

€190 Full Day with Lunch

€120 Morning session with lunch

€120 Afternoon session with lunch

Venue:

Institute of Physics

Expatica café
rue François Gay, 152
Woluwe-Saint-Pierre
1150 Brussels

 
We are proud to present the Renaissance2 leaders who shall be facilitating the R2 Intensives in Brussels:

Dr Robin Wood is recognized internationally as being in the vanguard of integral leaders, business advisors, authors and entrepreneurs in Europe. He is based in the South of France and London, and has lived and worked in over 30 countries on 4 continents. He has founded, developed and supported hundreds of organizations to realize their full potential in sustainable ways. For example, he co-developed the World Bank’s first Sustainable Energy policy in 1992, co-founded one of Europe’s first e-business incubators in 1999 at E&Y, consulted to the UK Cabinet Office on social capital in 2002 and contributed to the UN Year of Micro-credit strategy in 2005.

As Founding President of Renaissance2 Robin is responsible for the vision, strategy and design of Renaissance2, as well as leadership of the executive team that ensures the effective operation of the organization. He is also the author of several books including “The Great Shift: Catalyzing the Second Renaissance” and its companion guidebook with Linda- Lee Ratto: “LifeShift2020”, and the award winning book “Managing Complexity”. His dream is to co-create a flourishing global civilization in the next few decades through fresh perspectives, inspired connections and fruitful outcomes amongst and through the leaders and Transactivists of the future.

Dr Graham Boyd has successfully lived and worked in six different cultures over the past 20 years, including South Africa, Germany, Italy, Japan, Belgium and China. More than anything else this has taught him how similar we all are. Now in TetraLD, he is enjoying combining his experience of people, science and business to develop individuals, teams and new businesses. Recently he has given cross-cultural trainings within P&G, building on his experience working and living in Asia, Europe and Africa. He also initiated quality control training in P&G, giving this 3 times a year for the past 8 years.  Graham is also an accomplished public speaker, both in English as well as German, his second language.

Years of intercultural experience have taught Graham how similar we all are. As Vice President of renaissance2, Graham is enjoying combining his long term vision with his experience of people, science and business to focus on developing people, solutions and communities.

Matthias Lehmann has worked as a trainer and coach since 2002 and is currently studying Industrial Engineering in Darmstadt. His focus as a trainer is leadership, developing teams and intercultural competencies. His experiences range from individual coaching to facilitating groups of more than 200 people, spanning 10 countries throughout Europe and South America. Born and raised in Germany, Matthias has also lived in Argentina and Hungary and served in Toastmasters and also in AIESEC as a member of the National Board of AIESEC Hungary and as a leader of the Global Talent Management Unit, an international virtual team developing HR tools for their 30,000 members in 110 countries and coaching leaders of several national AIESEC chapters.

Renaissance2’s Director of Organisational Development, Matthias strongly believes in creating win-win situations and wants to support people and organizations to grow – by focusing on their individual strengths and fostering cooperation.

Fiona Hayes, a Certified Integral Coach, spent many years in coaching and consultancy, working on how organisations and people work most effectively,  before recently taking up the challenge of structuring and implementing an organisational development strategy in one division of a large corporate with complex cultural challenges. She has accumulated her skills working in a range of industries including Fitness and Sport, Adult Education, Software Development, Agriculture, Professional Services and is now working in Construction. 

As a Development Pathfinder with Renaissance2, Fiona is driven by the urgent need for people, organisations and communities to find a new and better way; one that fully respects the whole of Life and nurtures the ecosystem that supports us.

Enhance Your Ability to Foster both Personal Growth and Collective Genius in your Career, Organization & Ecosystems   
Innovative leaders in business, government, financial institutions plus NGO’s and entrepreneurs are hard-pressed to stay in touch with the latest developments in their own ecosystems let alone the burgeoning worlds of social innovation, sustainability and technological breakthroughs. Most of the opportunities out there in our post-crisis great shift are below the radar and found through trusted advisors and networks. Are you a worldshifter who wants to meet other leaders in a secure and enjoyable environment to accelerate your own initiatives and co-create breakthroughs with other influential individuals?

Then come and join us either for a half or a full day intensive in either Brussels or London to find out more and begin an exciting journey with a group of your peers: like-minded leaders, professionals and innovators who are co-creating the renewable economy through enlightened enterprises and integral governance systems.

The R2 Worldshift Leadership Circle draws on a panel of accomplished leaders as both role models and potential participants in our events, including Worldshift Alliance partners such as the Club of Budapest, whose members include Ervin Laszlo, Mikhail Gorbachev, Paulo Coelho, Hazel Henderson, Muhammad Yunus and Peter Russell; Barbara Marx-Hubbard’s Foundation for Conscious Evolution; Jim Garrison’s State of the World Forum and pioneers in human, organizational and social development such as Don Beck, Andrew Cohen and Ken Wilber. The members of Renaissance2 also include several hundred leaders in business, NGO’s, government, the arts, science and technology. 

HOW MIGHT YOU BENEFIT FROM ATTENDING AN R2 INTENSIVE?

Organizational Development: Leaders in organizations, (whether “C” level executives or functional/ departmental /business unit heads), who fit the following profile, are likely to be interested in finding out more about what R2 can offer:

o  Openness to new OD methods based on appropriate developmental and life-cycle methods

o  Need for a world-centric set of solutions which can bridge multiple cultures

o  Desire to innovate in their organizational context with matching leadership capabilities

o  Willingness to be coached and mentored

o  Interested in a medium-term partnership with Renaissance2 and the setting of longer-term goals for OD activities

o  Strategic mindset and ability to entertain and appreciate multiple perspectives.

Professional and Career Development: Have you reached a mid to senior level position in your career? Do you:

o  Deal with extended time-frames and future decision making horizons requiring appropriate insights into the future and complexity reducing approaches to clarify priority issues?

o  Face radical uncertainties and critical decision points personally and professionally?

o  Desire to explore options and consequences in a systematic, effective way?

o  Have a need for independent, professional advice and support from “experienced hands” who have been there and done it many times with the ability to inject fresh thinking and perspectives?

Offers and Market Development: The internet and new tools for social and business networking have fundamentally altered our ability to research new offers and markets and to prototype and launch new products and services. Have you reached a mid to senior level position in your career? Do you:

o  Desire to launch a new product or service that builds on the strengths of your organization in a new way?

o  Recognize that the old approaches to offer development and market testing have been superseded by highly attractive new ways to find the sweet spots in a marketplace?

o  Possess a willingness to learn “new tricks” and approaches?

o  Wish to develop fruitful cross-organizational linkages and inspiring new connections?

Intrapreneurial Development: Developing a new venture in a large organization is full of pitfalls that need to be effectively navigated by the successful intrapreneur. Individuals who have reached mid to senior level positions in their career and are embarking upon an intrapreneurial opportunity will be attracted to what R2 has to offer for the following reasons:

o  Frustration with current “blind-spots” of their colleagues and organization

o  Desire to launch a new venture that builds on the strengths of their organization in a new market using advanced methods and tools to assure success

o  Need for advice and support to navigate the cultural and other “immune system” responses in their own organization

o  Recognition that they need to develop strategic, organizational and business development capabilities in order to succeed

o  Willingness to be coached and mentored.

Entrepreneurial Development: New venture creation, business incubation and acceleration have advanced dramatically during the past decade. Are you an entrepreneur or someone thinking of venturing out on their own who:

o  Aspires to a better life for themselves and those around them, right now, but are concerned about the risks of creating a new venture?

o  Has a strong bias toward tangible results and functionality that makes things work better today?

o  An exile from an NGO, educational institution or charitable foundation who feels overwhelmed by the economic and emotional costs of caring and wants to let go of the baggage while still making a difference?

o  Is confronted by disorder and chaos/messes and the fact that the old solutions and business models no longer deliver the goods?

o  Is excited about a range of possible opportunities to develop new enterprises?

o  Recognizes that they need to develop strategic and business development capabilities in order to succeed?

o  Is ready and willing to be coached and mentored, and looking for a disciplined, systematic approach?

WHAT QUALIFIES THE R2 WORLDSHIFT LEADERSHIP CIRCLE PATHFINDERS AND EXPERTS TO ACCELERATE YOUR LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT?

R2’s founders and leading members have deep experience and successful track records in each of these areas. Over the past three decades they have:

·    Integral, life-cycle based, developmentally appropriate OD methods- consulted to, coached in and developed leaders in several hundred of the world’s leading organizations. Over the past two decades R2’s President, Dr Robin Wood, has also developed a variety of proprietary methods and software tools to make OD more effective and robust. The recent advances in “integral OD” which is developmentally appropriate both for the life-cycle of the individual and the organization, are all applied in R2’s methods.

·    Professional support for innovators- qualified in a variety of different professions and made their careers in some of the world’s leading organizations prior to their entrepreneurial careers. We know how to support those who are pursuing their life goals within large organizations, as well as how to.

WHY US? OUR UNIQUE CONTRIBUTION AND PROPOSITIONS

There are several significant reasons why this unique set of capabilities, perspectives and methods has emerged at this time to qualify Renaissance2 to become one of the pre-eminent personal and professional services providers in the 21^st century:

o   World-class Track Records- R2’s founders and leading members have an unparalleled breadth and depth of experience in innovating at the leading edge in world-class organizations across business, government, NGO’s and civil society.

o   World-centric Approaches- Our multi-cultural and multi-perspectival approaches have led us to articulate a set of shared guiding principles and operating procedures which enable us to scale and replicate cutting-edge solutions globally

o   Systemic and Integrative Methods- through the application of multiple developmental frameworks and toolsets we have created an integrated and systematic way of developing new ventures, organizations and individuals that is an order of magnitude more effective than existing methods.

o   Global Meshworks for Global Challenges- as technology connects everyone we are experiencing a new wave in the evolution of human consciousness and capability giving rise to collective intelligence. Our meshworks of
online spaces and face-to-face “shift centres” use these building blocks to co-create collective genius that tackles some of the most pressing problems of our time as an unprecedented series of business opportunities.

For a more detailed overview of the key topics we will be covering, please click here.


This seminar is also being held the following week in London on 18 February - please click here to register for that event

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