co-convened by Patricia & Craig Neal & Pele Rouge
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Transforming Leadership
Through the Power of the Imagination

with Michael Jones (view bio),
Pianoscapes
composer, pianist, leadership educator, writer, innovator

Learning comes from questions. Questions come from not knowing. The source of not knowing is the ineffable mystery of what it means to be alive. Can we tap into that mystery as a force in our lives? Michael Jones is one of those helping us find our way.  -Peter Senge, Author, The 5th Discipline, Founding Chair, SoL (Society for Organizational Learning, Lecturer MIT

In this time of complexity, Michael suggests that leaders need new questions - questions that awaken qualities of being that are more organic, creative and whole.
(Themes for the day-see below)

Michael envisions a new leadership story - one that involves a transformation in awareness from performance to presence, from uniformity to uniqueness, from efficiency to improvisation, to the expressive power of story and voice. Together they awaken a commons of the imagination - a collective field of possibility that transforms our mechanistic view of the world to a more sustainable and transcendent vision that is creative, organic and whole.

We are on the threshold of a renaissance in leadership practice—the challenges ahead are not technical but transformational. Letting go of our industrial age myths will require not just intellectual understanding but the full power of the imagination. -Michael Jones

An accomplished pianist/composer, writer and storyteller, and deep and thoughtful speaker on the source of innovation and creativity, Michael Jones offers a uniquely creative, memorable and inspired experience as a keynote speaker.

For over thirty years he has been engaged in transforming leadership through awakening the life of the imagination. In times of complexity and sudden change he believes we need to build bridges across different disciplines in order to see our familiar landscapes with new and fresh eyes. In doing so, he draws our attention to the subtle forces that lie in the spaces between the notes - gifts, beauty, presence, grace, and voice.

...just wonderful, intelligent, genuine, open, transformational..Michael is able to meet his audiences where they are and move their thinking forward. — LeAnne Grillo, Conference Director, Pegasus Communications, Systems Thinking Conferences

"Who will play your music if you don't?" Michael asks. With this question he maps the journey to the heart of creativity enchanting his listeners with evocative stories to convey his message and musical performances to deepen it.

Themes for the Day:
- An exploration of new concepts and new patterns of leadership
- 4 pathways to the life of the imagination
- The "commons" as a new form of collective learning and social transformation
- We can accomplish more collectively than we can on our own
- The resilience of your commitments when aligned with your gifts
- The power of questions as attractors
- Discovering how our aliveness itself can be a thread we can follow

The chaos and complexity in our world creates a unique opportunity for a renaissance in leadership practice.  As we enter a challenging new and uncertain world, the future will belong to those who can accept who they truly are, trust the process of natural unfoldment, speak authentically about what really matters and empathically create a home for others and themselves in the world.

 
Schedule for the session:
7:45-8:15 am: Check-in and breakfast
8:15 am-12:30 pm: Thought Leader Session
including large circle and small group intervals: TLG design
12:45 pm: Lunch (optional, $17)  Stay to continue the conversation

All TLGs include a Continental Breakfast, session materials, session audio, write-ups, resources