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Business Leader's Seminar
7 - 20 September 2008 LEADERSHIP FOR SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS INNOVATION Program Description
The Asian Pacific Institute at John F. Kennedy University's cutting edge Leadership for Sustainable Business Innovation seminar series welcomes business people from around the world who are looking for ways to develop sustainable corporate strategies that create new business opportunities in the global economy. Participants in Leadership for Sustainable Business Innovation develop new leadership skills, enabling them to create effective organizations that sustain business innovation for competitive advantage. From making sense of the new global business environment, to recognizing and creating new opportunities, leading change and innovation toward sustainability, creating conditions for collaboration, and developing their company's capacity for ongoing organizational learning and knowledge management, this seminar shows business people a new way to prosper in the 21st century.
Seminar participants are introduced to the United States business environment and business people. They will also have the opportunity to visit companies that demonstrate the principles of sustainable innovation.
Program Schedule
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Monday, 8 September 2008
- What is sustainable business innovation?
- New competencies for a new time
- Sustainable innovation in today's global context
- How to effectively ask "Outside the Box" questions
- Applying "Why not?" and "What if?" to business challenges
- Scheduled Company Visit: Ecohome Improvement Company is an example of the new, innovative firms that offer ecologically sound and healthy home improvement products that are inspired by innovation and driven by sustainability. (http://www.ecohomeimprovement.com)*
- What in the world is happening in the world?
- Strategy and communication for action
- Opportunities: local initiatives for global problems
- Characteristics of innovative organizations
- The role of diversity in innovative organizations
- How to create the conditions for collaboration
- Scheduled Company Visit: Pixar Studios is an Academy Award winning computer animation studio with the technical, creative, and production capabilities to create a new generation of animated feature films, merchandise, and other related products. Pixar combines innovative, proprietary technology with world-class creative talent to develop computer-animated feature films with memorable characters and heartwarming stories that appeal to audiences of all ages. (http://www.pixar.com)*
- Winery tour - Lunch - Wine tasting visits
- The evolution of business
- What is sustainability?
- Corporate responses to social and environmental sustainability challenges
- Lake Tahoe Nugget Casino
- Zephyr Cove Dixie Ship Lake Tour
- Lunch at Pier 39 on the San Francisco Bay across from Alcatraz Island
- Board cable car trolley and tour San Francisco - Fisherman's Wharf, Palace of Fine Arts, the Presidio, Pacific Heights, Union Square, Chinatown, North Beach, Golden Gate bridge.
- Scheduled Company Visit: Hewlett Packard focuses on simplifying the technology experience for all of its customers - from individual consumers to the largest businesses. (http://www.hp.com)*
- Exploring common concerns and ideas with group of organizational consultants and business leaders from the San Francisco Bay Area
Arrive in San Francisco Tuesday, 9 September 2008
Session I: Introduction to Leadership for Sustainable Business Innovation This opening session presents the key concepts and organizing frameworks of the Leadership for Sustainable Business Innovation Seminar and provides an overview of the topics that will be covered during the two-week San Francisco Bay Area seminar. The discussion will include:
Session II: Outside the Box: New Frameworks of Leadership The new, expanded frameworks of leadership evident in today°Øs most innovative enterprises are based on the expansion of mental models and new ways of thinking. This session explores these frameworks through a series of experiential exercises and discussions. Topics explored include:
Session III: Strategy: Intentionality, Communication, & Action This session introduces strategy as the intentional creation of organizational futures. While exploring the link between strategy, effective communication, and action, participants will learn about frameworks and tools that can aid managers and leaders to think in ways that produce innovation.
Session IV: Cultures of Innovation: Diversity & Organizational Dynamics To succeed in the era of sustainable business innovation, intention, vision, and purpose must be matched by an organizational culture that fosters innovation. Diversity, the interaction of multiple cultures, backgrounds, and perspectives, is an asset that the business leader can use to cultivate cultures of innovation within their organizations. In this session,
Tour: Napa Valley Wine Tasting
Session V: Emerging 21st Century Business Models At the beginning of the 21st century, a new generation of businesses are the breaking news. These businesses are innovative, profitable, and ethical. They focus on an integrated "triple bottom line" of people, planet, and profit. They are creating new markets and reinventing what it means to "do business." In this session, participants will analyze case studies to understand these 21st century sustainable business models.
Tour: Lake Tahoe Resort Area
Tour: San Francisco
Free Day: Explore San Francisco Bay Area Friday, 19 September 2008
Session VI: Business Leader's Forum - Innovation, Sustainability, & Success This final session includes a company visit and conversation that integrates the Seminar's key points; and an afternoon networking event with local business leaders to explore the relation between innovation, sustainability and success in today's global business environment.