"Business isn't some disembodied bloodless enterprise. Profit is fine -- a sign that the customer honors the value of what we do. But "enterprise" (a lovely word ) is about heart. About beauty. It's about art. About people throwing themselves on the line. It's about passion and the selfless pursuit of an ideal.
Tom Peters"

Sydney March 7 2008

led by
Linda Naiman, Founder, Creativity At Work, Canada, Global pioneer in the business and arts interface; Ralph Kerle Chief Executive Officer, The Creative Leadership Forum, Australia.

Why Artful Leadership?

The mark of an authentic artful leader in any organization is how the leader is able to continually nurture the creative relationships and conversations between all stakeholders in order to produce successful immediate value and long term viability.

Numbers are traditionally considered the measure for business success. If you don't have the numbers, that's the end of the conversation.

However, it is not the financial and performance targets that produce the outcomes or value. It is the relationships among people, clients, suppliers and their patterns of working and thinking together that produce the outcomes and the value.

An artful leader must know how to lead people creatively!

This international master class presented by global leaders in the area of arts, business and leadership offers executives an introduction to

• a theory of creativity
• the notion of spheres of influence and how an artful leader is able to get things done
• the principles and practices of applied creativity from business, art and science
• artful leadership and a method of reflection that facilitates continual growth

“Companies are beginning to innovate, create value, market and engage with the world in profoundly new ways. The corporation is going through the biggest change in its short history.”

 
Sydney Tuesday October 2 Melbourne Friday October 5 Brisbane, Tuesday October 9 , 2007

Led by
Peter Williams, Director, Deloitte Digital; Ralph Kerle, CEO, The Creative Leadership Forum

Why does the digital community matter to you and your business?

The collaborative world of “Web 2.0” is rapidly scaling corporate walls—and democratising how business works.

It has moved beyond well-known consumer services such as “MySpace” into the commercial world. Innovative digital technologies are enabling customers, employees, managers and business partners to communicate and share information in new ways. It is moving publishing into participation—and consumption into collaboration.

In this new digital community, the roles and skills of leaders are being transformed.

Leaders now need to understand how to use a range of digital media to interact more creatively and effectively. They also need to understand the business opportunities digital communities are creating for businesses to tap into the actions, contacts and talents of people worldwide.

The Creating Your Future in a Digital World Master Class explores these concepts through case study presentations and hands-on technical experience. It will immerse you in practical and applied creativity skills sessions.

The themes and methodologies explored

• a framework for understanding the digital world and its commercial opportunities
• an introduction to the insights and tools required to develop creative leadership abilities in the digital community
• practical experience with working in the new digital world creatively.