In these extraordinary times, leadership-as-usual is not an option. Every organization and every community is navigating through many unknowns. Collectively we are at a crossroads, and much is at stake. As leaders, how do we rise to this challenge? What simple but powerful approaches and practices will not only sustain us, but move our leadership to the next level? How do we release the capacity for innovation and resilience within and across our organizations and communities? How can we work together to co-create the sustainable organizations and systems of the future?

Welcome to ALIA Europe, a six-day immersion in the fresh ideas, paradigm-shifting tools, and strategic conversations you need to guide your team, organization, or community through complex change. This programme follows the design of the acclaimed Shambhala Summer Institute based in Nova Scotia, which has been a magnet for pioneering thought leaders and change-makers since 2001.

Choose your focus

Parallel modules are led by internationally recognized facilitators and leaders in their fields. Choose the module that best addresses your current leadership challenge.

The Art of Hosting Transformational Change
with Toke Paludan Møller, Monica Nissén, and Phil Cass

Embodied Leadership
with Wendy Palmer

An Integral Practice for Evolutionary Leadership and Change
with Peter Merry and Dylan Newcomb

Practicing Fearlessness in Times of Fear
with Margaret Wheatley and Jerry Granelli

Solving Tough Problems: Co-creating New Realities in Complex Systems
with Adam Kahane, LeAnne Grillo, and Mustafa Suleyman

The schedule also includes...

• Plenary dialogues and keynotes. Stretch your thinking and tap into the collective experience of the programme community.
• Theme-based sessions. Connect with others who share your interest, question, or professional context, from across the modules. Each theme will be introduced by a special guest and then facilitated in a way that maximizes peer learning.
• Guided mindfulness meditation. Start each day by "paying attention to how you pay attention." Create the conditions for authentic insight, listening, and learning.
• Creative process sessions. Engage the intelligence of the body and the senses, while freeing up creativity.
• Arts events. Enjoy performance and improvisation led by accomplished artists.
• Time to reflect. Mennorode Conference Centre has many nooks and crannies conducive to quiet conversation, and an adjacent woods that invites exploration.

“The ALIA Institute combines in-depth cultivation of personal leadership with the organizational issues that are critical in today's global environments. Few other leadership programmes create such a dynamic, living laboratory of personal and collective learning.” —Peter Senge, author, The Fifth Discipline, The Necessary Revolution, and others.

Schedule

The programme begins with dinner on 10 January and concludes with a celebratory banquet on 15 January, with departure on the 16th. A more detailed schedule is available here.

Who else will be there

125 forward-thinking leaders and change agents from business, government, education, NGOs, and civil society.

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