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David Weinberger: Knowledge in the Age of the Internet, BLC09
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August 04, 2009 06:59 PM PDT
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Building Learning Communities, July 2009 Keynote

Fellow at Harvard’s Berkman Institute For Internet and Society – Cambridge, MA

Knowledge has a long history in the West. Its pursuit has been taken as the fulfillment of human nature. But the characteristics of knowledge are remarkably similar to the characteristics of the media by which we have preserved and communicated knowledge. That is not an accident. As a new medium emerges that escapes some of the limitations of the physical, the limitations of knowledge itself are becoming visible. Knowledge itself is transforming, becoming social, shifting, transparent, complex, and connected. This is shaking up institutions that deal with knowledge, including business, media … and education.

Benjamin Zander: A Metaphor for Leadership, BLC09
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August 04, 2009 02:39 AM PDT
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Building Learning Communities, July 2009 Keynote

Conductor of the Boston Philharmonic – Boston, MA

Benjamin Zander’s presentation takes an audience on a journey that offers a startling new perspective on leadership. Through stories, music and concepts it causes a radical shift in perception. This is not a speech; it is an experience!

In this new model of leadership, the conductor sees his job as awakening possibility in others. The orchestra is a group of highly trained individuals poised to coalesce into an effective whole. Passion, creativity and the desire to contribute are basic human instincts to be released.

World famous conductor, Benjamin Zander uses the metaphor of the orchestra and a life-time of experience conducting, coaching and teaching musicians to work his magic to overcome barriers to corporate productivity. This presentation sources fundamental changes in organizations.