Wednesday 23 September 2009

Autumn Leaves Fall

The start of Autumn in Beaconsfield means one thing. The Pentacle Tutor Network bi-annual get

together to learn by sharing. This time the agenda was packed with old favourites and new ideas. Christophe Gillet led the journey for learning whilst Eddie Obeng explained in detail how Pentacle plans to revolutionise Change, Project and Programme management through its new E-S-P offer. And there were some very large Rabbits...







Your Country Needs You.... To Innovate



The Chairman of the Design Council Sir Michael Bichard and the entire council spent a couple of days of creative and challenging thought at the newly opened Institute for Government. The venue, with its blue plaque to Lord Kitchener, is a superb location for engaging top executives and leaders in pushing at the edges of their thought processes.

The council were provoked and facilitated by Professor Eddie Obeng, himself a councillor. The next few years will show the impact of the retreat on design and innovation in the UK. The slogan should probably be " Your Country Needs You... To Innovate."