Saturday 3 September 2011

Another way to travel through ambiguity

There are many ways to make a journey, by plane, by road, by car...  that works for 'touchspace' or the real hardware world.  In 'cyberspace' you can journey by browsing the web, walking around QUBE, meeting friends to play on your xbox or Wii with the right software.  In your mind you can make learning journey's through your 'wetware' brain world.

But one of the most evocative and iconic ways to make a journey is on a Harley Davidson. 

Professor Eddie Obeng was working with one of the worlds most famous brands to explore the journey of learning to lead in an an ambiguous world.  Over a roller coasted day session he led the audience of top executives around the  pitfalls and possibilities of Leading in a world of Ambiguity.  They traavelled past 'What being wrong feels like'How to enjoy and thrive in Foggy change  but missed what would have been a groundbreaking session by Steve Whatmore who as a VirutalGuest was to discuss his role in transforming Rolls Royce Motor Cars and Aston Martin.  The course began last April with a webinar from Eddie.  Using traditional webinar software Eddie revved up a tale of challenge and intrigue explaining the sources of ambiguity as well as  engaging a number of polls.  In one he asked "Did you predict the Arab spring more than a month before it began?"  The Exec leadership group answered just the same way as you just have. 
He explained how a combination of the pace and scale of change and the fact that human interaction has become so dense that a revolution in one country can spark a revolution in another country in the same way as news about a particularly funny cat on youtube spreads.  The virtual and face to face sessions were in partnership with Duke Corporate Education is part of a significant journey of development for the leadership cadre programme directed by Denis Baltzley  himself a Harley owner.
One quote heard about Eddie was - "He's a real live wire!" and that from Harley Davidson is real confirmation of Eddie's Rebel/ Rockstar of Executive Education status!  The participants zoomed past Pentacle PETs (Performance Enhancement Tools) including AliensTM, IDQB TM, GapLeapTM and SquarePegTM proving that there really is another way to travel through ambiguity.

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