Hi ACCORNERS,

I am attaching a copy of the programme for the first international 
information exchange of the Creative Lesdership Lab in Australia 
entitled "The Future of management = Creativity" and attached is an 
invitation that was sent nationally and internationally late last week. 

This event represents an initial pilot project funded by Deloitte Australia 
and the Queensland State Government that will culminate hopefully in a 
permanent Creative Leadership Lab in Australia. 

I hope ACCORNERS will find what we are doing interesting. Any thoughts or 
input would be greatly appreciated. I have a sense that the AACORN network 
could make substantial contribution to the development and establishment of 
the operation. And there is always the possibility of a trip down 
under..barter is a currency I have always believed in...

Below is the wording of the email invitation that went out with the .pdf 
file to interested parties.. 

Kind regards,
Ralph


Hi,
It gives me great pleasure to attach an invitation to the first 
international information exchange "The Future of Management - Creativity" 
to be presented by the Creative Leadership Lab, a new Australian 
initiative, supported by Deloitte and the Queensland Government Department 
of State Development, Trade and Innovation and Australia's 
InnovationXChange Network in association with one of  the world's 
acknowledged leaders in creative leadership programmes, the Banff Centre, 
Canada.

This event is a two day programme  - day one is entitled "A Dialogue on the 
Fine Art of Management" and day two "Processes for the Fine Art of 
Management".  The information exchanges will feature amongst others, 
presentations by Colin Funk, Director, the Leadership Development 
Programme, the Banff Centre, Canada; Caroline van den Brul, Director of 
Creative Networks, BBC, United Kingdom , General Peter John Cosgrove former 
Head of the Australia Defence Force and Giam Swieger, CEO of Deloitte 
Australia. Each exchange will be followed by a facilitated dialogue.

The Creative Leadership Lab is Australia's first international creative 
leadership laboratory created to design and produce creative skills 
development programmes for application in industry, government and 
communities. It is currently developing strategic alliances with the Banff 
Centre, Canada, the US Centre for Creative Leadership and the Learning Lab, 
Denmark. Over the next 6 months, the Creative Leadership Lab, based in 
Brisbane, will be running a pilot programme based on a series of 
international senior executive information exchanges. The objective will be 
to design and produce a series of senior executive creative leadership 
programmes based on creativity and arts based processes that will have 
immediate application and continuing relevance in the rapidly expanding 
knowledge-based industries within the Asia Pacific regions.

I look forward to your participation in this exciting and bold new 
Australian initiative.