Aren’t we overlooking something of vital importance in shaping future education and learning experiences? Businesses and Business Schools are ill prepared for educating and training future youth!

Tomorrow’s people; How 21st Century Technology is changing the way we think and feel. Baroness Prof. Susan Greenfield (prof. of Pharmacology at Oxford University) lectured about the future of the mind at the People Ideas Nature and Creativity conference at Figi Zeist the Netherlands.

.Experience Toplecture 23rd of jan.2007 TCH Amsterdam

The 12th of May drs. Anna Snel will elaborate on her findings so far concerning her Integrative approach to Experiences at the University of Amsterdam Business School at 12.00-13.30 (Roeterseilandcomplex, Nieuwe Prinsengracht 130, building G, room 2.02). Free for members
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Our society is changing to a system of communicative self-steering according to the philosophy of Arnold Cornelis. It becomes more important to learn at the level of communicative self-steering besides learning at the level of the social ruling system. Education should contribute to that. This paper gives a view on education in a society in which people live thogether according to the logic of communicative self-steering and in which an economy of experiences is upcoming. Download article (in Dutch)

On the 31st of march Human Emergence/Klaar om te wenden organised a meeting with very interesting thinkers and speakers Ervin Laszlo( Club of Budapest) Video presentation English, Don Beck(Spiral Dynamics) Video presentation English, Herman Wijffels (Videopresentation Dutch) and Peter Merry (audio presentation) the video’s are made by Henk Jan Winkeldermaat and also recommended to read the summaries of Hans Mestrum.(hansonexperience.nl) See also other initiatives Vision 21.nl(NRC next of today05-04-06, www.nrcnext.nl)

Yolanda Eijgenstein spoke about innovation in leadership at the HSMAI conference

This article presents a market perspective on the phenomenon of design and business converging into "design thinking" by presenting notes and reflections from Design 2.0, the recent design Strategy& Innovation conference of February the 28th in New York City. In the Process, it presents some differences in approach between the Americain and European perspectives on design driven innovation.Download article

Uffe Elbaek, principal of Kaos Pilots,may be one the best
“universities” in the world located in Aarhuus Denmark, gave a
lecture the 18th of jan in Rotterdam. Lecture Organised by Ode . Uffe shared 6 very personal stories and did a Q&A session. Everything is focused and organised around the student. 24 hours a day.The values of the school are; 1.Playful, being at Kaos is motivating and inspiring. 2.Real world, working with real problems and conflicts. 3.Streetwise, the school must never be out of touch whith what is happening at street level in our society. 4.Risktaking 5.Balance 6.Compassion. 7.Social responsibility are the hallmarks of the school. An inspiring place to learn I cannot wait to visit the school and learn more…
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