This seminar was given in Dec 2012 by Rob Dickinson in downtown San Diego. It was our first session in a formal venue, and turnout was over 20 people. At the time, we had changed the name from The Strategy and Innovation Forum to “Innovatio.” This was short lived. This was the first time we thought our organization actually had legs. We also started video recording our sessions.
OVERVIEW
A boy named Ender once noted, “Leading is a strange thing. People see it happening, but they don’t have a clue how it works.” In this seminar, we look towards those people who have inspired others, rallied movements and changed their societies forever. We will look at their methods, their success, and perhaps most importantly, their failures.
ASSIGNMENT:
Bring someone who has never been to an Innovatio seminar before. Think of a leader who has inspired you, and what you learned from them.
BOOKS:
Robert Heinlein: Starship Troopers
H.R. McMaster: Dereliction of Duty
Michael Lewis: Losers: The Road to Everyplace but the White House
ARTICLES:
“The Trim and Nasty Show”
Leadership and Solitude
Seven Transformations of Leadership
Sir William Slim
Abraham Lincoln Second Inaugural Address
WEBSITES:
VIDEOS:
How Great Leaders Inspire Action
Lead Like the Great Conductors
QUESTION TO ADDRESS:
Are the realities of 21st Century Leadership different than those required in centuries past?
