Managing Sustainably with Passion - Dr Paul Shrivastava, Professor, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

Managing Sustainably with Passion with Dr. Paul Shrivastava, David O’Brien Distinguished Professor and Director The David O’Brien Centre for Sustainable Enterprise John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. Before I even knew the word "Sustainability" my eco-footprint was 2 tons of carbon per year. Thirty years later, I fully understand what sustainability means, and have published 40 papers + one book on the topic - my eco footprint is now 22 tons of carbon per year. So, understanding sustainability concepts was not sufficient to live sustainably. I will explore this dilemma, and argue that for our world to move towards sustainability, in addition to cognitive understanding of the concepts and techniques of sustainability, we also need emotional and passionate connection to it. Passion is engaging the issue holistically with mind, body and emotions (spirit). Developing passion for sustainability can be aided by use of arts based methods, because the arts are both a repository of human emotions, and a way for evoking sensory and emotional perceptions.

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Leadership as Art - Dr Steven S Taylor, The Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Boston, Mass USA

April 2010 Leadership as Art with Dr. Steven S. Taylor Associate Professor Department of Management the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. In this interview Steve talks about his recent research on arts based processes in learning which is starting to show the more emotion you have, the more learning you have and thus the importance of selecting the right media or medium to use when working in this spacew. eg what difference might one experience if using Lego as oppsoed to clay. He also offers a sneak preview of a special issue of the journal "Leadership" he is editing themed under the title "Leadership As Art" that will be published in August 2010. Steven Taylor is an American playwright and a leading global researcher in the world of arts and business,

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The Chinese perspective on creativity and innovation - Helen Zhang, Principal, ChinaTime, Inc

The Chinese perspective on creativity and innovation (Examples and stories of creative Chinese in business, art and living) with Helen Zhang Principal ChinaTime Inc Beijing China. Haihua (aka Helen) grew up in Beijing China, then worked and lived in Sydney, Australia for 8 years (in management consulting, investment banking and wealth management) before returning back to Beijing in 2002 with her family. Since 2005 Helen operates a China based strategic consulting business in Beijing. Her main focus has been advising multinational corporate and overseas government clients on various China challenges at the senior executive level, also consults to Chinese businesses going global. Helen’s passion is to help people to understand and take the best from both the East and the West. She has written the highly acclaimed book “Think Like Chinese” which serves as an in depth guide to help more people understand China and the Chinese people.

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Creativity and Innovation - The Cross-Cultural Dimension - Dr Kirpal Singh, The Singapore Management University, Singapore

Creativity and Innovation - The Cross-Cultural Dimension with Professor Kirpal Singh PhD Director Wee Kim Wee Centre The Singapore Management University Singapore Prof Kirpal Singh is internationally renowned as a creativity guru and futurist, and wears many different and differently coloured turbans: He is a Founding Member of the CSTC and is currently Director of the Wee Kim Wee Center at the Singapore Management University, where he also teaches creativity. (visit: www. smu.edu.sg -click Centres and click WKWC) Kirpal is also a Director of the Singapore International Film Festival and sits on numerous other Boards. As a consultant, he works with governments, non-profits and multinationals, on the issues and challenges of the sensitive arena of cross/intercultural engagements. Clients include IBM, AMEX, L'Oreal, Daimler, and Novartis.

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The Dance of Leadership - Professor Bob Denhardt Arizona State University Regents Professor, Coor Presidential Chair, Lincoln Professor of Leadership and Ethics

The Dance of Leadership with Professor Bob Denhardt Arizona State University Regents Professor, Coor Presidential Chair, Lincoln Professor of Leadership and Ethics; Director of the School of Public Affairs Based on Professor Denhardt's book, The Dance of Leadership. the conversation focuses on the art of leadership, employing material from art, music, and especially dance to discover new ways of thinking about leadership and new ways of sharpening one’s leadership skills. A key idea explored is whether art is a metaphor for leadership or whether leadership is in fact an art.

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