Leading Through Complexity Seminar - Cognitive Edge Event July 16, 2009

This seminar will provide a basic introduction to complexity theory in human systems and introduce participants to some core methods and approaches. Implications of social computing will also be covered, exploring how complexity thinking informs engaging employees or customers/citizens with emerging social technologies. All program content is based on the award winning work of Dave Snowden and is relevant for executives in the public and private sectors who need to understand the theory and application of new complexity-based approaches to strategy.

Who should attend:
* Executives in the public and private sector who need to understand the theory and the application of new approaches to strategy.
* Academics interesting in complexity theory and its application. In particular approaches not dependent on modeling but on insights from the cognitive sciences

About the speaker:
Dave Snowden is the founder and chief scientific officer of Cognitive Edge. His work covers government and industry looking at complex issues relating to strategy, and organizational decision making. He has pioneered a science-based approach to organizations drawing on anthropology, neuroscience and complexity.

Well known for his work on the role of narrative and sense-making, Dave is an entertaining speaker and a formidable realist, and one of the few thought leaders who can bring together the academic and practitioner perspectives into a single, comprehensible purview.

His HBR cover article with Mary Boone A leader’s framework for decision making, was selected as the 2007 Best Practitioner Paper by the Organizational Behavior Division

Cost: $595 (If you register a group of three or more people, one additional seat will be made available to you free of charge.)

Questions?
Contact SolutionsIQ Training Support:
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1.800.235.4091, ext. 2434

Official Website: http://cognitive-edge.com/eventsfiles/129_090527_Seattle_09_Leading_through_complexity_.pdf