18th Annual Global Forum on
Business Driven Action Learning and Executive Development,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
THEME:
THE NEXT STAGE OF GLOBALIZATION:
NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
DETAILED PROGRAM SCHEDULE (*indicates confirmed)
19 May, Sunday, 2013
| Optional: The Ipanema Hippie Fair (Feira Hipe) Held in the Praça General Osório, in the Ipanema neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro Brazil, every Sunday since the 1960s. It started as a rather small affair, organized by Hippies to sell crafts and who knows what else. Over the years, the Ipanema Hippie Fair has evolved into a major arts and crafts market, showing off the works of some of the city's best artisans. It's held every Sunday, rain or shine, from 9am - 5pm. The Praça General Osório takes up an entire city block, bordered by the major streets Rua Visconde de Piraja and Rua Prudente de Morais. The smaller Rua Teixeira de Melo and Rua Jangadeiros, run to Ipanema beach and enclose Praça General Osório on its north and south sides. It's located in the northern section of Ipanema, two blocks from the beach, and pretty close to the southern end of Copacabana Beach.
Optional: Possible football (soccer) match from 17:00 | |
| 19:00 | Registration, Welcome Reception and Light Dinner (Terraneo Restaurant at the 1st floor) |
20 May, Monday, 2013
| 07:00 | Breakfast (Terraneo Restaurant at the 1st floor) |
| 08:00 - 09:00 | Opening - In plenary (Room: Wayana 1st lower level) |
Welcome and Program Overview *Yury Boshyk, Chairman, The Global Forum and, The Global Executive Learning Network
Brazil Today: Observations From Away *Miklos Vasarhelyi, KPMG Professor of AIS, Director CarLab, RARC, Rutgers Business School, Rutgers University, USA http://business.rutgers.edu/sites/default/files/user_files/cv_vasarhelyi_miklos_0.pdf
Introduction to Brazilian Culture, and Business in Society
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| 09:00 - 09:45 | Session 1 - In plenary The Next Stage of Globalization |
*Tony van Kralingen, Executive Committee Member, and Director, Supply Chain and Human Resources, SABMiller, U.K. Emerging from South Africa after the end of apartheid to become a world leader in its industry, what are the challenges and opportunities facing the company, and for other global champions from emerging markets, in their next phase of globalization? | |
| 09:45 - 10:00 | Break |
| 10:00 - 12:00 | Session 2 - In plenary Understanding the Many Varieties of Action Learning – A Roadmap to Present and Emerging Practices |
Overview of the Varieties of Action Learning *Yury Boshyk, Chairman, The Global Executive Learning Network, Canada Action Reflection Learning *Victoria Marsick, Professor of Education/Co-Director J.M. Huber Institute, Teachers College, Columbia University, USA
"Classic" Action Learning and Recollections of Working with Action Learning's Founder, Reg Revans *Verna J. Willis, Professor Emerita, Georgia State University, USA
Socially Driven Action Learning *Christine Abbott, Board member, Institute of Leadership and Management, and ILM's Centre for Action Learning Facilitation, U.K.
The “Business Driven” in Business Driven Action Learning: What Business Challenges Are Addressed? *Gunnar George, Compassion Communication, and Associate, Global Executive Learning Network, formerly Ericsson, Sweden | |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch (Terraneo Restaurant at the 1st floor) |
| 13:00 - 15:00 | Session 3 Global and Latin American Company Strategies and Their Impact on Executive Development |
Chairperson:
Strategic Learning Today www.tc.columbia.edu
General Electric *Christian Cetera, GE Global Operations, Learning and Development Director for GE Latin America, and *Izabel Cortez, Human Resources,GE Energy Management, Brazil Ultramar
Swedish Multinational Companies: Why Are They So Successful? *Gunnar George, Compassion Communication, and Associate, The Global Executive Learning Network, formerly Ericsson, Sweden The success of IKEA, H&M, Ericsson, Atlas Copco, Sandvik, Scania, Volvo, Electrolux, Skanska, Tetra Pak, Skype, Spotify and many other Swedish multinational companies lies in the culture. This is an in-depth explanation and discussion of this culture and management style where openness and trust are fundamental. These values have evolved over the last thousand years and have roots in the Viking era. It is a culture that is quite different from those where people always ask themselves ”What’s in it for me?” | |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Break |
| 15:30 - 17:30 | Session 4 Trends in Management and Executive Education and Development: Part 1 (Part II on Thursday, Session 19) |
Management and Executive Education in Germany *Bernhard Hauser, BHCG.impact.network and chair in Action Learning and Change Management, University of Applied Management, Germany, and author of a recent and highly regarded publication on Action Learning (in German) Implementing Action Learning at MIT: Lessons Learned and Future Steps *Michellana Jester, Action Learning Program Manager and Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School, USA
Open and Online Executive Programs in South Africa *Willemien Law, Director of Executive Development, University of Stellenbosch Business School, South Africa
Defining Executive Requirements *Lori Bartels, Director of Talent Management at Applied Materials and Scott Saslow, President, Institute of Executive Development, and Associate, The Global Executive Learning Network, USA
Global Public Goods: The Future of Knowledge and New Skills for Leaders *Veronique Kabongo, Lead Learning Officer, Knowledge -- Sustainable Development, World Bank Group, USA | |
"Session 5 - In plenary Experiencing Collective Learning–Brazilian Percussion Workshop | |
| 19:00 - 19:30 | In plenary Partner's Program Learning Review |
| 19:30 | Departure to Fogo de Chão Botafogo Restaurant |
21 May, Tuesday, 2013
| 07:00 | Breakfast (Terraneo Restaurant at the 1st floor) |
| 08:30 - 09:00 | Session 6 - In plenary at tables (Room: Wayana 1st lower level) |
| After Action Learning Review | |
09:00 - 10:00 | Session 7 Competitive Brazil: An Example of an Entrepreneurial Technology Culture In Plenary |
Odebrecht Company: *Jairo Flor, Corporate Leader, People & Organization, Odebrecht Holding, Brazil Odebrecht is ranked as Latin America's top engineering and construction company and one of the world's 30 largest service exporters. In existence for over 70 years, it is also Latin America’s largest petrochemical and ethanol producer. The company’s culture and values are unique. | |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Break |
| 10:30 - 12:30 | Session 8 Hot Topics: New Growth and Development Opportunities with a Special Focus on Africa, and the Middle East |
*Paolo Gallo, World Bank Group, USA
*Jennifer Morris, Head, Talent and Capability, Standard Bank Group, South Africa
*Gerrit Walters, Senior Manager Executive Development, Eskom Leadership Institute, Eskom, South Africa
*Brian Isaacson, Director, Aligned Leadership, South Africa Middle East Experiences: GlocAL in the Gulf--Action Learning Insights, Eight years in Abu Dhabi, Oman and an unsettled Bahrain.
*Fernando Lanzer Pereira de Souza, LCO Partners, and Associate, The Global Executive Learning Network, The Netherlands and Brazil
Hyundai *Lee, Seong Chul, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Learning Officer, *Sam, Sung-in-Hur, Associate, Global HRD Team, and *Kwang Oh Kim, General Manager & Head of the Global HRD Team, Hyundai, S. Korea Developing Global Core Talents through Action Learning at Hyundai Motor Group | |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch (Terraneo Restaurant at the 1st floor) |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Session 9 - In plenary at tables Action Learning Sets: Introduction and Guide to Facilitation |
Facilitated by *Christine Abbott, Board member, Institute of Leadership and Management, and ILM's Centre for Action Learning Facilitation, and co-author of the recent publication (with Mike Pedler) Facilitating Action Learning, U.K. | |
| 14:00 - 14:15 | Break |
| 14:15 | Session 10 Visit to Christ The Redeemer and Corcovado Mountain |
| 17:30 - 18:30 | Session 11 The Next Generation of Brazilian Leaders: A Discussion |
Four student members from the *Association Internationale des Etudiants en Sciences Economiques et Commerciales (AIESEC) and from the *Federal University of Rio de Janiero will join us for a discussion on the present and future of Brazil. Some of the students joining us wil be: *Vilson Alves - AIESEC - Federal University of Bahia - Economics student *Dafne Sartorio - AIESEC - Federal University of Rio de JAneiro - International Relations student *Juliana Di Lello - Audiovisual & Cinema Studies, Universidade Federal Fluminense *Tainara Campanini da Silva - AIESEC - Federal Technological University of Paraná - Environmental Engineering student | |
| 19:30 | Dinner in the hotel (Room: Wayana 1st lower level),
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22 May, Wednesday, 2013
| 07:00 | Breakfast (Terraneo Restaurant at the 1st floor) |
| 08:00 - 08:30 | Session 12 - In plenary at tables (Room: Wayana 1st lower level) |
Facilitating Action Learning Sets *Christine Abbott, Board member, Institute of Leadership and Management, and ILM's Centre for Action Learning Facilitation | |
| 08:30 - 09:30 | Session 13 Latin America's Future: Children and Education In Plenary |
| *Naira Collaneri, Ayrton Senna Institute, Brazil senna.globo.com The Instituto Ayrton Senna or IAS (Ayrton Senna Institute) is a Brazilian Non-Government Organization founded by Ayrton Senna's family in November 1994, six months after Senna's death in a Formula One accident. The Institute's goal is to create opportunities for human development focusing on children and young Brazilians, in cooperation with businesses, governments, municipalities, schools, universities and Non-Governmental Organizations. | |
| 09:30 - 09:45 | Break |
| 09:45 - 12:00 | Session 14 Career and Life Changes: Wisdom Panel In Plenary |
* Barbara Gutmann, Volkswagen, Germany
*Per L. Wingerup, Vice President, Learning & Development and International HR, CBS Corporation, USA
*Björn Thomas Atterstam, Boomtags, formerly Prudential, U.K. My Corporate Detox Book Project
*Paolo Gallo, World Bank Group, USA
*Andrew Johnson, General Manager, Eskom Leadership Institute, Office of the Chief Executive, Eskom, South Africa
*Linda Myers, Global Business Partner, Worldwise, USA My experiences and lessons learned as a female executive in a leading S. Korean multinational.
*Victoria Marsick, Professor of Education/Co-Director J.M. Huber Institute, Teacher's College, Columbia University, USA
*Verna J. Willis, Professor Emerita, Georgia State University, USA
*Steve Woodward, Lake Forest Graduate School of Management and previously with SABMiller, Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, USA
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| 12:00 - 12:30 | Lunch (Terraneo Restaurant at the 1st floor) |
| 12:30 - 16:30 | Session 15 Business Driven Action Learning Expeditions: Company/Organization Visits |
*Petrobras University (Universidade Petrobras) Recently voted to be one of finest corporate learning and leadership centres in the world. *Rede Globo (pending formal confirmation) Considered to be the second largest TV business in the world, next to the American Broadcasting Corporation by revenue. *Senna Institute sponsored NGOs: Chico Anysio School NGO - Nos do Morro - in the favela of VIDIGAL One of the most respected NGO's in Brazil and internationally. | |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Break |
| 17:00 - 18:00 | Session 16 - In plenary |
| Debrief of Business Driven Action Learning Expeditions & Experiences | |
| 18:00 - 18:30 | In plenary Partner's Program Learning Review |
| 18:30 - 19:00 | In plenary Refreshments and Presentation of the Next Global Forum venue |
| 19:30 | Departure to dinner at "Vinicius de Moraes" restaurant |
23 May, Thursday, 2013
| 07:00 | Breakfast (Terraneo Restaurant at the 1st floor) |
| 08:00 - 09:00 | Session 17 - In plenary at tables (Room: Wayana 1st lower level) |
Action Learning Sets *Christine Abbott, Board member, Institute of Leadership and Management, and ILM's Centre for Action Learning Facilitation | |
| 09:00 - 10:00 | Session 18 - In plenary Competitive Brazil: The New Sustainability Agenda |
*Malu Pinto Paiva, formerly Sustainability Vice-President, Santander Bank, Brazil Discussant: *Eric Vaes, organizer of the annual BusinessEurope Summits, and Managing Director, Best Practice Corporate Affairs, Belgium | |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Break |
| 10:30 - 12:30 | Session 19 Trends in Management and Executive Education and Development: Part II Galleria Walk format |
Action Learning at the Singapore Institute of Management University: How Far Have We Come? *Alex Chow, President, Asia Leap, and Associate, the Global Executive Learning Network, Singapore
Action Learning at IMD *Joanne Scott, Director of Partnership Programs, IMD, Switzerland
Business Driven Action Learning Expeditions: Solving Problems and Exploring Opportuntiies in Real Time *Chantal Fleuret, Global Executive Learning Network, France and *Harold Weinstein, Associate, Global Executive Learning Network, USA Examples on how some companies are using a very focused, "outside-in" and disciplined process to solve business problems and explore opportunities quickly, and throughout the world.
Learning through Simulation: Virtual Learning as an Action Learning Methodology? *Steve Woodward, Lake Forest Graduate School of Management and previously with SABMiller, USA and *Kathy Leck, Vice President – Research & Development and Innovation (RDI), Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, USA | |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch (Terraneo Restaurant at the 1st floor) |
| 13:30 - 15:30 | Session 20 Executive Talent, Coaching and Mentoring: Issues and Concerns |
Chairperson:
The Dilemma of Coaching Across Multiple Cultures *Katherine Holt, Founding Member, Peakinsight Global Networks, USA
Evidence-Based Executive Development: What the Facts Show *Jeff Munks, Associate, Institute of Executive Development, USA While many organizations invest significant funds into developing their senior leaders, new research uncovers that only a small proportion of the activities are likely to drive meaningful results. The implications are significant, as executives don’t currently have a way to discern which of the many available development options are actually wise investments - and thus might be increased- and which don’t have the impact that warrants their continuation. Common development activities, such as executive coaching and the use of job rotations to broaden a leader’s exposure and experience, while very useful in some situations, may have little impact depending on the context in which they are used. These findings come from a statistical analysis of the IED Index©, a diagnostic and benchmarking tool that has been administered in over 75 of global organizations across many distinct industries including 3M, Boeing, Intel, and McDonald’s, as well as public sector organizations. The link to the Harvard Business Review article which references IED Index research is:
Opportunities and Challenges with Coaching in Global Institutions *Stefano Olmeti, Head of Executive Coaching, World Bank Group, USA Lack of action on climate change threatens to make the world our children inherit a completely different world than we are living in today. Climate change is one of the single biggest challenges facing development, and we need to assume the moral responsibility to take action on behalf of future generations, especially the poorest.” World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, November 19, 2012 According to the World Bank, a global warming of 4 degrees Celsius (7.2°Fahrenheit) is likely to occur within this century, with devastating consequences – unless we act now. At the same time, economic development is crucial to lift more than one billion people out of extreme poverty (i.e. living with less than 1.25$ a day). How does this scenario modify the meaning of business performance and success? What kind of global leadership should executives embody to achieve prosperity in a sustainable way? What is the call for action for executive development and coaching practitioners? http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2012/11/18/new-report-examines-risks-of-degree-hotter-world-by-end-of-century http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2013/04/20/historic-goals-to-end-extreme-poverty-endorsed-by-world-bank-governors | |
| 15:30 - 15:45 | Break |
| 15:45 - 17:45 | Session 21 Hot Topics: Opportunities and Challenges in Asia & India |
*Alex Chow, President, Asia Leap, and Associate, Global Executive Learning Network, Singapore Singapore: City of Innovations
*Ira Cohen, Vice-President, Universal Ideas, China
*Raven Chai, Founding Principal Consultant, UX Consulting and User Experience Professional Association (UXPA) Asia, Singapore
*Allen Sequeira, Advisor, Mahindra & Mahindra, India Change Management in Indian Companies: Personal Experiences
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| 17:40 - 18:30 | Session 22 - In plenary |
| Retrospectives: What did we learn and what will we do differently? | |
| 18:30 - 19:00 | In plenary Partners Learning Review |
| 19:30 | Departure for Dinner (optional) |