Leading and Managing in the New Economy - Tues, 9 Oct, London

[Colston Sanger <colston@shotters.dircon.co.uk>]

Denizens in and around London, UK are warmly invited to the next meeting
of the London and South-East Deming Network, which will be a joint workshop 
with the Centre for Tomorrow's Company and the New Intermediaries, a 
community of practice of internal and external change agents.


LEADING AND MANAGING IN THE NEW ECONOMY

A joint meeting of the London and South-East Deming Network, the Centre for
Tomorrow's Company and the New Intermediaries

WHEN?	Tuesday, 9 October 2001, 13.30 for 14.00
WHERE?	Royal Mail, Mount Pleasant, Farringdon Road, London EC1A 1BB

(Nearest tube: Farringdon or Chancery Lane. Please come to the Staff 
Entrance in
Farringdon Road. Street map at: www.streetmap.co.uk .)

There is no charge for this workshop, but please let Steve Ashley know that 
you intend to
come by using the FAXBACK below. Or email Steve.D.Ashley@RoyalMail.co.uk.

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LEADING AND MANAGING IN THE NEW ECONOMY

With share prices slumping, dotcom disillusionment has set in.  Yet the 
experience of
the new economy offers important lessons - it's just that until now we have 
been
looking in the wrong places.  Established businesses are taking the best 
technology
and practice made possible by the new economy and using it to transform their
businesses.

DEFENDER, DEVELOPER or CREATOR?

Is your organisation:
* A Defender - where the status quo predominates?
* A Developer - aware of the need to change and the power of partnership?
* Or a Creator - able to flex and innovate to meet the challenges of the new
economy?

To become and remain successful in the new economy requires a major shift 
in the
way organisations are led and managed. Leaders will have to take on new
competencies while still retaining those they bring with them. Success will 
come from
managing the accompanying tensions and paradoxes by engaging new business
models. The Creator organisations show how this can be done, but there is 
no simple
'one size fits all' approach to change. Understanding whether your 
organisation is a
Defender, Developer or Creator is a first step to securing enduring success 
in the new
economy.

This is the conclusion of Leading and Managing in the New Economy, a new
research report from the Centre for Tomorrow's Company. The survey covered 
over
thirty organisations, including Vodafone, BT, SAP, Unipart, First Direct, 
Oracle and
thinknatural.com.

In the first half of this workshop, Chris Gamblin, the author of the 
report, will
present its key findings and lead group discussion.


LEADING AND MANAGING IN REAL-TIME

In the second half of the workshop, Andy Harmon, Tony Page and members of the
New Intermediaries will present a forum theatre-based case study of the 
problems
and dilemmas of leadership in a fictitious railway infrastructure organisation.

In forum theatre, spectators are encouraged to respond actively to the drama,
identifying what is or is not working, entering into dialogue with the 
protagonists and
becoming actors themselves to play out alternative courses of action.

Accompanying the workshop there will be an exhibition of recent paintings and
drawings by Julian Burton on the theme of leadership.


THE SPEAKERS

Chris Gamblin is a Director and founder of the Gamblin Partnership Ltd 
(GPL). He
has over thirty years' business experience in manufacturing, government and 
the
services sector, including fifteen years at strategic level as Human 
Resources Director
of Hewlett-Packard and later with Nortel, where his responsibilities 
spanned forty
countries. Chris works with a wide range of businesses at a senior level. 
He is a
Fellow of the Institute of Personnel and Development (IPD) and of the Royal 
Society
of Arts (RSA), and an Associate of the Centre for Tomorrow's Company.

The Centre for Tomorrow's Company - www.tomorrowscompany.com - is a think-
tank and catalyst, researching and stimulating the development of a new 
agenda for
business. It works to create a future for business that makes equal sense 
to staff,
shareholders and society.

Andy Harmon is a theatre director and business trainer.

Tony Page is interested in helping create successful organisations that 
people want to
work in. He is a facilitator to management teams, a coach to senior 
managers, and the
author of Diary of a Change Agent ((Gower, 1996).

The New Intermediaries - www.newintermediaries.co.uk - is a community of
practice of internal and external change agents working in both the old and 
new
economies.

Julian Burton is a painter and who uses visual imagery to support dialogue in
organisations.

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Leading and Managing in the New Economy, Tuesday, 9 October 2001

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