Michael Jones Services
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Keynote TalksEngaging the Imagination, The Leader's New Work

Leadership Retreats Leading Artfully; Engaging the Commons of the Imagination

Organizational And Community DialoguesStewardship of the Commons, The Art of Collective Engagement


Leading Artfully with Michael Jones
   —Speaker and Seminar Outline

“Michael Jones brings a unique sensibility to leadership. While others writers address style, process, and leadership issues, Michael illuminates the deep parallels between leadership and the creative process.”
By Peter M. Senge, Author The Necessary Revolution and The Fifth Discipline, Founding Chair SoL (The Society for Organizational Learning) Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management.

“Michael Jones is an outstanding pianist- his connections to leadership are equally powerful”
Nick Nissley Executive Director, Leadership Development, The Banff Centre

Two roads diverged in a wood
And I took the road less traveled by
And that has made all the difference

Robert Frost

A widely acclaimed pianist/composer and recognized national speaker, Michael Jones brings a unique approach to inspiring leaders to value new ways of thinking in order to see familiar landscapes through fresh eyes. Drawing upon evocative personal stories to convey his message and musical performances to deepen it, Michael offers a compelling and fresh perspective on the learning journey to authentic leadership by inspiring leaders to develop a renewed clarity of purpose and tapping into the creativity that is found in the authority of their own experience.

To take ‘this road less traveled’ involves a shift of mind from conformity to gifts and uniqueness, from abstraction to beauty and the spirit of place, from efficiency to improvisation and emergent possibility and from utility to the expressive power of their own story and voice. Together these shifts in awareness awaken a new and dynamic field of possibility that transforms our mechanistic view of the world to a sustainable and transformative vision that is more creative, organic and whole.

The organizations and communities that will thrive in the new economy will be the ones that engage these shifts of awareness in order to foster a learning culture that keeps creativity and innovation foremost in their minds.

Highlights from his presentations and seminars on Leading Artfully include;

  • To recognize how our own gifts and unique strengths help us appreciate and draw out the strengths and gifts in others.
  • To become consciously aware of what feels most vital and alive around us so that we they find fertile ground for their gifts and potential to take root and grow.
  • To learn to lead without a script and trust that they will discover new insights and strength in their ‘not knowing.’
  • To recognize that leaders need to think and feel like artists in order to sense the subtle shifts in the energy, tonal quality and atmosphere in a group or organization.
  • To become stewards of the whole able to inspire a culture of innovation, transformational change and continuous learning.
  • To recognize how the power of space and silence, of personal and collective reflection and continuous renewal helps leaders see the big picture and the long view.

For information on speaker availability and fees please write to
michael.jones@pianoscapes.com
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