Bob+Stilger

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=Bob Stilger -- Director of Berkana Institute=

Location (traveling from): Spokane

Contact Information: Availability: Conference Topic Emphasis: Leadership - will taylor Background Information: Director of Berkana Institute, which links learning spaces around the world. (I traveled to India with a Berkana group last Feb.) He teaches at Gonzaga and somewhere on Bainbridge. He has lived in Japan and traveled the world. He was in Africa again in Nov. The Berkana Institute was founded by Meg Wheatley author of Leadership and the New Science, co-author of A Simpler Way, author of Conversations: Turning to One Another and Finding Our Way: Leadership for Turbulent Times. Meg is one of the American Society of Training and Development's five living legends. She is based in Utah, travels extensively around the globe writing and speaking. Both she and Bob are likely accessible through [|www.berkana.org]. Meg has her own website as well. She spoke for us twice.

Bob Stilger, Director, Berkana Institute, [|www.berkana.org], Spokane What’s needed for large scale systems change, what’s the relationship between what’s being done in other parts of the world and what’s happening here. What leadership is needed, how do we find it, how do we use it? Brings firsthand knowledge on new styles of leadership developing in small communities in India, Africa and Latin America. 2/5/2007