Monday, February 25, 2008

The Jimmy Stewart Centennial Project

Steve Brant has received approval from The James M. Stewart Museum Foundation and the Stewart family for his proposal to organize a special Centennial Celebration Event in late 2008 in Washington, DC. (Jimmy Stewart was born in 1908.)

Leveraging the fact that Mr. Stewart's centennial is also an important election year, this event will focus on the question "How much better could the American government be?" and will be capped by a gala showing of the American classic film "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" at The Kennedy Center.

For more information, please go to www.JimmyStewartGoesToWashington.org

The Tällberg Forum - June 2008

Steve Brant will be participating in the Tällberg Foundation's annual Forum in June of 2008.

From the Tällberg Foundation's web site:

"For nearly three decades, the Tällberg Foundation has been deepening our understanding of issues related to leadership and change in society and business. The Foundation’s main focus of activity is to gather leaders from around the world and from a variety of backgrounds for discussions and reflection."

The overall question being dealt with at the Forum is "How on Earth can we live together?"

Steve is particularly thrilled to have been invited to join this network, because Dr. Russell Ackoff (Steve's mentor in the art and science of Systems Thinking) has a long standing relationship with Tällberg and has influenced them to use Systems Thinking in their own work.

World Entrepreneurship Summit - January 2008

Steve Brant participated in the World Entrepreneurship Summit in London in January of 2008. Steve was on a panel discussing the financing of entrepreneurial ventures as part of the Summit's "Building the Evidence Base" track.