Events

Current events:

Volans are hosting a Forum in London next week called Breakthrough Capitalism which the 6heads highly recommend, more details can be found below.

Breakthrough Capitalism Forum, 29 May

Join us as we explore, debate and project Breakthrough Capitalism at the Kings Place Conference Centre in London. We will explore themes such as:

• Capitalism Unplugged – outlining the growing sense that our challenges relate to systemic failures
• Breakthrough Innovation – how investors, entrepreneurs & policy-makers, among others, are driving change
• System Dynamics – where barriers to breakthrough exist and how they can be removed, and
• Scaling Solutions – how breakthrough solutions can deliver system-level change.

The format will take the form of TED-style presentations lasting about 10 minutes each plus shorter talks to spotlight where breakthrough innovation is bubbling, and Q&A sessions.

For more information check out this link  http://www.breakthroughcapitalism.com/

We’ll see you there 

Making Sense of Sustainable Development 1 day workshop 24th May, London.

Grasping to explain the case for sustainability in a way that makes sense? Overwhelmed when trying to effectively apply sustainability to yourself, your organisation and your projects?

Past events:

Inspiration, Innovation Impact Booster Course

Thank you to those of you that participated in, and/or contributed to the recent learning series.

The series received extremely positive feedback and, we hope, will result in new approaches and ideas implemented by our listeners.

The slides are available as follows:

Part 1: http://www.slideshare.net/NicolaMillson/inspiration-innovation-and-impact-series-part-1
Part 2: http://www.slideshare.net/NicolaMillson/inspiration-innovation-and-impact

The first session opened participants up to a fresh view of their abilities, their organisations and the innovation opportunity. This was followed by a series of booster creativity exercises and a further webinar that focusses on idea generation and effective implementation.

“Well done! This was a great innovation for change webinar. I love how interactive and action-oriented you made it”.

This was delivered in conjunction with Global Giving, an organisation that gives local CSOs around the world the chance to connect to sources of finance, learning and support. Their network includes over 2,000 nonprofits in 110 countries.  This webinar is part of a programme of organisational learning and development and aims to encourage greater strategic thinking, creativity and effectiveness in the sector. http://www.globalgiving.co.uk/

“Creative thinking is not a talent; it is a skill that can be learnt. It empowers people by adding strength to their natural abilities which improves teamwork, productivity and where appropriate profits.” Edward de Bono

Please contact us on info@6-heads.com for further information on our learning opportunities.

6heads & friends drinks – March 2012

Thank you to everyone who joined us for a fun evening of great discussions and building interesting connections! There will definitely more of these gatherings! For some inspiration see the quotes loop from the evening below. Also here’s our sustainability soundtrack, feel free to share your one too!

The 6heads Innovation & Sustainability Forum – Innovation towards Business as Unusual

You can read more about our first event in November 2011 under the the following links:

General event summary including videos, slides, twitter feed etc.

Mike Tennant’s talk

Carmel McQuaid’s talk

John Elkington and Tom Burke’s discussion

This event was hosted by Pepal, a social enterprise that designs and delivers life-changing executivedevelopment programmes which partner the private sector with NGOs to make a sustainable social impact indeveloping countries.

We were also pleased to have Emily Wilkinson from Mindful Maps  to graphically harvest the discussions! Read more here.