CATA WIT Toronto Chapter The 2010/2011 Professional Development Series
This six-part speaker series on Leadership includes discussions facilitated by local experts and thought leader videos from SkillSoft featuring best-selling authors, experts and CEOs. The series will include sessions on innovation, leading growth, performance management, adapting to change, team building, coaching, and strategy execution.
Participants will hear about current leadership approaches on a variety of topics and benefit from discussions with local experts and CATAWIT members.
Our 2010/2011 speaker series calendar includes:
- The Element: Fostering a Culture of Innovation & Passion
By Sir Ken Robinson, Ph.D
New York Times best selling author (The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything and Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative)
Local Expert: Anne Raymond, Xtreme Productivity Coach
Date: September 29, 2010
- A Whole New Mind: The 6 Aptitudes Needed for Success
By Daniel Pink
Best selling author (The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You’ll Ever Need; A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future; and Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working for Yourself)
Local Expert: Fiona Gilfillan, Director General, Industry Canada, Spectrum Management
Operations Department
Date: October 2010
- The Power of Elegance in Innovation, Strategy & Marketing
By Matthew E. May
Best selling author (In Pursuit of Elegance: Why the Best Ideas Have Something Missing; Elegant Solutions: Breakthrough Thinking the Toyota Way; the Elegant Solutions blog, and The Elegant Solution: Toyota’s Formula for Mastering Innovation)
Local Expert: Anne Raymond, Xtreme Productivity Coach
Date: November 2010
- Creating Hot Spots in Your Organization: Collaboration, Innovation and Engagement
By Lynda Gratton
Professor of Management Practice, London Business School
Local Expert: Suzanne Harrison, Allstream, Director Core Data Product Management & Service Innovation
Date: December 2010
- Grown up Digital: How the Net Generation is Changing Management, Marketing and Learning
By Don Tapscott
Chairman, nGenera Innovation Network, Adjunct Professor of Management at Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, UofT
Local Expert: Suzanne Harrison, Allstream, Director Core Data Product Management & Service Innovation
Date: January 2011
- Who's Got Your Back? Building Cultures of Trust Where No One is Allowed to Fail
By Keith Ferrazzi
CEO of Ferrazzi Greenlight
Local Expert: Suzanne Park, Communicating Brilliance, Partner
Date: February 25, 2011
To reserve your seat, please register today
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