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In conjunction with Resonate Leadership, we are planning a LEGO® Serious Play®  session in the RDS dealing with the subject of “Navigating Complexity”.  Aimed at business leaders, the session will take place from 8 am to 10.30 am on Thursday, 24 April 2025 and is limited to full members.

In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, traditional approaches to leadership often fall short when facing complex, adaptive challenges. How might you unlock new perspectives and solutions that conventional methods may miss? Join us for an immersive workshop where we blend Adaptive Leadership principles with the innovative LEGO® Serious Play® methodology. Experience first-hand how this unique combination creates breakthrough insights when navigating complexity.

Through guided builds and peer-coaching, you will:

• Visualise and build a complex challenge you face
• Explore key stakeholders and their possible losses and gains as you / your organisation works to achieve its purpose
• Leave with fresh thinking and actionable strategies to make progress on this challenge.

LEGO® Serious Play®, a method for strategic planning and problem-solving, was developed in the mid-1990s by professors Johan Roos and Bart Victor at the Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Switzerland, in collaboration with the LEGO Group.

The session will be facilitated by experienced Leadership Coach Eadine Hickey of Resonate Leadership, an MBA alumna of UCD, and Leadership Development & Organisational Change Consultant Katie da Gama.

Please email [email protected] if you are interested in taking part in this session, which is free of charge. Note places are limited and we anticipate demand exceeding supply! 

Our quarterly series of international speaker events continues on Wednesday, 21 May 2025 in the RDS Members Club as we welcome Karthik Ramanna, author of The Age of Outrage: How to Lead in a Polarized World.

Professor of Business and Public Policy at the University of Oxford and an expert on business-government relations, sustainable capitalism, and corporate reporting and auditing, Professor Ramanna studies how organizations and leaders build trust with stakeholders. His scholarship has won numerous awards, including the Journal of Accounting & Economics Best Paper Prize, the Harvard Business Review-McKinsey Prize for ‘ground-breaking management thinking,’ and three times the international Case Centre’s prizes for ‘outstanding case-writing,’ dubbed by the Financial Times as ‘the business school Oscars.’

Previously, Professor Ramanna taught at the Harvard Business School in both the MBA and senior executive-education programs. He has a doctorate from MIT’s Sloan School of Management.

In his latest book, Professor Ramanna offers a framework for managing stakeholder outrage that draws on analytical insights from disciplines as wide-ranging as the science of aggression, managerial economics, organizational behaviour, and political philosophy.

This is a date for diary – more details to follow.

Our quarterly series of international speaker events continues at 6.30pm on 12th June 2025 in the RDS Members Club as we welcome Deborah Perry Piscione, author of the recent Harvard Business Review publication Employment is Dead! How Web3 Technologies Will Radically Shift Our Relationship with Work.

Deborah Perry Piscione is a thought leader who helps Fortune 500 companies boost profits and grow talent by harnessing the power of Web3, ChatGPT/AI, and innovative future-of-work solutions.

In her latest book, Deborah Perry Piscione and co-author Josh Drean bring to life the seismic shifts occurring in the workforce, propelled by employees’ growing demand for autonomy, flexibility, and a sense of purpose in their work. The authors challenge leaders to embrace these changes, offering vital insights into navigating this new landscape.

This event is free to members, who may bring a guest. Note you must log in when booking to avail of free entry.