EVENTS
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PAST EVENTS
MSLS DEEP DIVE: EXPLORING CYNEFIN WITH DAVE SNOWDEN
8 Dec. 2022 - online
In this 90 min session, Dave Snowden guided us in an exploration of the latest thinking and practice around the Cynefin Framework. This free online event was open for everyone and organized by MSLS.
MSLS DEEP DIVE: A TASTE OF WARM DATA WITH NORA BATESON
17 OCT. 2022 - 6 PM CEST - ONLINE - FREE
“There are unexpected possibilities that await in another order of parallel approaches. There is a territory of communication, relationships and daily living that allows for a total change — it is within reach, but not in the solutions currently being reached for.” - Nora Bateson
Warm Data” is the transcontextual information about and within the interrelationships that integrate elements of a complex system. Complex, systemic challenges are shaped by the interaction of multiple contexts—the economy, nature, politics, culture, technology, etc. —and in order to effectively address such challenges, we have to understand the transcontextual interdependence.
The Warm Data Lab is created to help release and revitalize sensitivity to the sacred processes of life that have been fragmented by the last several hundred years of history. Warm Data Labs are made for a broken world. The People Need People Online adapts this practice to exist in an online space, in a time when we need to be apart, and yet need to be together more than ever.
Grounded in over a century of deep theoretical roots and a lineage of systems thinking, the Warm Data Labs transform complexity science into an experiential approach of profound mutual learning and relationship building.
In this 2-hour session Nora Bateson will lean into an exploration rooted in theories that are often left out of systems thinking that inform Warm Data and get a taste of the online practice, People Need People (PNP). This experience allows for new kinds of unscripted and unexpected conversations which open fresh perceptions towards emerging territories of responsiveness where the value is in the relationships. These transcontexual conversations highlight the illusions of independence and widen our sensitivities to the entanglements of our living systems.
The Warm Data Lab is created to help release and revitalize sensitivity to the sacred processes of life that have been fragmented by the last several hundred years of history. Warm Data Labs are made for a broken world. The People Need People Online adapts this practice to exist in an online space, in a time when we need to be apart, and yet need to be together more than ever.
Grounded in over a century of deep theoretical roots and a lineage of systems thinking, the Warm Data Labs transform complexity science into an experiential approach of profound mutual learning and relationship building.
In this 2-hour session Nora Bateson will lean into an exploration rooted in theories that are often left out of systems thinking that inform Warm Data and get a taste of the online practice, People Need People (PNP). This experience allows for new kinds of unscripted and unexpected conversations which open fresh perceptions towards emerging territories of responsiveness where the value is in the relationships. These transcontexual conversations highlight the illusions of independence and widen our sensitivities to the entanglements of our living systems.
CAN ALL OF HUMANITY PROSPER & THRIVE ON A STABLE, RESILIENT EARTH?
10 MAY 2022 9-10:30 AM CEST I BTH MULTISALEN
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On 10 May the MSLS Programme invited Anders Wijkman to speak at the Blekinge Institute of Technology in Karlskrona. Anders, a Swedish opinion leader, author and regular guest speaker at MSLS, presented and discussed ”Earth4All” - a report that is launched in summer 2022, partly as a 50-year follow-up to the Limits to Growth.
”Earth4All" is an international initiative, supported by the Club of Rome, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Studies, Stockholm Resilience Center and the Norwegian Business School. The purpose is to accelerate the systems-changes we need for an equitable future on a finite planet. For those of you who could not join us, watch the recording below!
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MSLS PRESENTS:
VISIONING, REBELLING, ADAPTING: SUSTAINING HOPE IN HELL
4 MAY 2022 3PM CEST
Esteemed sustainability activist Jonathon Porritt joined us for an online event at MSLS on May 4th titled: Visioning, Rebelling, Adapting: Sustaining Hope in Hell. Jonathon is co-founder of Forum for the Future, President of Population Matters, President of The Conservation Volunteers, a Non-Executive Director of Willmott Dixon Holdings, and a Director of Collectively (an online platform celebrating sustainable innovation). He is involved in the work of many NGOs and charities as Patron, Chair or Special Adviser. During this event he discussed his long career advocating for sustainability and the sense of optimism he feels despite the ongoing challenges we face. Jonathan was interviewed by Rebecca Laycock-Pedersen and talked through his latest book Hope in Hell: A Decade to Confront the Climate Emergency.
For those of you who could not join us, watch the recording below!
For those of you who could not join us, watch the recording below!
MSLS PRESENTS:
ADAM KAHANE & YANNICK WASSMER IN CONVERSATION
21 OCT 2021 3-4:30 PM
We welcomed all change agents, facilitators, designers, hosts, and leadership practitioners to join Adam Kahane, director of Reos Partners, and the MSLS Programme for a conversation about his latest book ‘Facilitating Breakthrough: How to Remove Obstacles, Bridge Differences, and Move Forward Together’.
Adam has spent his career working as a leading thinker, organizer, designer, and facilitator of processes through which business, government, and civil society leaders can lead social change and move through 'tough problems'. He has written numerous books including: Solving Tough Problems, Power and Love: A Theory and Practice of Social Change and his work and thinking has been a source of inspiration to the MSLS Programme. We stepped into a conversation about how transformative facilitation can help create thriving, sustainable and just societies. This event was held in collaboration with Reos Partners and hosted by MSLS alumnus and Reos Associate Yannick Wassmer.
For those of you who could not join us, watch the recording below!
Adam has spent his career working as a leading thinker, organizer, designer, and facilitator of processes through which business, government, and civil society leaders can lead social change and move through 'tough problems'. He has written numerous books including: Solving Tough Problems, Power and Love: A Theory and Practice of Social Change and his work and thinking has been a source of inspiration to the MSLS Programme. We stepped into a conversation about how transformative facilitation can help create thriving, sustainable and just societies. This event was held in collaboration with Reos Partners and hosted by MSLS alumnus and Reos Associate Yannick Wassmer.
For those of you who could not join us, watch the recording below!
ONLINE COURSE IN
ADVANCED LEADERSHIP FOR SUSTAINABILITY
18 JAN 2021 - 16 JAN 2022
Do you want to keep developing your own skill set as a sustainability leader while also upgrading your knowledge on cutting edge sustainability topics with a group of other alumni? The advanced leadership for sustainability course is a course for MSLS alumni only, that will run online for one year from January 2021 to January 2022.
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COURSE DESIGN
The course includes:
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COST
Free for EU/EEA citizens | 25.000 SEK for non-EU/EEA citizens. If the cost of the course is preventing you from participating, please get in touch with Merlina (mis@bth.se). NEED TO CONVINCE YOUR BOSS?We hope that much of the work is supportive and perhaps overlapping with your existing work commitments and that your employer might see this as a professional development opportunity.
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The course awards 15 ECTS and requires about 10 hours of work per week, including webinars, peer circles, readings and project work. There will be three individual assignments and one small group project. Two of the individual assignments will be portfolios, the third one will be project based. The group project will be the learner-led session.
MSLS OPEN HOUSE WEBINAR
20 MARCH 2020
This session was geared towards prospective students, though alumni and friends were most welcome to attend. You had a chance to learn about our curriculum and how it equips graduates with the knowledge, skills and global networks necessary for leading the transition to a sustainable society. Current students provided a glimpse into what life is like here in the Learning Lab and on the Karlskrona archipelago, and alumni shared their path from MSLS into the field.
FEATURED GUEST SPEAKERS
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Susan Otuoma, Kenya, MSLS 2020
Current MSLS student Susan is passionate about social justice and protection of vulnerable groups. She has a track record of over 15 years of professional experience in different capacities in the non-profit sector. She has specific expertise in Non-Profit Leadership and Management, child protection (specifically alternative care for children deprived of parental care), social work, and community development. In her last engagement, she served as the Chief Executive Officer of Little Angels Network, a Child Protection Organization in Kenya. After MSLS she will support governments and organizations in policymaking, strategic planning, and programming towards sustainable social development.
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Wietse Slob, The Netherlands, MSLS 2020
Current MSLS Student Wietse joined the MSLS class directly after his undergraduate studies in Global Sustainability Science. Alongside his studies, Wietse worked as a self-employed entrepreneur, supporting several Dutch food-related companies to move towards sustainability. After MSLS he wants to continue learning how to speak the language of change and contribute to solutions that reverse global warming.
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Vihra Dincheva, Bulgaria, MSLS 2015
Co-founder, Tierra Verde Bulgaria In 2018, Vihra co-founded Tierra Verde Bulgaria, a social enterprise aiming to raise awareness and offer an alternative to people who want to live without toxins and plastic waste in their households. Vihra is also an Art of Hosting practitioner. She believes that the quality of our conversations defines the quality of our actions. That is why she creates spaces for meaningful conversations. Before joining MSLS in 2014, Vihra was working as a management consultant in Germany. She combines all her skills before and after MSLS in order to contribute to a healthier ecosystem, in which she wants to live.
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Ben Kneppers, Chile, MSLS 2008
COO, Bureo Inc Ben directs Bureo's social and environmental programs and leads all operations in Chile. During his career, he has managed sustainability research projects and programs in five different countries with his last being at Fundación Chile in Santiago prior to starting Bureo in 2013. He is internationally recognised for his project management work in the field of sustainability and has received accolades from the United States Secretary of State and the greater environmental community.
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Dana Bergman, Germany, MSLS 2014
MSLS Program Team Dana is a member of the MSLS program team at the Department of Strategic Sustainable Development at BTH. She holds a BA in Social and Cultural Studies from the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany, and a Master´s in Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability from BTH. Before joining the MSLS program team she has worked in the high-voltage cable business
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ART OF HOSTING TRAINING
16 - 19 JUNE 2019
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In a world with increasingly big challenges such as climate change, water scarcity, migration, poverty and general divisions between people, it is vital we come together to make sense of and address them. We face these challenges as individuals, citizens of the Earth, and as communities and organisations. Engaging and energizing ourselves at these different levels requires skills in dialogue, working in complex systems, and helping the whole be more than the sum of its parts. This is why we called the 10th Art of Hosting Karlskrona training with the question:
How can we build our capacity to co-create the world we want to live in as humans, communities, organisations, and citizens of Earth? What capacities are required to work with these diverse groups within a complex and rapidly changing world? What is the individual’s role and how can we empower each other? The Art of Hosting training provided us with the space for such inquiries. It gave us the necessary methods and practices to explore our individual and collective roles in the world through meaningful conversations. |
MSLS REUNION
24 - 26 JUNE 2019
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“Will there be enough leaders in time?” It is this simple yet powerful question that Dr. Göran Broman and Dr. Karl-Henrik Robèrt put out in the world in 2004 and lies at the core of MSLS.
Over the years more than 700 of us - sustainability leaders from 86 countries - have said yes to this invitation to embark on a journey of transformation on the beautiful archipelago of Karlskrona. And now it´s time to come home! Our intention for the reunion was to renew and strengthen the sense of our community - to celebrate life and the work we do in the world. |
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