“Behind the scenes worked a magician. The über-creative presence of Maurizio Travaglini created the physical and spiritual holding environment from which all good things came.”

 

 

Nitin Nohria (Dean, Harvard Business School), Rakesh Khurana (Dean, Harvard College),

Scott Snook (Harvard Business School)

“We embarked on a process of evolution that has helped many of us recreate our practice in the virtual environments where most of our work happens right now. I called that experience ‘a shot in the arm for me.’ It was!”

 

 

Ron Heifetz (Harvard Kennedy School)

“To me, this was the perfect example of taking slices of genius and forming collective genius, taking individuals and forming a community.”

 

 

Greg Brandeau

(CTO, Pixar and Walt Disney Studios)

“We worked together following their unique and unorthodox approach. We felt that in order to unleash people's thinking and attitudes, some sort of ‘positive shock’ had to be provoked. Unlike in the normal life of the organization, everyone was being invited (or even pushed) to be a co-designer of solutions, not just an implementer of other's ideas.” 

 

 

Luca de Meo (CEO, Kering)

“I think that it became clearer and clearer over the years that we had developed a partnership of sorts, that we enjoyed working together. We learned together. And I think that my side of the house, the Harvard side of the house, which is inherently risk averse, began to see that this really might be a group of people who could help us stretch our methodologies.”

 

 

Linda A. Hill (Harvard Business School)

“The value for me was to be able to authentically connect, and re-language, re-focus, re-unite and re-calibrate. Additionally...reimagine the POWER of WE.”

 

 

Executive, Blue Meridian Partners

“I’ve started to reexamine my challenges and my role in solving them, understanding that it’s not just up to me. I’ve experimented with moving back and forth between my own self-reflection and gathering feedback from open conversations with my team.”

 

 

Executive, Moderna

“This week woke up my creative part – the part thinking that it is possible to actually do something here, contribute something, take the lead. I want to make a difference now.”

 

 

Skilled worker, Jeep Plant 

“If ever there was a group that lives up to the spirit of its name, it's you all. Thanks for your humor, hard work, and generosity. It is a great gift to us all. Collectively, we may have moved the field of leadership.”

 

 

Nitin Nohria (Dean, Harvard Business School)

“You created a transformational experience for us, helping us begin to re-vision ourselves and how we manage. Through a deep understanding of the exploration process and human psychology, you created an environment that literally enabled us to break free of old conventions, facilitated new thoughts, and strengthened our relationships.”

 

Jeff Bradach, Founder and CEO - The Bridgespan Group

“Collective intelligence has enabled us to move forward quickly and easily. This is the way we should work today, whatever the function.”

 

 

Executive, Renault 

“While usually the master or the teacher is at the center of the ‘arena,’ in this experience we all had the chance to be at the center of the ‘arena,’ too.”

 

 

Member, Adaptive Leadership Network

“The utterly seamless way the environment adapts to new tasks every time, the way the world around responds to reflect our ideas and words in a better form, the flow you create to make us feel the current, the speed: it feels like being inside a pinball machine that treats the ball with love.” 

 

Director, OECD

“I learned a lot during this workshop; I met people I hadn’t known who taught me a lot, and others I did know, but with whom I took the time to discuss very different topics. I think the level of this session was above and beyond. I feel like there will be a real before and after”

 

Manager, Alpine