The appreciation for the Aspen Institute Italia Seminar on Values and Society voiced by many participants from over 30 different countries prompted the Institute in 2011 to enrich its professional development program with this additional seminar, held once again in memory of Ennio Presutti.
L’Aspen Institute Italia Seminar on Leadership, Globalization and the Quest for Common Values si focalizza sullo straordinario cambiamento che un leader del XXI secolo è chiamato a interpretare e a governare. Il seminario intende concentrarsi
The Aspen Institute Italia Seminar on Leadership, Globalization and the Quest for Common Values focused on the phenomenal changes that a twenty-first century leader is called upon to interpret and to manage. The seminar focused on the gradual rapprochement between different cultures, political systems and business approaches that demands new interpretative tools for charting our path forward in a society characterized by rapid change. An acceleration in technological innovation is altering the very paradigms of our daily lives, and we are also coming up against the boundaries and limitations of sustainable growth. The challenges are on a global scale, so they demand a response on the same scale in terms of understanding and of defining goals, resources, strategies and methods. The need for a shared global approach of this nature requires an open debate among different philosophical and religious visions of the world with different ethical values and different cultures. The seminar focused on the following five themes:
- human progress;
- democracy, culture and globalization;
- sustainability;
- diverse worldviews;
- leadership and awareness.
The seminar counted 25 participants from a broad range of geographical, generational and professional provenance. The variety of approaches and points of view promotes the internationalization of business and cultural leadership and sparks debate among different cultures, in an effort to identify and to enhance common ideas, knowledge, skills and interests.
The residential seminar, held in English, set out not to achieve unanimous answers but to highlight the complexity of phenomena in the contemporary world and to stimulate the kind of in-depth cultural exploration that can generate universal values and ideals capable of inspiring modern, aware leadership. The debate was promoted and guided by expert Aspen Institute moderators.