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Conversations with great thought leaders
Thought Leaders
The National Mentorship Movement has partnered with Global Sol to facilitate meaningful community engagement by connecting individuals with thought leaders across a range of topics. This collaboration aims to spark insightful conversations, inspire action, and provide practical guidance on issues that matter most to communities.
Stay Mindful of the World Around You
In collaboration with our partner, The Global Society for Organisational Learning (SoL), we invite our local and international community to join us on the 3rd Thursday of every month to engage in conversations with prominent thought leaders such as Peter Senge, Robert Frits, Daniel Kim, Adam Kahane, Otto Scharmer, Benjamin Zander, Linda Booth Sweeney, Margaret Wheatley, and others. Founded by Peter Senge in 1997 at MIT, SoL is a global non-profit network dedicated to enhancing collective intelligence in complex human systems. Together with SoL, we foster personal and organizational learning by connecting passionate individuals to a like-minded community that grows, discovers, and learns together.
Ben Zander
He is a world-renowned conductor and founder of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, which he established in 1978. Ben is also a celebrated speaker and author.
His TED Talk has been viewed over 20 million times, and his book, The Art of Possibility, co-authored with Rosamund Zander, has inspired changemakers across the world to reimagine what’s possible.
Ben has had a long-standing love for South Africa, his most recent visit being in 2023 when he brought the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra to tour the country.
With his signature blend of energy, insight, and music, Ben will inspire us to shift perspective, lead with imagination, and explore what it means to live and lead with passion, purpose, and possibility — even in the face of challenge.
Adam Kahane
Adam is an expert in uniting people and groups across differences to drive meaningful change as evidenced by his talks on You Tube and his many books including: Facilitating Breakthrough; Collaborating with the Enemy; Transformative Scenario Planning; Everyday Habits for Transforming Systems; Power and Love; and Solving Tough Problems.
Adam is the Director of Reos Partners, an international social enterprise that helps people navigate their most important and intractable issues. He has facilitated conversations in some of the toughest, most complex situations in the world in over 50 countries, including South Africa with Nelson Mandela during its transition away from apartheid to Colombia, Argentina, Guatemala, Israel-Palestine, Northern Ireland, Cyprus, and the Basque Country. Adam is also a Member of the Order of Canada and, in 2022, was named a Schwab Foundation Social Innovation Thought Leader of the Year at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Robert Fritz
Robert Jordan Fritz is an American author, management consultant, composer, and filmmaker. He is known for his development of structural dynamics, the study of how structural relationships impact behavior from individuals to organizations.
Peter Senge
Peter Michael Senge is an American systems scientist who is a senior lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management, co-faculty at the New England Complex Systems Institute, and the founder of the Society for Organizational Learning.
Margaret Wheatley
Margaret "Meg" Wheatley is an American writer, teacher, speaker, and management consultant who works to create organizations and communities worthy of human habitation.
Lorraine Margherita
She partners with large organizations to cultivate participatory environments and drive impact, Bilingual Collaborative Organizational Advisor to 7,000+ managers and leaders, Published author, and Speaker.
Art Kleiner
Is a writer, editor, and entrepreneur specializing in responsible AI, strategic leadership, and organizational learning. He is the director of research and reflection at Dialogues, a consulting firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts; a faculty member at New York University’s Interactive Telecommunications Program; and the “Culture & Change” columnist for Strategy + Business magazine.
York Zucchi
Former Goldman Sachs banker and TEDx presenter, York Zucchi is a Swiss-born investor and entrepreneur with over 31 years of business experience across many countries.
Dr Daniel H.Kim
Dr. Daniel Kim is committed to helping problem solving (reactive) organizations transform into (generative) learning organizations. He has extensive experience in diverse businesses, government bodies, and non-profit sectors. His profound insights are also rooted in his academic journey as a Research Director at MIT's (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Center for Organisational Learning, as well as his work as a founding trustee of the Society for Organizational Learning (Sol.).
Sonja Blignaut
Sonja Blignaut is a complexity guide and the creator of Waycraft. This approach bridges insight and embodiment to support people navigating inner thresholds, identity transitions, and the subtle terrain of becoming.