2014 COMPLEXITY MANAGEMENT SUMMER SCHOOL - English Program Book

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COMPLEXITY MANAGEMENT SUMMER SCHOOL
Models & Practices
Spoleto (Italy) - 29 august/07 september 2014
PROGRAM BOOK
GENERATIVE LEADERSHIP
IN COMPLEX CONTEXTS
Business Models and Management Best Practices
For:
Managers, Consultants & Scholars
Spoleto – PG - Italy
29 August/07 September 2014
Location: VILLA AGELLIS
Le Mie Terre d’Italia APS - Fraz. Pompagnano - Spoleto
www.complexityinstitute.it
contacts:
info@complexityinstitute.it
franciscovarelaproject@gmail.com

CMSS 2014 Organization: Complexity Institute APS – www.complexityinstitute.it
Contacts: info@complexityinstitute.it – franciscovarelaproject@gmail.com
Location: Le Mie Terre d'Italia APS - Loc. Agghielli - Fraz. Pompagnano - SPOLETO (PG) - ITALY
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SPOLETO (Italy) – 29 August/07 September 2014
COMPLEXITY INSTITUTE & FRANCISCO VARELA PROJECT
The Complexity Institute is an Association which principal purpose is to
spread the culture of complexity and ethics among people and
organizations in creating innovative skills.
Launched in 2013 by the Complexity Institute and Le mie Terre d’Italia
Association together, the Francisco Varela Project aims to promote the
study and application of the fundamentals of complexity theory to social
relations, applying the thought of Francisco Varela: the circularity of
interpretations, the emergence of forms, the co-determination of the
facts, the enactive learning approach and the know-how of ethics.
The Francisco Varela Project is an integrated system of training and
research aimed at improving personal practices - thoughts, emotions
and actions - in all spheres of life, to create a greater awareness and a
stronger sense of self- responsibility for a higher level of well-being and
greater personal and community resilience.
With the Francisco Varela Project, the Institute intends to propagate
complexity in organizations as a new paradigm for interpreting the
dynamics of the relationships.

2nd CMSS 2014 – A BRIEF PRESENTATION
At Spoleto, in the green hills of Umbria, in an old mansion dedicated to
beauty, Complexity Institute offers a working holiday of higher
education on "Generative Leadership in complex contexts” aimed at
managers, scholars and professionals.
Complexity Management is a new and powerful systemic point of view
of business relationships based on the awareness of the
interdependence of managerial actions and the emergence of bottom-
up business phenomena. The School adopts an innovative educational
approach of "intensive co-teaching and co-learning" on Models,
Practices and Cases of Complexity Management.
A prestigious team of teachers and experts provides participants with
the acquisition of a "Complexity Skills Set" capable of increasing their
resilience and managing effectively the changes in areas of high
uncertainty.
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CMSS 2014 - Complexity Institute APS – www.complexityinstitute.it

FACULTY TEAM APPROACH
A prestigious team for a generative learning circle
The team of teachers and experts working in the 2nd Complexity
Management Summer School adopts a teaching approach based on the
process of learning generated by the proximity and the circularity of the
relationships among all participants.
The method of generative dialogues with the participants and the co-
teaching of the team facilitate the emergence of new ideas and new
behavior related to the study of complexity theory, its practices and its
recurrent cases.
To encourage the development of this generative processes, teachers
and experts will be involved in various activities inside and outside the
classroom, in order to facilitate the integration of different working
approaches and the consolidation of new points of view on the topics
covered.
Our faculty …
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Rector of the University of Udine.
Professor of Organization of Production
and Management of Complex Systems.
Author of over 260 national and
international scientific publications. His
major research areas are: Operations,
Innovations and Complexity
Management. It was Dean of the
Faculty of Engineering of the University
of Udine and the Chairman of the
National Commission for the
reorganization of Technical and
Scientific Education.
Alberto De Toni
Alberto Gandolfi
Lives and works in Switzerland.
Professor at the SUPSI University,
entrepreneur and consultant. He
founded in 1996 the AFG Management
Consulting, based in the Canton of
Ticino. In 2009 he founded the Alice
Allison, one of the top European
producers of coffee capsules
compatible with Nespresso. Author of
numerous essays on complexity, such
as “Ant, empires and brains", Ed.
Boringhieri.
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Partners of Newton Management
Innovation (Sole 24 Ore Group),
professor of economics and business
management at ISIA Design Pordenone
and Leadership and Corporate Strategy
at The Executive MBA and Master HR
organized by the Business School of Il
Sole 24 Ore. Author of numerous
publications in Italy and abroad,
including "Competing in Complexity"
(ETAS, 2008).
Alessandro Cravera
Dario Simoncini
Professor of Business Management
and Corporate Communication at the
Department of Business Administration
(DEA) at D'Annunzio University,
Pescara. Complexity Management
Advisor, he is co-founder of Complexity
Institute. Author of numerous scientific
publications in Italy and abroad,
among which: “Emerging
Organization”, 2012
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Marinella De Simone
Valerio Eletti
Scientific Director of the "Complexity
Education Project“ at Sapienza University
of Rome and curator of "Notebooks of
Complexity“, Guaraldi Ed. He has taught
Multimedia Design and E-Learning in
various Italian universities and NSU in
Miami (USA) and has been Editorial
Director at the LABeL La Sapienza -
Rome. Author of numerous essays for
magazines such as: Systemic Reflections,
Bricks, Jelks and Agenda Digitale.eu.
President and Scientific Director of the
Complexity Institute. Founder and
coordinator of the Francisco Varela
Project. Her research, teaching and
consulting is focused on the analysis
and application of the basic principles
of Complexity Theory and Ethics in the
process of co-learning and decision
making in social organizations. Author
of numerous national and international
scientific papers and books.
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CLAUDIO BERGAMINI - Founder & CEO of Imola
Informatica. Fuonder of MokaByte, Sensible
Logic & Antreem. For over twenty years
consultant of Knowledge Working (IT,
Research, IT departments in the finance area
and utilities).
SERGIO GALBIATI - Since May 2013, he is Co-
CEO & Board President of Lfoundry. He
graduated in physics at the University of
Milan, he worked in the semiconductor
industry since 1977. From 2006 to 2010 he
was President of Confindustria L'Aquila.
Since April of 2010 to April of 2013 he
worked as Country Manager of Micron
Technology Italy.
FERNANDO GIANCOTTI Military pilot, currently
General of the Air Force and Commander of
the Air Force Academy, is the author of essays
and articles on leadership research, published
in the United States, and the book "Agile
Leadership in complexity." He teaches Strategic
Leadership in military educational institutions,
with many interventions in the managerial
world and universities.
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ALESSANDRO ROVETTA - MNB Associates Ltd, London
Life & Business Coach - HR development consultant,
focuses its intervention in the field of soft skills and
skills in team work. Expert in Public Speaking, he
conducts training and coaching for professional
speakers.
MASSIMO MERCATI - Group Managing Director Aboca-
Planta Medica. He has designed and managed the
project Apoteca Nature for Aboca SpA. For several
years he has been carrying out the project Aboca
International Lectures on Nature and Human Ecology
to investigate, with the help of scientists and
philosophers, the relationship between man and
nature and the implications of ecology in economic
and management issues.
ENRICO REBOSCIO - Philosopher of Science, expert in
start-ups and keen of complex systems. Founder and
President of DotVocal Srl, a company founded in 2004
specialized in speech recognition and synthesis
technologies. Professional Sommeliers. Owner and
manager of different restaurants in the historic center
of Genoa.
ANTONELLA SBRILLI - Professor of Contemporary
Art History at the University La Sapienza of
Rome. She deals with art, literature and game,
and has founded the blog: www.diconodioggi.it,
finalist of the Italian Macchianera Awards 2013;
she curates the pages of cultural games of the
Italian newspaper "Pagina99."
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PROGRAM
FRIDAY 29 AUGUST, 2014
12.30-14.30
Welcome Lunch
15.00-16.00
PRESENTATION OF PROGRAM AND PARTICIPANTS
Marinella De Simone – President of Complexity Institute
16.00-19.00
OUTDOOR - PART ONE
EVOLUTIVE VISION. PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE FOR VISIONARY LEADERS
Coach: Alessandro Rovetta - MNB Associates Ltd , London
Leading people in complex worlds means giving up control of the details
in favor of the ability to bring people together to stimulate the
emergence of a common vision. (COMFORTABLE CLOTHING IS
RECOMMENDED)
20.00-21.00
Dinner
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SATURDAY 30 AUGUST, 2014
09.00-13.00
OUTDOOR – PART TWO WITH DEBRIEFING
EVOLUTIVE VISION. PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE FOR VISIONARY LEADERS
Coach: Alessandro Rovetta - MNB Associates Ltd , London
Accepting is a critical value for the group and creates the right
environment to exploit the different contributions, letting complex
interactions have the freedom to enrich the evolutionary view.
13.00-14.00
Lunch
14.00-18.00
MODELS 1 – PART ONE
THEORY OF EVOLUTIONARY ORGANIZATION
Teacher: Alberto De Toni – Rector at University of Udine
In a theory of evolutionary organization the entrepreneur acquires a
"heroic“ character, changing from being a leader of himself to developing
a group enlarged vision, being able to lead by example and delegating to
others, empowering people and developing new leaders.
20.00-21.00
Dinner
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SUNDAY 31 AUGUST, 2014
09.00-13.00
MODELS 1 – PART TWO
THEORY OF EVOLUTIONARY ORGANIZATION
Teacher: Alberto De Toni – Rector of University of Udine
The dream of the individual (the leader) leads to the creation of an
organization aiming at achieving the dream itself; once shared, this vision
becomes the imagery of the group, which motivates and directs the
behavior of others. The future belongs to those who can imagine ...
13.00-14.00
Lunch
14.00-18.00
CASE STUDY 1 – APOTECA NATURA
THE MANAGEMENT OF AN AUTOPOIETIC NETWORK
Expert: Massimo Mercati – General Director ABOCA SPA
A historical overview of the development and management of the
“Apoteca Natura” network of pharmacies in which have been widely used
management tools that can be easily traced back to the concepts of
complexity.
20.00-23.00
Community dinner!
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MONDAY 1 SEPTEMBER, 2014
09.00-13.00
LEADERSHIP AND PEOPLE EMPOWERMENT
Teacher: Alessandro Cravera – Newton Innovation - Sole 24 Ore
The course introduces the main evolutionary aspects of studies on
leadership, from traditional models to the complexity theory, and it will
focus on the role of leader in the development of the potential of people
and their full value.
13.00-14.00
Lunch
14.00-17.00
LEADERSHIP AND PEOPLE EMPOWERMENT
The leader as a generator of people empowerment - The standards of
individual performance - Understanding the characteristics of others to
build a generative relation - Feedback and coaching management -
Determinants of personal credibility.
... and at the end of the day ....
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17.30-20.00
PRACTICES 1 – TEAM BUILDING
LEADING THROUGH COOKING!
Expert: Enrico Reboscio – Restaurant Manager & Sommelier
20.00-21.00
Dinner …
WE HOPE!
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TUESDAY 2 SEPTEMBER, 2014
09.00-13.00
PRACTICES 2
PEOPLE MANAGEMENT: CRITICAL SITUATIONS
“Critical management situations“: the participants will work in small
groups to identify the best ways to handle a given situation of people
management (WHAT to do and HOW to do). This will allow participants to
analyze critical management situations from many points of view and to
develop leadership skills .
13.00-14.00
Lunch
14.00-18.00
CASE HISTORY 2 – DOTVOCAL SRL
A COMPLEX APPROACH TO THE CREATION OF A NEW PRODUCT
Expert: Enrico Reboscio – Founder & President of Dotvocal
The development of a new product has historically been subject to a
division into micro-processes where each part acts independently from
constraints and objectives expressed by others. Using a complex approach
allows the expression of a leadership which implements methodologies
capable of bringing out the information and relationships necessary for
the success of a new product.
20.00-21.00
Dinner
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WEDNESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER, 2014
09.00-13.00
PRACTICES 3 – PART ONE
UNCERTAINTY LEADERSHIP. HOW TO DECIDE?
Teacher: Alberto Gandolfi –SUPSI - Switzerland
The change is universal, any system changes, including us! Sure, we can
choose to wait until the system is changed ... but at what price? Rather ...
warning and tries to manage ... consider all elements of the system, and
focus your actions on the critical points ... try!
13.00-14.00
Lunch
14.00-18.00
PRACTICES 3 – PART TWO
UNCERTAINTY LEADERSHIP. HOW TO DECIDE?
Teacher: Alberto Gandolfi – SUPSI - Switzerland
“Festina lente”: schedule time and start activities and decision-making at
the strategic level ... work quietly and without time pressure on individual
activities. At the same time be ready to face extreme events: they are
capable of upsetting the systems in which you live and work, and your
life. Get ready to live them with courage and serenity ... try!
20.00-21.00
Dinner
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THURSDAY 4 SEPTEMBER, 2014
09.00-13.00
MODELS 3
ACTIVATION MATRIX OF LEADERSHIP
Teachers: Marinella De Simone and Dario Simoncini
Contexts and leadership styles are combined in a matrix of dominant
models. The hybridizations define the actual situations within paradigms
and recursive patterns of behaviors, expressing the predominance of
metaphors and beliefs inside an organization. The positioning in the
matrix allows participants to easily understand which skills activate for a
generative leadership.
13.00-14.00
Lunch
14.00-18.00
CASE HISTORY 3 – IMOLA INFORMATICA
THE EXERCISE OF LEADERSHIP IN A COMPANY OF KNOWLEDGE WORKERS
Expert: Claudio Bergamini – CEO Imola Informatica
Typical behavior of the Knowledge Worker and its impact on the classic
style of management. How the awareness of the existence of complexity
in organizations can influence the style of leadership. How leadership and
self-organization can be combined. A reflection shared with the group
about what works and what does not. Let's work together!
20.00-21.00
Dinner
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FRIDAY 5 SEPTEMBER, 2014
09.00-13.00
LEADERSHIP INVENTED
Teacher: Valerio Eletti, Complexity Education Project
Co-Teachers: Marinella De Simone and Dario Simoncini
Participants are taken on a journey of research and understanding of the
leadership styles of characters created in the television drama, cinema
and literature. Exploring different languages and behaviors to trace along
recurring patterns, values and models of leadership over time.
13.00-14.00
Lunch
14.00-18.00
CASE HISTORY 4 – LFOUNDRY
INFLECTION POINTS AND LEADERSHIP: RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Expert: Sergio Galbiati – President & Co-Ceo LFoundry
How to choose the wave that can bring you to the seashore or kill you
when you're surfing? Looking back to figure out how to move forward
with the ability to choose whether to fold or get in the game ... a reading
of a company history as a sequence of unaware and/or aware choices.
Once you get to shore after a "wave," nobody forces you to go back into
the sea! But in a company this is not allowed: it has to continue the
game, with a sea made of higher and higher waves
20.00-21.00
Dinner
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SATURDAY 6 SEPTEMBER, 2014
09.00-13.00
LEADERSHIP INVENTED – GENERATIVE DIALOGUE
Teacher: Valerio Eletti, Complexity Education Project
Co-teachers: Marinella De Simone & Dario Simoncini
The participants, divided into groups, have the task of delineating the
fundamental traits of leadership styles proposed. The primary objective
of the working groups is to define the link between leadership models
and the contexts in which they have been generated.
13.00-14.00
Lunch
14.00-18.00
CASE HISTORY 5 – AIR FORCE ACADEMY - NAPLES
COMPLEXITY AS A PERSPECTIVE FOR STRATEGIC LEADERS
Expert: Fernando Giancotti – Commander Air Force Academy
Which are the best training practices in a context such as the Air Force
Academy, well-structured and with strong traditions? With the help of
some conceptual tools: a basic theory of complex systems, applied
anthropology to leadership, a decades-long meditation on the experience
of command in action, the check-list of Kotter and Cohen ... and
determination, passion and willingness to accept the risks.
20.00-21.00
Dinner
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SUNDAY 7 SEPTEMBER, 2014
09.00-12.00
LET’S PLAY TO «GO AHEAD»
Trainer: Antonella Sbrilli – University La Sapienza Roma
Writing & Time are the main themes of the game proposed in this last
session ... Let’s create stories of leadership based on passages of novels and
short stories that "happen" in the same days of the Complexity
Management Summer School!
12.00-13.00
CERTIFICATES DELIVERY
Marinella De Simone – President of Complexity Institute
Valerio Eletti – Director of Complexity Education Project
13.00-15.00
Farewell Lunch
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1. CONTRIBUTION FEES FOR PARTNERS
Contribution fees for Complexity Institute Partners for the participation to the
2nd CMSS 2014 are:
EARLY BIRD BOOKING RATE: Cost € 2,600.00 - by May 15, 2014
ORDINARY BOOKING RATE: Cost € 2,800.00 – from May 16 to July 15,
2014
LATE BOOKING RATE: Cost € 3,000.00 – from July 16, 2014
2. CONTRIBUTION FEES WITHOUT MEMBERSHIP (PLUS VAT)
Contribution fees for the participation to the 2nd CMSS 2014 without
membership to the Complexity Institute Association are:
EARLY BIRD BOOKING RATE: Cost € 2,900.00 + VAT 22% - by May 15,
2014
ORDINARY BOOKING RATE: Cost € 3,200.00 + VAT 22% – from May 16
to July 15, 2014
LATE BOOKING RATE: Cost € 3,500.00 + VAT 22% – from July 16, 2014
Contribution fees include all board and accommodation from lunchtime Friday
29th August to lunchtime Sunday 7th September; accommodation will be in
double or triple rooms, depending on the availability at the time of booking. Fees
include 2014 membership to Le Mie Terre Association.
Complexity Institute Membership - 2014 membership fees are: € 30.00 for
Private Partners, € 100.00 for Corporate Partners.
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3. ACCOMPANYING PERSONS REGISTRATION
Contribution fees for accompanying persons not participating in the CMSS 2014
are € 800.00 for adults and € 500.00 for children. Fees include full board and
accommodation in double/triple/quadruple rooms and the 2014 membership to
Le mie Terre d’Italia Association.
Fees must be paid by bank transfer directly to:
LE MIE TERRE D’ITALIA– Associazione
IBAN: IT 29 I 05034 31950 000000002600
Providing: Name and Surname of accompanying person – Name and Surname of
Participant to CMSS 2014
Sending: a copy of bank trasfer to : lemieterreditalia@gmail.com
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4. REGISTRATION
To register to the 2014 CMSS you need to:
1. fill out the appropriate registration form downloadable from
www.complexityinstitute.it
2. send it to:
info@complexityinstitute.it
with a copy of the bank transfer made to:
COMPLEXITY INSTITUTE – Banco Popolare, Chiavari Agency (GE) - Italy
BIC Code: BAPPIT22 - IBAN: IT 39 M 05034 3195 000000000 1350
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… to overlook the present &
to build the future …
2nd COMPLEXITY MANAGEMENT
SUMMER SCHOOL 2014
Spoleto – Italy
29 August/07 September 2014

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