WAYFINDING IN TIMES OF CHANGE Organizations don’t transform. People do. Suggesting that a digital transformation is all it takes to stay relevant in the future is shallow thinking. There are much bigger things at play. We live in unsettled times of economic, technological and socio-political change. No company, industry or nation is immune to evolving cultures. What is in question is how we can use the ongoing culture shift in society to replace outdated industrial practices. Visionary leaders identify and tackle the big shifts, shocks and slides in the world by cultivating the right mindsets, skills, behaviours and organisational systems. As technology transforms our lives and organisations, the human dimension and multidisciplinary thinking becomes even more important. Leaders must find a new sense of maturity within themselves to address the ongoing culture shift with greater clarity and intention. Above all it means asking important questions about who we are, what we want to become and where we should be going. As a leader, you will need to put your own skin in the game and have the courage to live closer to the edge of emergence. You will need to change the way you learn, think and behave to stay relevant in the future.

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IET Bangalore Network Presents
CxO Innovation Leadership Series
by:
KENNETH MIKKELSEN
Co-FounderFutureshifts, Author. Speaker.Executive educator.Leadership adviser.
Associate Drucker Society and Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies
Thursday,14thMarch 2019 at 6.00 p.m.
Hotel RoyalOrchid Central, Manipal Centre, Dickenson Road (see map in Pg.4) ,Bangalore ,India
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Bangalore Network is set to organize IET’s CxO
Innovation Leadership Talk Series:
Organisationsdon’ttransform.Peopledo.
Suggestingthat a digitaltransformationis allit takes to stay relevant inthe future is shallowthinking.Therearemuch
biggerthingsat play.
We live in unsettledtimesof economic,technologicaland socio-political change.Nocompany,industryor nationis
immunetoevolving cultures.What is in questionis howwe canuse the ongoingcultureshiftinsocietyto replace
outdatedindustrial practices.Visionaryleadersidentify andtacklethe bigshifts, shocksandslidesin the worldby
cultivatingthe right mindsets,skills,behaviours andorganisationalsystems.
As technologytransforms our lives and organisations, the human dimension and multidisciplinarythinking becomes
even moreimportant.Leadersmustfindanewsenseofmaturitywithinthemselvestoaddresstheongoingcultureshift
with greater clarity and intention. Above all it means asking important questions about who we are, what we want to
become and where we should be going. As a leader, you will need to put your own skin in the game and have the
couragetolive closerto the edgeof emergence.Youwillneedto changethe wayyou learn, think and behave to stay
relevant in the future.
Theme: Wayfinding in the Times of Change
In association with FutureShifts & Innomantra

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Profile:
Kenneth Mikkelsen
Co-Founder Futureshifts, Author. Speaker. Executive educator. Leadership
adviser. Associate Drucker Society and Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies
Kenneth Mikkelsen isfounder of Future|Shifts and an associate ofCopenhagen Institute for Futures
Studies and the Drucker Society. Kenneth is a writer, speaker, leadership adviser and executive
learning designer.
Together with Richard Martin, heco-authored The Neo-Generalist: Where You Go is Who YouAre,
which explores the value ofmultidisciplinary thinking, of living in more than one world. Inc.Magazine
highlighted itas one of three books about creativity, innovation and leadership to read when itwas
published.
In recent years, Kenneth has operated as anexecutive coach and alead designer of large executive
programs for companies such as Carlsberg, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation and A.P. Moller -
Maersk.
The importance of making wise choices is a thread that runs through his work.He combines
leadership, history, philosophy, neuroscience, psychology and sociology in unique ways. His work
goes deep and wide and focusses on what it takes to be relevant both as individuals and
organizations in the 21st century.
Kenneth has published widely on issues ofleadership and theshifting nature ofbusinessinthe21st
century. He speaks a conference and facilitates workshops around theworld. Furthermore, he is a
strategic adviser to governments, boards and senior executives and educates leaders for globally
renownedcompanies.
He is also co-founder of St. Martin’s School, a non-profit organization that provides education for
underprivileged children in Cameroon and sits on the international advisory board of the Oscar
Foundation in India.
Kenneth is educated as ajournalist from The Danish School of Media and Journalism with highest
honors and adistinction for the best foreign policy coverage.

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Programme Schedule:
6.00 p.m.
Welcome byMr. Anil Yadav,
ChairmanIET BangaloreNetwork,&DirectorTechnicalRail,ASMEAat TÜVSÜD
6.15 p.m.
Setting the Context & Moderationby Dr. Arun Bhardwaj,
Principal-InnovationLeadership,InnomantraConsultingPvt. Limited
6.30 p.m. (45min+ 30 minQ& A)
Way Finding in the Times of Change
By Kenneth Mikkelsen
7.45 p.m.
IET-KPMG-Innomantra -Design Thinkingand Innovation:NewBeginnings
· Shekhar Sanyal,CountryHead andDirector,IET India
· Lokesh V,CEO & ManagingDirector,Innomantra ConsultingPvt. Limited.
· Ramesh Krishnamurthy,Director,KPMG Advisory
8.15 p.m.
Vote of thanks
8.30 p.m.
Networking Reception&Buffet Dinner
You are welcome!
Contact us / Email or Text & Register now:
VenkatJayanth /+91 7598263130
VenkatJayanth@ietvolunteer.org
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An eventorganized in supportwith:

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Venue:Royal Orchid Central - the hotelis locatedonDickensonRoadbehindtheManipal Centre,
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