PDI2: Future-Ready Leadership: Mastering The Art Of People And Innovation By Allan Gatenby

Explore the evolving role of leadership in a world increasingly shaped by technology & AI. Investigate leadership which embraces technology, creating human-centric innovation, collaboration, based upon ethical decision-making. Participants in this 3-hour interactive workshop, will discover their leadership style, their leadership potential and explore their capacity to become an intelligent leader achieving better balance between technology, innovation, empathy, and resilience.

The workshop explores the importance of self-knowledge, possibility thinking, inclusive & collaborative practice and how to enable the ‘collective genius’ to drive innovation, inspire innovation, align fundamental human needs and organisational goals to lead transformation.

It’s time to redefine leadership transforming challenges to opportunities.

"Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others."
– Jack Welch

In-Person Henan Museum Tour

Henan Museum is located in the HEART of China. If you want to understand the rich history and cultural heritage of China's 5,000-year history, Henan Museum is a must-visit destination that you cannot afford to miss. The museum houses over 170,000 artifacts, including distinctive prehistoric relics, bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, ceramics from various dynasties, jade items, and more.

Leaves Hauzhi Hotel at 1:45.  Returns at 5:45.

In-person Career Centers Tour

Visit the Zhengzhou University Career Center and a local high school career center.

Zhengzhou University is the first university in China to offer master’s and doctoral degrees in the specialized field of “Career Development Education.” Zhengzhou University’s Career Guidance and Employment Service Center provides employment guidance and services for all graduates. Visit their center to gain insights into the practical work and challenges of career counseling at the university level in China.

In high school, students can choose their future major subject. Students who plan to attend college must take the Gaokao in their final year, which requires them to choose between arts and sciences. Since many career decisions are made during high school, career counseling has become an important focus, and most high schools have well-developed career centers. We will visit one of these centers to learn about the specific process of helping students plan their futures.

In-Person Longmen Grottos、Shaolin Temple And Zen Music Ritual All Day Tour

The Longmen Grottoes is a UNESCO world cultural heritage site as “an outstanding manifestation of human artistic creativity”  located in Luoyang China.  It is the world’s biggest Buddhist cave treasury with thousands of stone carvings. Grottoes were carved into 97,000 Buddha statues. The grottoes were carved on the mountain on both sides of Yi river. The work on the grottoes began in 493 AD.

Shaolin Monastery also known as Shaolin Temple is famous for its association with martial arts and Zen Buddhism. It is monastic institution renowned as the birthplace of Chan Buddhism and cradle of Shaolin Kung Fu.  Its location is at the foot of Wuru Peak of the Shongshan mountain range in Dengfeng county, Henan province.  It is located 48 km southeast of Louyang, former capital of Northern Wei Dynasty, 72 km southwest of Zhengzhou, modern capital of Henan province.

The Zen Shaolin Kung Fu Music Show is the largest outdoor night live Kung Fu performance in the world. This performance combines wonderful Shaolin Zen Music Ritual, profound Buddhist Zen culture, fascinating music, beautiful natural scenery, as well as advanced lighting systems. It shows the landscape changes in four seasons with Guzheng (traditional Chinese instrument) performances and nearly 600 people performing Zen and martial arts.