An Evening of Discourse at The French Embassy
Managing Surprise Events Which Can Impact Policy, Markets, Innovation and Even Ignite Wars
Surprise events, from Emile Zola’s “j’accuse” to 911 and Neil Armstrong walking on the moon, can have a profound impact on policy and decision-making. They can have far reaching consequences on innovation, governance, regulation, freedom and democracy. Understanding the dynamics between key stakeholders, including those invisible but omnipresent, in the incubation and evolution of surprise events is critical in policy formulation and strategic leadership.
The speaker, Alain Paul Martin, will demonstrate how to go beyond the dramas and traumas of news headlines to seek "the gem" in isolated and seemingly unrelated events in business, governments and geopolitics.
Where: Auditorium of the Embassy of France, 4101 Reservoir Road NW, Washington DC, 20007
When: Tuesday, November 13th, 6 -7:30PM
Cost: $25.00 for Members $35.00 for Non-Members
Mr. Martin's presentation in Washington is part of sessions he gave to Harvard graduate students and fellows in 2012, providing new insights into (a) the trajectory of Apple up to 2012 and (b) the key players of high profile events, such the Second Iraq War, all from a non-partisan perspective.
With a background in operations research, intelligence analysis and interpretation, Alain Martin is a specialist in complexity reduction. He created Harvard University Global System™, a set of practical instruments that assist policy makers and entrepreneurs to increase innovation and productivity in value creation and extraction. Alain leads executive-education programs in Europe, the Americas and Asia. His government seminar titled "Building a Great Nation" illustrates the critical success factors of a democratic country and the reasons for the collapse of nations and blocks including the Soviet Union. He is the author of Harnessing the Power of Intelligence, Counterintelligence & Surprise Events.
Alain is a member of the French Society of Mathematics (SMF), a 1998 alumnus of Harvard Business School and a 2012 Fellow in Advanced Leadership, an inter-faculty initiative at Harvard University where he is leading a project to seed a knowledge repository to facilitate marketable-skills acquisition in high schools, colleges, universities and in the workplace; thus creating jobs, currently in demand throughout the world, and ultimately reducing the gender gap. In 2011, he was honored by the Presidents of Harvard University and Harvard Alumni Association with a Certificate for his "Leadership, Vision and Service to our Community" for the ten-year period between 2001 and 2011.
*Harvard University Global System was developed independently from Harvard University and is disbributed under trademark license.*
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