BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/Amsterdam X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2065@duurzaam-ondernemen.nl DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260512T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260512T173000 DTSTAMP:20260416T142318Z URL:https://www.duurzaam-ondernemen.nl/events/leading-in-todays-complexity -with-prof-peter-senge/ SUMMARY:Leading in Today’s Complexity with Prof. Peter Senge DESCRIPTION:A rare opportunity to engage directly with world-renowned think er Prof. Peter Senge in a private setting for a select group of participan ts\nInvitation for business\, institutions\, non-profits\, the SDG &\ ; IDG community\nA fish does not see the water it swims in. It assumes it understands the world\, while being fully shaped by something it cannot pe rceive.\n\nUntil it leaves.\n\nIn many ways\, this is not so different for those of us working across organisations\, institutions\, and initiatives .\n\nWe lead teams.\nWe design strategies.\nWe collaborate across sectors. \nWe act with intention.\n\nAnd yet\, much of what we create remains shape d by the systems we are trying to change.\n\nWe keep planning. We keep ali gning. We keep delivering. But the larger system itself barely shifts.\n\n Our efforts to create change are not falling short because of lack of comm itment or capability\, but because they are often operating within the sam e system logic and subtle assumptions they seek to transform.\n\nIn ways t hat are hard to see\, how we collaborate\, decide\, lead and seek to del iver results are often part of what keeps the system as it is. But we are so focused on the urgent problems we face that we have little attention on whether we are willing to see and show up differently and what this means specifically.\n\nTHE INVITATION\n\nJoin a private dialogue and working se ssion with Prof. Peter Senge.\n\nThis is not a conference.\n\nIt is not a networking event.\n\nIt is a space for reflection\, inquiry\, co-creation\ , and honest conversation among those actively navigating the complexity o f deep change in their work.\n\nThe invitation is to explore:\n\n What mi ght we not be seeing in the systems we are trying to change?\n How do our ways of working reinforce the very patterns we want to shift?\n What doe s it mean to work with systems across organisational boundaries?\n What k inds of leadership are needed when there are no clear answers?\n How to n urture personal and relational well-being and resilience in times of colla pse?\n\nAcross sectors\, we are seeing:\n\n Increasing complexity without corresponding clarity\n More collaboration\, but not always more coheren ce\n Strong intentions and serious effort\, but limited systemic shift\n\ nThis creates a growing gap between what we aim for and what actually chan ges.\n\nClosing\n\nThe session is designed to prioritise depth of dialogue \, meaningful exchange and reflection.\n\nThis invitation is extended to  those who feel ready to question not only the systems they are part of\, but how they themselves contribute to shaping them.\n\nAbout\n\nPeter Seng e is a renowned systems scientist\, lecturer\, and influential strategist who revolutionized organizational thinking &\; systems thinking with hi s concept of the learning organization\, introduced in The Fifth Disciplin e\, widely praised by Harvard Business Review. His work emphasizes learnin g capabilities that align personal and collective goals\, and has shaped t he fields of organizational learning and sustainability. He is a Sr Lectur er at MIT School of Management and Founding Chair of the Society for Organ izational Learning.\n\nHosted by\n→ Prof. Peter Senge (MIT)\, Bestsellin g Author and Leading Thinker on Organisational Learning and Sustainability (known from ‘The Fifth Discipline’)\n→ Mila Aliana (board member\ , Inner Development Goals Foundation)\, Ivy de Bruijn (SDG Nederland) &a mp\; Madeleine McGirk Rutherford (ITAC)\n\nRegister ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.duurzaam-ondernemen.nl/wordpress/wp- content/uploads/2026/04/senge.webp CATEGORIES:Duurzaamheidsprofessionals,Sustainable Development Goals LOCATION:Uilenburgersjoel\, Nieuwe Uilenburgerstraat 91\, Amsterdam\, 1011 LM \, Nederland GEO:52.370188;4.905328 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Nieuwe Uilenburgerstraat 91 \, Amsterdam\, 1011 LM \, Nederland;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Uilenburger sjoel:geo:52.370188,4.905328 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Amsterdam X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260329T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR