“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and

all there ever will be to know and understand.”-Albert Einstein

Amsterdam, Holland

March, 2015

GIA 2015 Strategic Planning

&

GIA Creative Leader Development

Liderazgo MX Mission:Our goal is to accelerate the development of GIA’s leaders, so they can disrupt the world’s

status quo and discover new opportunities to further GIA’s growth objectives.

Overview of Objectives for GIA’s 2015 Annual Strategy Planning / Create Leader Development

1. Create Business Plan 2015-2016

2. Develop GIA’s Innovation Process – Identify and develop an innovation process around GIA’s strategic market differentiation factor

3. Explore the world through innovation and the implication to GIA

Why Annual Strategic Planning in the Amsterdam Innovative Ecosystem?

To develop GIA’s executives into global creative leaders that will have a societal impact on the world of business.

GIA executives will work with European organizations from the fields of business, entrepreneurship, and social

innovation to develop it’s own innovation process unique to GIA.

Day 1: Building a Creative/Passionate Leadership Mindset Through Historical and Modern Art

Morning Session

Location: The RijksmuseumMuseum’s mission: linking individuals with art and history.Agenda for the Session at Museum:• The Art of Leadership Presence and how they

apply to GIA Executives• Session is designed to remind participants

of how their own energy and vigor influences the energy and performance of their team

Afternoon SessionLocation: Van Gogh MuseumMuseum’s mission: Explore the development of creativity and passion Agenda for the Session at Museum:• Small group presentations and feedback• The Power of Dialogue: Leader as

Communicator

Day 2: GIA’s Strategic Innovation Session in the Heart of European Creativity

Morning / Afternoon Session:

Location: Faralada Crane Hotel AmsterdamCrane’s mission: to facilitate creativity to think outside the box Agenda for the Session at Crane:• We will spend the day exploring GIA’s

unique market disruptor• Consulting Style Session Facilitation

Evening Experience:

Location: Heineken BreweryBrewery’s mission: Meet beer, Share the Magic, Get Experienced. The brewery was established in Amsterdam in 1864 and today Heineken is a huge multinational company, one of the three largest beer producers in the world.

Day 3: Day Trip to Holland’s Countryside

Morning Session:Trip to Lighthouse for Creative Leader Development training with horses and explore how a horse allows you to experience how you can change situations and reach your desired results.

Location: Lighthouse Coaching Natural Leader Developmentwww.lighthouse.nl

Afternoon Session Options:• Visiting and touring Holland’s Historical

Attractions• Visit Holland’s Famous Cheeses, cheese and

wine tasting in Holland’s countryside

.

Day 4: THNK: THE AMSTERDAM SCHOOL OF CREATIVE LEADERSHIP

Day 5: GIA’s Strategy Session

Faculty Director: Whitney Hischier

Whitney Hischier works with domestic and international clients on human capital challenges and designing educational programs to help solve them, specifically for the oil and gas industry. Her areas of expertise include management, leadership and coaching.

Prior to Haas, she was a consultant in change management and system implementation for KPMG in the Netherlands and UK, ABN AMRO Bank in Portugal and Spain and the Endeavor Initiative.

She holds a BA in International Relations from Stanford University and an MBA from the Haas School of Business.

UC Berkeley Faculty/Liderazgo MX Advisor

Faculty Director: Rajiv Ball

Rajiv Ball is a founding Partner at THNK (www.thnk.org), the Amsterdam School of Creative Leadership. THNK offers a post-graduate education program that builds creative leaders while solving some of the world’s toughest societal challenges. Rajiv is also a lecturer at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley Haas School.

THNK Founder/UC Berkeley Lecturer/ Former McKinsey Partner

Prior to joining THNK, Rajiv was a Partner at McKinsey & Company, where he was responsible for the leadership development of McKinsey’s 1,500 Partners globally. In this role, Rajiv led multiple learning program redesign efforts and was one of the highest rated program faculty in McKinsey, having worked personally with hundreds of consultants on helping them develop their problem solving and relationship building skills. With an international upbringing – Indian parents, born in the UK, brought up in Zambia and having lived and worked in Ghana, Switzerland and now, The Netherlands – Rajiv’s mission is to enable global leaders to fully unlock their leadership potential. He holds a PhD in Economic History from the London School of Economics.

INITIALBUDGET 1-Oct-14

Proposeddates:January12-19,2014

UNITCOST PERSONS SUBTOTAL QTY TOTAL

AIRFARE $500 15 $7,500 1 $7,500

HOTEL* Berkeley $233 15 $3,488 5 $17,442

SF $302 15 $4,534 2 $9,068

MEALS BreakfastClaremont $33 30 $978 5 $4,888

LunchClaremont $39 15 $590 5 $2,950

DinnerBerkeley $100 30 $3,000 2 $6,000

TRANSPORTATION* Airport-Hotel(Berkeley) $25 30 $750 1 $750

Berkeley-SilyconValley-SanFrancisco $45 30 $1,350 1 $1,350

Hotel(SanFrancisco)-Airport $15 30 $450 1 $450

FACULTY $20,000 3.5 $70,000

TOTAL $120,398

NOTE: *Taxesincluded

MeetingfacilitiesattheClaremontarecomplementarywithaminimumfoodconsumptionof$7,000

2014GIA'SANNUALPLANNINGMEETING

Date/Time Topics Location

Wednesday9:00AM – 12:00PM

12:00PM-1:30PM

2:00PM – 6:00PM

The Future of Climate Technology (Hischier)• Discussion facilitated by Lawrence

Berkeley Scientists• Lab Tour• Panoramic Views of the Berkeley

Ecosystem

Lunch

Discovering Your Authentic Leadership Style Building Voice & Presence (Kreitzer)• Demonstrate ownership of your voice• Strategically employ persuasive appeals• Prevent distractions and sustain focus• The power of presence in leadership • Theater as heightened communication • Creating a Community of Excellence

through Active Communicating

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Hotel

OPTIONAL OR FREE AFTERNOON IN BERKELEY ORANOTHER SUBJECT NOT COVERED

Date/Time Topics Location

Tuesday9:00AM – 12:00PM

12:00PM-1:30PM

1:30PM – 5:00PM

6:00PM – 8:00PM

Embedding Strategic Innovation in your Business (Engel Or Chesbrough)• The Role of Innovations in Business Success• The Leader's Role in Sponsoring Innovation• Creating the Climate for Innovation• Overview of the Innovation Roadmap• The Value Delivery Sequence

Lunch

Design Thinking (Beckman)• Hypotheses formation• Divergent vs convergent thinking• Rapid prototypingNote: group should bring an actual problem they are working through and it will be a hands-on workshop

Dinner / Campus Event

HotelSan FranciscoORBerkeley

Hotel

Hotel

UC Berkeley

Monday8:30AM – 10:00AM

10:00AM-12:00PM

12:00PM-1:30PM

1:30PM-2:00PM

2:00PM-5:00PM

7:00PM-9:00PM

Hotel Pick-Up

2014 Silicon Valley Recap: What’s work/what hasn’t. Establish goals for the week as a team (Hischier)

Lunch – Explore Amsterdam Cuisine (Hischier)

Travel to Hotel

Explore Amsterdam’s Creativity (Hischier)

• http://www.amsterdam.nl• Fun/Interactive/Creative • Getting the team ready and comfortable with each

other for THNK’s teaching style

Dinner at - Example of Differe ; Modern Food through oldfarming techniques

www.restaurantdekas.nl

Rijksmuseum

Creative Lunch spot, close to location above

Walk to Museum/OUTDOOR activityThey will be itchy to explore Europe

De Kas