When David Whyte visited Toronto last year he created an open and inviting space for participants to speak together about the most pressing leadership questions in our time, and what they mean for each of us personally. David is returning in October to host an exploration around the themes of his highly anticipated new book, The Three Marriages: Reimagining Work, Self, and Relationships.
In this intimate conversational forum we will look far beyond the notion of work-life balance to strengthen our identity within work and relationships, and the leadership centre from which we take action. Along the way we may discover that we become more interesting when we get out of the dynamics of self-entrapment and fall in love – with a work, a person, a future, or with an imaginative sense of self.
David offers the possibility of creating an identity that is capable of holding together what can seem to be disparate elements:
- Long term growth with short term losses
- Private ambition with public good
- Personal happiness with service to others
- Promises made in the workplace with promises made to spouse and children
Leave the workshop with an enriched sense of how you will live so that the three marriages are not put into competition with one another, and each can protect, embolden, and enliven the others to keep us relevant, authentic, and alive.
David Whyte is a poet and visionary whose books and workshops strike a resonant chord with leaders and organizations across the world. His workshops have been offered at corporations such as Microsoft, Astra Zeneca, Visa International, and Mattel. David is a fellow of the Said Business School at the University of Oxford. See The Financial Times review of David’s new book.
This 1.5 day workshop is part of the Remarkable Leadership Series which Context initiated in 2008 with the ALIA Institute to support and connect senior leaders from all sectors who are expanding their capacity to lead effectively with authenticity and integrity.
The session will begin with lunch at 11:30 a.m. on the first day and continue until 4:30 p.m. on the second day.
Registration includes lunch on the first day, breakfast and lunch on the second day, and a copy of David’s new book.
The registration fee of $975 includes a copy of David’s book. We expect this event to fill quickly, so register early to hold your space (a $300 deposit is required).
