IKNS Class of '22 Welcome Reception & Alumni Book Club Launch
In keeping with IKNS tradition, we will be welcoming the newest cohort to the IKNS Community as they begin their Fall Intensive.
As this will be the first virtual IKNS Welcome Reception, we are happy to be able to now extend the invitation to our alumni community residing outside of the NYC area. We look forward to an evening of making new connections and rekindling old friendships.
As an added bonus to the evening, we will also be launching the IKNS Alumni Book Club. At this first meeting of the book club, we will be joined by author Barry O’Reilly to discuss his newest book Unlearn: Let Go of Past Success to Achieve Extraordinary Results.
If you would like to receive a free Kindle version of the book, please RSVP and then click this link to complete a Google request form by August 17th.
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About the book
Unlearn is a transformative system that shows leaders how to rethink their strategies, retool their capabilities, and revitalize their businesses for stronger, longer-lasting success.
There’s a learning curve to running any successful business. But once you begin to rely on past achievements or get stuck in outdated thinking and practices that no longer work, you need to take a step back—and unlearn. This innovative and actionable framework from executive coach Barry O’Reilly shows you how to break the cycle of learned behaviors that were effective in the past but are no longer relevant, and limit or may even stand in the way of your success.
With this simple but remarkably powerful three-step system, leaders can:
- Unlearn the behaviors and mindsets that keep them and their businesses from moving forward.
- Relearn new skills, strategies, and innovations that are transforming the world every day.
- Break through old habits and thinking by opening up to new ideas and perspectives while achieving extraordinary results.
- Good leaders know they need to continuously learn. But great leaders know when to unlearn the past to succeed in the future.
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About the author
Barry O’Reilly is a business advisor, entrepreneur, and author who has pioneered the intersection of business model innovation, product development, organizational design, and culture transformation.
Barry works with business leaders and teams from global organizations that seek to invent the future, not fear it. Every day, Barry helps with many of the world’s leading companies, from disruptive startups to Fortune 500 behemoths, break the vicious cycles that spiral businesses toward death by enabling culture of experimentation and learning to unlock the insights required for better decision making, higher performance and results.
Barry is the author of Unlearn: Let Go of Past Success to Achieve Extraordinary Results, and co-author of the international bestseller Lean Enterprise: How High Performance Organizations Innovate at Scale—included in the Eric Ries series, and a Harvard Business Review must read for CEOs and business leaders. He is an internationally sought-after speaker, frequent writer and contributor to The Economist, Strategy+Business, and MIT Sloan Management Review.
Barry is faculty at Singularity University, advising and contributing to Singularity’s executive and accelerator programs based in San Francisco, and throughout the globe.
Barry is the founder of ExecCamp, the entrepreneurial experience for executives, and management consultancy Antennae.
His mission is to help purposeful, technology-led businesses innovate at scale.
Read Barry’s blog at: www.barryoreilly.com
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About The IKNS Alumni Book Club
The IKNS Alumni Book Club will be a bi-monthly meeting of IKNS Alumni, Faculty, and Students to connect and discuss the books they are reading related to everything IKNS! Upcoming books will include Madelyn Blair’s Unlocked: Discover how to embrace the unexpected and David Epstein’s Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World. Have a suggestion for a book you’d like to discuss? Let us know by emailing mk3866 [[at]] columbia [[dot]] edu.
For additional information about program offerings at Columbia University’s School of Professional Studies, please contact an Admissions Counselor at 212-854-9666 or inquire [[at]] sps [[dot]] columbia [[dot]] edu.