Ethics as a Nexus Between Islam and the West
11/30/2012 @ 7:00 pm – open to general public Pir Zia Inayat-Khan is a scholar and teacher of Sufism in the lineage of his grandfather, Hazrat Inayat Khan. He received his B.A. (Hons) in Persian Literature from the London School of Oriental and African Studies, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Religion from Duke University. Pir Zia is founder […]
Becoming an Extraordinary Leader
10/25/2012 @ 4:00 pm – Deborah Ancona and Tenzin Priyadarshi Closed enrollment. Sloan Innovation Period (SIP) Program.
The WiSDM Symposium
10/23/2012 @ 11:45 am – The WiSDM Symposium, sponsored by the MIT Women in System Design and Management (WiSDM), will be held on Tuesday October 23, 2012, as the afternoon session of the 2012 MIT SDM Conference on Systems Thinking for Contemporary Challenges.WiSDM has invited accomplished female leaders across the industries of food and health, consumer products, and defense to […]
Beyond Religion: Ethics, Values, & Wellbeing
10/14/2012 @ 1:00 pm – Response by Fr. Thomas Keating and Br. David Steindl-Rast Tenzin Gyatso, the XIVth Dalai Lama, is a moral figure and spiritual leader revered worldwide. He was born to a farming family on July 6, 1935 in a small village called Taktser in northeastern Tibet. He was recognized, in accordance with Tibetan tradition, at […]
Through Gratefulness: A 21st Century Vision of a Transformed World
10/13/2012 @ 3:00 pm – Event is free and open to public. Your generosity helps bring such high calibre programs to public. If you would like to support the work of The Center, please make a tax deductible contribution. Brother David Steindl-Rast, O.S.B. was born in 1926 in Vienna, Austria. He studied art, anthropology, and psychology, receiving a […]
Search Inside Yourself
10/12/2012 @ 7:00 pm – Event is free and open to public. Your generosity helps bring such high calibre programs to public. If you would like to support the work of The Center, please make a tax deductible contribution. Chade-Meng Tan (Meng) is a Google pioneer, an award-winning engineer, a New York Times bestselling author, a thought leader, […]
Teaching How to Fish: Solving Problems versus Nurturing People in Global Development
10/11/2012 @ 7:00 pm – Event is free and open to public. Your generosity helps bring such high calibre programs to public. If you would like to support the work of The Center, please make a tax deductible contribution. Kentaro ToyamaKentaro Toyama (www.kentarotoyama.org) is a researcher in the School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley. He […]
