"Leadership for the 21st Century: Chaos, Conflict and Courage" was a five day executive education program offered by Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. The program focused on building a set of skills and tactics by pushing participants to reflect on their values, assumptions and limitations (HKS, 2008). The course held in Terceira from June 2-6 2008 as a joint initiative from the Luso-American Foundation and the Government of the Azores and had as faculty staff Marty Linsky, Maxime Fern and Hugh O'Doherty.

Below is the 'family' photo with the contacts of the participants.

The group continued meeting and from these gatherings emerged a small informal paper "Herding Cats: Consensus and Factions Within Leadership 21" by Fabiola Gil and Tomaz Dentinho.

Ana Seruya Pinto

Assistant Professor
Department of Conservation and Restauration
Universidade Nova
Lisboa
Ana Sarmento

Clinical Operations Manager
Medical Affairs
Sanofi-Aventis
Lisboa
Anabela Carvalho

Director
Public-Private Partnerships and New Business
Espírito Santo Saúde
Lisboa
Andreia Jacob

Marketing
ANAM - Aeroportos e Navegagco Airea da Madeira, S.A., Servigo de Marketing Aviagco
Madeira
Aníbal Raposo

CEO
SAAGA/GALP - Azorean Gas Storage Company
São Miguel
António Fernandes

Full Professor of Mechanical Engineering
School of Engineering University of Porto
Porto
António Eusébio

Chairman of the Board of Directors
Sumolis
Lisboa
Carlos Santos

Administrator
Cotaçor
Terceira
Diogo Pereira

Head of Retail Bank
Citibank
Lisboa
Eduardo Correia

President and Founder
Changing Portugal Association
Cascais
Eduardo Melo

Senior Project Manager
CTT - Portuguese Postal Service
Lisboa
Fabíola Gil

Ph.D. Student
Department of Oceanography and Fisheries
University of Azores
Terceira
Filipe Brum

Chief
Division of Employment Programs
Regional Bureau of Labor
São Miguel
Filipe Rocha

Executive Director
Azorean School of Tourism and Hospitality
São Miguel, frocha.efth@mail.telepac.pt
Francisco Câmara

Island Communications Supervisor
Portugal Telecom
Terceira
Francisco Gil

Director
Real Estate Promotion
Vasconcelos Group
São Miguel
Gonçalo Oliveira

Director
Division of Consulting and Business Development
Portugal Telecom
Oeiras
Hugh O'Doherty

Faculty Member
Executive Education
Harvard Kennedy School
Isabel Correia

Chief Consultant
Regional Statistics Bureau
Terceira
João Roza

President
Portuguese Association of Business Angels
Lisboa
José Costa

President
José Almerindo Costa Holding
Terceira
José Rodrigues

Executive Administrator
Insulac
São Miguel
José Miguel Botto

Portfolio Manager
InovCapital
Porto
Katia Almeida

Executive Director
Pressley Ridge Portugal
Lisboa
Lara Martinho

Assistant Director
Angra do Heroismo Chamber of Commerce
Terceira
Lídia Grave-Resendes

Associate Professor of Education Sc.
Open University
Lisboa
Luís Mah Silva

Director
UN Millenium Goals Campaign
Lisboa
Luís Rocha

Director
Observatory for Employment and Professional Training
Government of the Azores
Manuel Forjaz

CEO
Ideiateca; Critical Data
Lisboa
Maria Eugénia Flores

Commercial Director
José Almerindo Costa Holding
São Miguel
Marisa Garrido Oliveira

Director of Organizational Development
Secil
Lisboa
Marta Pires

Assistant Manager
Proturotel - Bensaude Turismo
São Miguel
Marty Linsky

Faculty Member
Executive Education
Harvard Kennedy School
Maxime Fern

Faculty Member
Executive Education
Harvard Kennedy School
Miguel Costa

Board Member
CulturAngra
Terceira
Miguel Carvalho

Deputy Director of Construction Project
Soares da Costa
Terceira
Miriam Torres

Head of New Business Models, MDS
Insurance Broker
Porto
Nuno Arantes-Oliveira

President and CEO
Alfama Inc.
Cambridge, Massachusetts / Oeiras
Nuno Guilherme

Director
Indra Sistemas de Portugal
Alfragide
Nuno Moniz

Administrative and Financial Director
Micaelense Tobbaco Factory
São Miguel
Nuno Maia Silva

Director of Communication
Secil
Lisboa
Paula Pina

Choir Director and Maestrina
Metropolitan Music Conservatory of Lisbon
Lisboa
Paulo Moniz

Associate Professor of Physics
Chairman of the Board of Exact Sciences
University of Beira Interior
Covilhã
Paulo Zagalo e Melo

Director
Luso-American Foundation
Lisboa
Raquel Larangeira

Marketing Coordinator
EDP - Portuguese Electricity Company
Lisboa
Ricardo Machado

Administrator
Ex- Forestland
Luanda
Rui Vaz

Legal Consultant
Rectory
University of Coimbra
Coimbra
Rui Vallêra

Deputy Director
Luso-American Foundation
Lisboa
Sara Medeiros

Financial Director
Electraçor
São Miguel
Sara Medina

Board Member
SPI - Portuguese Innovation Society
Porto
Tomaz Dentinho

Professor of Economics
University of Azores
Terceira
Vasco Silva

President
Gê-Questa Environmental Protection Association
Terceira

DECISÃO: É ENCONTRAR MOTIVAÇÃO QUANDO TODOS OS OUTROS SE PERDEM NA INCERTEZA
"Em matéria de liderança, tal como na vida, as decisões mais difíceis são geralmente aquelas que a pessoa assume sozinha. E é precisamente nesses momentos de confusão que surgem as oportunidades."
Carly Fiorina

CORAGEM: É A CAPACIDADE DE INICIAR PROJECTOS EXTRAORDINÁRIOS QUANDO OS RESTANTES APENAS OS IDEALIZAM
"Perante a incerteza, a instabilidade e a complexidade, não podemos ter uma atitude passiva, senão estamos perdidos"
Mario Alonso Puig

SUPERAÇÃO: É A CAPACIDADE DE SUPERAR OS OBSTÁCULOS E AS DIFICULDADES ENQUANTO OS OUTROS SE RETIRAM.
"Só serão capazes de fazer parte do novo mundo os que estiverem dispostos a mudar e deixar para trás velhas formas de pensar"
Kenichi Ohmae

Expomanagement 2009 (HSM Madrid)