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Featured speakers include:
 
  • Charles Handy, formerly Royal Dutch Shell and the London Business School; author of Age of Unreason and Gods of Management.
  • Jeffrey Hollender, CEO, Seventh Generation.
  • Jay Hooley, Vice Chairman, State Street Corporation
  • Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard Business School
  • David Korten, author of The Great Turning and When Corporations Rule the World.
  • Robert Kuttner, columnist for Business Week; Editor, American Prospect; commentator, National Public Radio.
  • Damon Silvers, Associate General Counsel, AFL-CIO.
  • Henry Mintzberg, McGill University, global leader in organizational management and strategy; author, Rise and Fall of Strategic Management and Managers, Not MBAs.
  • Robert Monks, pioneer in corporate governance; founder, Institutional Shareholder Services; author, The New Global Investors.
  • Darcy Winslow, Nike Foundation, former General Manager, Sustainable Business Strategies, Nike Inc. 

All plenary sessions at the Summit will be informal, interactive and organized in a town-hall style format.   Panelists will serve as “conversation starters” to kick-off  dialogue with and among participants.  Afternoon breakouts will be organized as small group, “café-style” conversations with designated resource persons supporting each group.

Map of Summit Venues

DAY 1: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13

  • 8:30 - 8:50am: Welcome
    Jay Hooley
    , State Street Corporation
  • 8:50 - 9:00am: Summit Goals and Agenda
    Allen White, Corporation 20/20
  • 9:00 - 9:30am: Opening Remarks
    A historical perspective on the evolution of the corporation, its purpose and its future design.
    Charles Handy, Author, formerly Royal Dutch Shell, London Business School
  • Setting the Stage

    • 9:30 - 10:45am: Plenary Session 1:  Are Corporations Equipped for the 21st Century? Global imbalances and organizational forms: rethinking purpose and structure.

      Moderator: John Elkington, SustainAbility

      Henry Mintzberg, McGill University
      David Korten, Author
      Arie de Geus, Formerly Royal Dutch Shell

      Dialogue Facilitator: Peter Senge,MIT & SoL

    • 10:45 - 11:15am: Break

    Catalyzing and Managing Change

    • 11:15 - 12:45pm: Plenary Session 2: The Two Faces of Change: Internal and External. The challenge of transformational change and the nexus of internal and external forces.

      Moderator: Jeffrey Hollender, Seventh Generation

      Marv Adams, Citi
      Darcy Winslow, Nike
      Michael Marx, Corporate Ethics International
      Damon Silvers, AFL-CIO

      Dialogue Facilitator: Peter Senge

    • 1:00 - 2:00pm:

      Lunch hosted by Aveda
      The Hall at Parris, Upper Level of the Main Quincy Market Building
  • 2:15 - 4:30pm: Café-style Breakouts I (Hall at Parris)

    Clusters organized by key topics, each with a facilitator. Signs to indicate the topic to be covered in each cluster.
    Participants may also self-organize. Option to rotate to second topic after one hour.
    Discussion questions:
    •  Why is the issue critical to the future of the corporation?
    •  What is a vision for the next decade, that is, what specific outcomes should be sought?
    • What are the opportunities and barriers to achieving such a vision?
  • 4:45 - 6:00pm: Plenary Session 3:  Reflections on Breakouts Discussion of key themes emerging from breakouts, with an eye toward Day 2, action agenda-setting.
  • 6:00pm: Adjourn
  • 7:00pm: Reception and Dinner
    The State Room, Top of 60 State Street

    Dinner Speaker: Robert Kuttner, American Prospect, Columnist, BusinessWeek and Boston Globe, National Public Radio and Public Television

DAY 2: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14

Charting the Pathways Forward

  • 8:30 - 8:45am: Day One Recap and Day Two Objectives
  • 8:45 - 10:15am: Plenary Session 4: Critical Issues in the Coming Decade Perspectives on selected issues within the broader agenda for transformational change.

    Moderator: Aron Cramer, Business for Social Responsibility

    Kent Greenfield, Boston College School of Law
    Robert Monks, Corporate Library/Lens Governance Advisors
    Steven Lydenberg, Domini Investments
    Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard Business School
    Jason Clay, WWF-US

    Dialogue Facilitator: Peter Senge

    10:15 - 10:45am: Break

  • 10:45am - 12:15pm: Plenary Session 5: The Emergence of New Corporate Designs Pioneers, hybrids and visionaries: portraits of transformational change

    Moderator: Marjorie Kelly, Corporation 20/20 & Tellus Institute

    Susan Mac Cormac, Morrison and Foerster Steve Voigt, King Arthur Flour
    Craig Cohon, Globalegacy

    Dialogue Facilitator: Allen White

    12: 30 - 1:30pm: Lunch at the Hall at Parris Upper Level of the Main Quincy Market Building.

  • 1:45 - 2:45pm: Café-style Breakouts II (Hall at Parris)
    Tables arranged by stakeholder groups. Discussion questions:
    •  Based on two days of dialogue, what issues have emerged as most pivotal to corporate transformation?
    • What are 3-4 priority mid-term (3-5 year) and long-term (10+ year) goals for change?
    • What are the mechanisms by which the specific stakeholder groups can organize to achieve the mid- and long-term goals?
  • 3:00 - 3:30 pm: Plenary Session 6:  Reflections on the Summit and Next Steps
    Faneuil Hall
  • 3:30pm: Adjourn
   

 


Informing the Summit agenda are Corporation 20/20's Principles of Corporate Redesign:

Principles of Corporate Redesign

1. The purpose of the corporation is to harness private interests to serve the public interest.

2. Corporations shall accrue fair returns for shareholders, but not at the expense of the legitimate interests of other stakeholders.

3. Corporations shall operate sustainably, meeting the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.   

4. Corporations shall distribute their wealth equitably among those who contribute to its creation.

5. Corporations shall be governed in a manner that is participatory, transparent, ethical, and accountable.

6. Corporations shall not infringe on the right of natural persons to govern themselves, nor infringe on other universal human rights.


 

 

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