I’ve been an annual participant in Willow Creek’s Leadership Summit for quite a few years now, and blogged the sessions live the last 2 years. It’s always one of the most impactful events of the year for me. Today Will Creek announced the line-up of speakers for the 2009 Leadership Summit.
They include:
- Bill Hybels, Founder and senior pastor of Willow Creek Community Church, South Barrington, IL.
- Dr. Henry Cloud, Clinical psychologist, author, and business consultant
- Carly Fiorina, Former chairman and CEO of Hewlett-Packard, business commentator, and strategic advisor
- Dr. David Ireland, Founder and senior pastor of Christ Church, Montclair, NJ
- Patrick Lencioni, Business consultant, author, and president of The Table Group, Inc.
- Gary Hamel, Renowned business thinker and visiting professor at London School of Business
- Dr. Tim Keller, Founder and senior pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church, Manhattan, NY
- Jessica Jackley, Co-founder of Kiva.org, the world’s first peer-to-peer online micro-lending website
- Harvey Carey, Founder and senior pastor of Citadel of Faith Covenant Church, Detroit, MI
- Dave Gibbons, Founder and lead pastor of Newsong Church, Irvine, CA
- David Gergen, Political analyst for CNN and PBS and former White House adviser to four presidents
- Dan Heath, Author, consultant, and co-founder of Thinkwell
- Chip Heath, Author, consultant, and professor at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business
- Andrew Rugasira, Founder of Good African Coffee and African trade advocate
- Bono, Lead singer of U2 and activist in the fight against AIDS and poverty in Africa
- Wess Stafford, President and CEO of Compassion International
Wow! Quite a line-up.
For more info go to the Leadership Summit site.
I’ve heard Bono and Patrick Lencioni at past Summits and am really looking forward to hearing them again. I’ve heard a lot of buzz about Dan and Chip Heath’s book Made to Stick. Might have to pick up that book before then. Which speaker(s) are you most excited about hearing?
We could be in for an unintentionally explosive Summit. Bono and Rugasira have diametrically opposed views on how to “solve” Africa’s problems. Bono is for aid, whereas Rugasira is for trade not aid.
http://psdblog.worldbank.org/psdblog/2007/06/aid_vs_trade_al.html
Hi John, thanks for your comment. To their credit Willow Creek has never backed away from potentially explosive speakers. Over the years they’ve included everyone from Bill Clinton to Karen Hughes, though not at the same Summit.
I’m not familiar with Andrew Rugasira. I’ll have to read about him and his views. But I though Bono was an all-of-the-above guy, supporting direct aid to people, aid to government (with better accountability), and more trade.