Distributed Learning Leadership

In today’s rapidly changing and complex environments, leadership must evolve from individual to collective capacity. This workshop brings together board members and leaders across sectors to explore how distributed leadership and learning generate sustainable value.

Why This Matters:

Traditional leadership approaches often rely too heavily on top-down decision-making, which limits the innovation and ownership needed in today’s complex contexts. By distributing leadership and cultivating a learning culture, organisations can become more responsive, resilient and inclusive. This workshop helps shift leadership from a position held by one to a capacity shared by many, energising the whole system for value creation.

Our Approach:

This retreat is built on a foundation of dialogue, co-design and action-oriented learning. Throughout the experience, participants will engage with methods like the Flow Game for peer coaching and personal clarity; World Café for collective sense-making. Leadership groups support the distribution of ownership and ensure sustained application beyond the retreat.

What You’ll Experience:

Through a blend of personal reflection, case-based learning and hands-on practices, you’ll engage in the kinds of conversations and experiments that build trust, sharpen insight and activate collaboration across silos and hierarchies. You will:

• Design and steward value-creating social learning spaces
• Practice distributed learning leadership
• Build peer-led leadership groups like Critical Friends and Agenda Activists
• Learn methods for generative dialogue, strategic dialogue and co-creation

This is not just about improving leadership, it’s about reshaping how learning happens and who gets to lead it in practice.

Who is this for:

This retreat is designed for:

• Board members and trustees
• Senior and mid-level managers leading learning and innovation
• Network leaders, facilitators and consultants
• Leaders in public institutions, nonprofits and cross-sector collaborations

You’ll find this valuable if you want to:

• Share leadership in ways that build trust and ownership across roles and organisations
• Activate learning as a driver of collaboration and innovation
• Cultivate distributed leadership practices that include diverse voices and contexts
• Move beyond hierarchy to co-author strategy, culture and direction

Key outcomes:

You will leave with:

• Experience with distributed leadership approaches
• Practical tools and frameworks for social learning and participatory leadership
• A richer understanding of distributed leadership and how to activate it
• A personal Action Plan for applying workshop insights
• Access to post-workshop support, including a peer learning network and optional coaching

Special guests: to be anounced

Agenda (09:00-20:00 all days)

Day 1: September 29 (late afternoon programme and dinner included)

Day 2: September 30 (late afternoon programme and dinner included)

Day 3: October 1 (late afternoon programme and dinner included)

Location

Located in the coastal town of Helsingør, just across the Øresund from Sweden, Konventum offers a unique blend of natural beauty, modern design and historic significance. Ferries run every 20 minutes to nearby Helsingborg, perfect for a cross-border dinner during the retreat.

Travel & Lodging

On-site lodging is available at Konventum and nearby Hotel Højstrupgaard, just a 2-minute walk from the Forest House, where I will host this retreat. The venue is 50 minutes from Copenhagen Airport by car or train and easily reachable from central Copenhagen

What’s included

3 days of immersive workshop content and facilitation;

All workshop materials and resources;

Daily refreshments, breakfasts, lunches and dinners;

Networking opportunities with peers and facilitators.

What’s not included

Travel to and from Copenhagen.

Accommodation

Group discounts

Group discounts may be available upon request. Please contact connect@sociallearningtalent.com for more details.

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Ready to activate distributed social learning leadership?

Space is limited to ensure an intimate and impactful learning experience. Secure your spot today!

For any inquiries, please contact connect@sociallearningtalent.com.