sinead+o'flanagan

I want to suggest a new member. When I met Sinead O’Flanagan, and heard about her work in leadership, the arts and her leadership training at Banff, she seemed a natural for AACORN. As you will see from her bio, she combines organizational development practices with experiential learning, storytelling and leadership training. She obviously belongs here. Sinead is a keen mountaineer who thrives on solo wilderness survival. She enjoys teaching about leadership development and team building skills, both in classroom settings and in outdoor environments. She provides practical, small group, leadership training in the risk and adventure of mountain climbing and wilderness survival. Sinead uses the outdoors experiences to demonstrate the power of being connected to one's environment. She draws on her natural story telling ability, to engage people, to uncover their personal passions and to encourage risk taking in practicing new leadership skills. As a member of the ‘Sustainability at MIT Sloan’ research group, Sinead is examining what contributes to the success of selected industry wide institutions, in establishing standards like LEED (for green buildings) or FSC (for forestry management). As a teaching assistant at the Harvard, Kennedy School of Government (KSG), she helps to apply an experiential approach to learning about leadership, in one of KSG’s most popular graduate courses. Regards, Chris Kelly 