Students and alumni are invited to a panel discussion on leading change within organizations, including corporate, government, and arts entities. The panel includes Jenny McColloch, Director of Global Sustainability for McDonald’s; Fred Hochberg, former Chairman and President of the Export-Import Bank; and Ashley Wheater, Artistic Director of the Joffrey Ballet. They will share wisdom and case studies from their own experiences leading change. The panel will be moderated by Hal Weitzman, the Executive Director for Intellectual Capital at Chicago Booth.  

 Hang up your suit. Put away your pumps. Grab your imagination and join us for a storytelling adventure. Welcome to the Treehouse, a discovery destination for alumni brought to you by the Harry L. Davis Center for Leadership.

Treehouse provides a fun space for members of the Booth community to explore, connect, stretch, and share your non-professional interests. The Davis Center believes that leadership is a life-long pursuit that involves continual learning from conventional and sometimes unconventional sources. 

By sharing what you love to do outside of work and engaging in new forms of learning, you'll discover fresh insights that can deepen your impact both professionally and personally. The program will consist of 5-6 stories/presentations/performances from members of the Booth community about leadership lessons derived from their interests outside of work. 

If you have an outside interest that fuels your personal growth and informs how you think about leadership, please consider being a presenter at the program. The format is open, but limited to 6 minutes. The discussion afterwards will be moderated by Harry L. Davis, the Roger L. and Rachel M. Goetz Distinguished Service Professor of Creative Management, Chicago Booth.

Treehouse is for both novices and experts. The emphasis here is on creative exchange, not level of mastery. If you are interested in presenting, please tell us more about your topic here. 

You can view videos of presentations from the inaugural Treehouse event in June 2017 here.

Questions? Please contact DavisCenter@ChicagoBooth.edu. 

Join your classmates for dinner to discuss the foundation of power in politics. The evening will start with a brief talk by William Howell, the Sydney Stein Professor in American Politics at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and a professor in the Department of Political Science and the College. Professor Howell has written widely on separation-of-powers issues and American political institutions, especially the presidency. 

This talk will kick off discussion among small groups about power and in different contexts. 

The Booth Women Connect Conference brings together professionals of diverse backgrounds and a range of experience levels with a common desire to grow personally and professionally. The popular annual conference creates an interactive forum for dialogue and insight on trends and topics that directly influence and affect women. Join us this fall! 

The Davis Center is cosponsor of "You're a Threat - Own It," a session with Tanya Menon, associate professor at Ohio State University Fisher School of Business.