Guest Blogger II

I am including a posting from my colleague Rupert Loyd. We have shared some great experiences up here in Vancouver at the ILC. Enjoy the post!
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Rupert Loyd writes:

Opennness…it’s about openness. I’m here at the International Leadership Conference in Vancouver, and it is great and tiring and exciting and stretching and…well, you get the idea. This is different from other academic conferences I’ve attended. No “stuffiness” allowed here. People are real and open. I met Peter Northouse, the author of one of our leadership textbooks. He’s as down to earth as you could want and seemed as interested in me as I was in him. Open.

Last night was a reception for new learners, and we had UI&U faculty and one of our deans and the president of Union there. Not a stiff and formal exhange of pleasantries and policies and information, but real communication with prospective learners. Then out to a delightful dinner at a local sports bistro with faculty and administration that kept us up way past our bedtime. Lots of laughter, stimulating conversation, and some great opportunities to be with good people. Openness. I love it.