International Conference: Action Learning
The 2025 International Action Learning Conference conference will be hosted by Alliance Manchester Business School at The University of Manchester.
- Event Time
- 7 Apr 18:00 - 9 Apr 16:30
- Event Location
- The University of Manchester
- Event Type
- Healthcare management, Research workshops and seminars
The theme for the 2025 International Action Learning Conference is Creating the conditions for developing people and organisations.
We'll focus on two areas in particular:
- Collective capability
Action learning has a tradition of people interacting and working together to achieve 'something'. Collective capability describes those 'somethings' as being delivered through a process of collective agency. Papers are welcomed on action learning and how it supports that focus of collective capability, agency or leadership.
- Action learning as an agent in leadership development
Action learning is used throughout many industries as an agent for development of leaders. Please share papers on how action learning supports or is the key component of leadership development within programmes or as one-off activities.
Keynote Speakers
- 'When, where and how the magic happens'
Speaker: Professor Naomi Chambers Professor of Healthcare Management, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester
Drawing on her 25 years of experience of facilitating, researching and evaluating action learning, Naomi identifies the critical ingredients. She will go on to explore both the difficulty and the importance of striking a good balance between the processes of learning, reflecting, and taking action.
- 'Manchester and Action Learning'
Speaker: Mike Pedler
Mike will share his experiences of Action Learning over the years, highlighting the many links to Manchester.
Workshops
| Workshop title | Speakers | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Leadership development for a mid-size IT company | Dr Michael Zirkler | Zurich University of Applied Sciences |
| Collaborative Consortium Business to Business Action Learning | Yuri Boshyk | |
| The use of the Multiple Lens View Model in action learning sets to improve leadership decision making |
Sarah Trussler, Sue Shippen |
York St John University |
| Credentialism: The Way Forward for Action Learning? | John Edmonson | |
| Using psychogeography to get movement into the leadership development journey | Leigh Morland | |
| Power and my practice | Ruby Ubhi |
Symposium
'Being an Action Learning Scholar-Practitioner' - David Coghlan, Trinity Business School, Dublin.
Conference tickets
The full delegate rate is £285, closing 24 February 2025. There is a day rate available of £180.
The delegate fee and early bird rate offers:
- Admission to all sessions and plenaries
- Access to conference materials
- Tea, coffee and lunches throughout the conference
- Drinks reception on the Monday
- Conference dinner on the Tuesday.
The day rate allows access to the conference for a specified day and refreshments during that day.
Accommodation is not included in the fees - you must book it separately.
Travel and Accommodation
The University of Manchester is situated less than a mile from the city centre, and is easily accessible by bus, car or on foot.
Find out more about how to find us
We also have a campus hotel, Hyatt Regency and Hyatt House Manchester, with preferential rates.
