Leadership Emergence on the Emerald Isle

Since 2019, the University of Denver has facilitated short-term travel courses in Ireland and Northern Ireland on an annual basis. The six courses epitomized emergent learning experiences where students and faculty co-created learning that connected leadership theory with Irish history. The Irish struggle for independence from British colonial rule and the peace process in Northern Ireland provided fertile ground for sense making related to complexity leadership theory, ambiguity, adaptive leadership, and intentional emergence.