Organisational Kintsugi: Post-Crisis Leadership & Rebuilding with Gold
The Kintsugi philosophy applied to leading organisations after crises and failure — cracks are not hidden but highlighted and treated to become part of the institutional maturity story.
Overview
Program Objectives
- Understand Kintsugi philosophy and its application to post-crisis leadership.
- Design a transparent crisis communication strategy.
- Build a stakeholder trust-recovery plan after a major failure.
Requirements
- 5+ years in leadership, crisis management, or organisational change roles.
Why This Program?
Cracks Are Not Hidden — They Are Highlighted with Gold.
Five days in Kyoto: Kintsugi philosophy, crisis communication, artisan visit, accountability protocols, and trust recovery planning.
Every organisation faces crises. Kintsugi gives leaders a framework to communicate transparently, recover trust, and emerge stronger.
Kintsugi is a 500-year-old Japanese art — the only culture that treats breakage as enhancement, not damage.
Five days: philosophy, crisis communication, hands-on artisan visit, accountability protocols, and trust recovery plan.
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