Gerard Fairtlough and the Triarchy Group

I was enormously moved by the memorial service for Gerard last Saturday. And, though I was initially disappointed at the relatively small attendance at the symposium on Sunday, I also realised that the group was just the right size to get the ball rolling for the future.

With people travelling from far and wide - LA, Washington, Brussels, Paris to name four - to be at the memorial weekend, there was also a palpable energy and enthusiasm to do something more, to take forward Gerard's thinking, to develop it and spread it widely, under the banner of something like The Triarchy Group.

While we wait for the dedicated e-mail group, blog and forum, or whatever, to be put in place so we can talk to each other - two things:

If you weren't able to be there on Sunday but would like to be part of planning what happens next, do get in touch. Post a comment to this blog or e-mail me.

I don't think we want to try and copy TED, but I do find some genuinely inspiring talks on there and this one from Benjamin Zander I like in particular, because it seems to be a classical musician's introduction to Systems Thinking and because classical (and not so classical) music was very close to Gerard's heart.



The model - distributing and circulating the presentations free of charge (which is how I'm allowed to reproduce the talk above) - but charging huge amounts to the people who attend, seems a wonderful one. I'm certain Gerard would have approved.