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Aspen Institute Leadership Seminars Working with leaders & executives in the practice of civil discourse, values-based & professional development. Part of the Aspen Institute

We’re proud to announce the winners of the 2026 Canvas of Leadership Cover Art Contest!This year, we received 61 submiss...
30/10/2026

We’re proud to announce the winners of the 2026 Canvas of Leadership Cover Art Contest!

This year, we received 61 submissions from 46 artists across 25 states, spanning from California to Texas, Puerto Rico and DC — each one offering a distinct vision of what leadership looks like today.

Congratulations to our Grand Prize Winner, Mina Fujii (Abington, PA) and our four Finalists — Lindsay Mueller (Arlington, VA), Karina Calderon (Shelbyville, IN), Laurie Cavender (Pensacola, FL), and Sydney Ginger (Albuquerque, NM) — whose works capture the imagination, courage, and connection that define leadership.

Each piece reflects a different interpretation of this year's themes, “Dialogue Across Difference” and “Understanding over Agreement" — and together, they remind us that leadership is both art and practice.

Explore all the winning pieces → https://www.aspeninstitute.org/programs/aspen-leadership-seminars/cover-art-contest/

What happens when leadership exists at every level?In Episode 6—What Does America Ask of Leaders?—Steven-Paul Lapid refl...
09/10/2026

What happens when leadership exists at every level?

In Episode 6—What Does America Ask of Leaders?—Steven-Paul Lapid reflects on two ships from early in his naval career—and two very different experiences of leadership.

One environment was marked by instability, close control, and shifting priorities. Eventually, people focused more on making it through the day than succeeding together.

The other operated differently. Trust and development were embedded throughout the culture, people had permission to think and solve problems, and responsibility for leadership extended far beyond the captain.

Same hierarchical institution. Very different human experience and very different results.

Consider in your own leadership:
– Are you creating followers, or developing other leaders?
– Do people have enough trust and ownership to solve problems without waiting for permission?
– What does your team’s morale reveal about the leadership culture you've created?

Strong leadership isn't only about how well one person leads. It's also about how many other people become capable of leading because of the environment that person creates.

What anchors a leader when everyone expects something different?In Episode 6—What Does America Ask of Leaders?—Chris ref...
02/10/2026

What anchors a leader when everyone expects something different?

In Episode 6—What Does America Ask of Leaders?—Chris reflects on how the expectations surrounding leadership have become increasingly complex in the last 250 years as our nation grows, shifts, and changes.

Leaders today answer to multiple constituencies (employees, customers, investors, communities, and others) each of whom may bring a different understanding of what an organization should do or prioritize.

Listening to those perspectives matters. But listening doesn’t eliminate the need to choose.

That’s where values become an anchor: not a way to avoid complexity, but a foundation for navigating it with greater consistency and clarity.

Consider in your own leadership:
– What grounds you when important stakeholders want different things?
– When should you adapt—and when should you stand firm?
– What values guide you when there is no choice that satisfies everyone?

The more complicated the environment becomes, the more important it may be to know what you stand for before you’re asked to choose.

In Episode 6—What Does America Ask of Leaders?— Sadia Sindhu reflects on an important tension: the impulse to build some...
25/09/2026

In Episode 6—What Does America Ask of Leaders?— Sadia Sindhu reflects on an important tension: the impulse to build something new versus the harder work of reforming the institutions we already have.

Innovation matters. But so does institutional memory.

Our organizations and institutions carry histories of what worked, what failed, what changed—and why. Understanding those lessons can help leaders discern what deserves to endure, what needs to evolve, and what should be reimagined altogether.

Consider in your own leadership:
– What lessons from the past are informing what you build next?
– What should your organization preserve—and what is ready to change?
– When is starting over easier than doing the harder work of reform?

Looking backward doesn’t have to mean resisting progress. Sometimes, it gives us a better foundation for moving forward.

Each Aspen Executive Seminar cohort moves through the week together: reading, questioning, listening, and building relat...
24/09/2026

Each Aspen Executive Seminar cohort moves through the week together: reading, questioning, listening, and building relationships that endure long after the seminar table.

As alumni, those connections extend into a global community of leaders across sectors, with continued opportunities to learn, engage, and bring the Aspen experience to their own networks, teams, and organizations.

The Aspen Executive Seminar lasts a week. The community expands with you.

A strong Aspen Executive Seminar depends on the mosaic of people sitting around its table. And your perspective belongs ...
23/09/2026

A strong Aspen Executive Seminar depends on the mosaic of people sitting around its table. And your perspective belongs at the table.

Leaders from different professions, sectors, communities, and lived experiences bring assumptions into view, challenge one another's thinking, and make possible the kind of dialogue across difference that is central to the Aspen Method.

To help build that mosaic, a limited number of full-tuition Aspen Executive Seminar Awards are available for eligible leaders.

2027 award categories include:
• Future of Business
• Emerging Arts & Humanities
• Nakasone
• Future of Public Service
• Leadership Beyond Service
• Emerging Social Impact

Awards cover full tuition for the Aspen Executive Seminar. Selected participants are responsible for a $1,500 participant deposit and travel.

Round 1 applications are due November 15, 2026, for the April and June seminars.
Round 2 applications are due April 15, 2027, for the August and October seminars.

Your professional background is part of your candidacy—but so are the questions you're navigating and the perspective you can bring into conversation with other leaders.

What might you contribute to the Aspen Executive Seminar? Explore our seminar awards + apply today!

https://www.aspeninstitute.org/programs/aspen-leadership-seminars/programs-for-individuals/aspen-executive-seminar/seminar-awards/

Guest Steven-Paul Lapid 's reflection from Episode 6—What Does America Ask of Leaders?—takes us back to America’s foundi...
18/09/2026

Guest Steven-Paul Lapid 's reflection from Episode 6—What Does America Ask of Leaders?—takes us back to America’s founding ideas. Not as historical artifacts, but as principles that each generation is responsible for interpreting and putting into practice.

For leaders, that responsibility becomes tangible in the environments they create. Do they have reason to trust those with authority? Are they empowered to contribute their talents and perspectives? And does leadership ultimately serve something larger than the ambitions of the person holding the position?

This framing also reminds us that America is more than a place or a moment in history. It's a set of ideas that endure only through participation; through people willing to take responsibility for preserving what matters while continuing the unfinished work of bringing those principles more fully to life.

For Steven-Paul, military service is his expression of that responsibility: an opportunity to place personal ambition within a larger commitment to country and community.

What's yours?

Reflect for your own leadership:
– What American ideas most influence the way you understand leadership?
– How does your leadership create the conditions for others to contribute their best?
– What does accepting responsibility for something larger than yourself look like in your role today?
– Which principles do you hope your leadership helps preserve, and strengthen, for the generation that follows?

The ideas we inherit only remain living ideas when each generation chooses to practice them.

From the mountains of Colorado to the boardrooms of New York City to the countryside of France this past weekend—the Asp...
17/09/2026

From the mountains of Colorado to the boardrooms of New York City to the countryside of France this past weekend—the Aspen tradition of humanistic dialogue continues to ripple outward.

With colleagues at Aspen France and across the international Aspen network, another mosaic of leaders gathered to read closely, question deeply, and learn across differences. Each seminar extends a tradition larger than any one place: strengthening the habit of inquiry essential to thoughtful leadership, regardless of title, geography, experience, or expertise.

We’re thrilled to see this legacy continue to grow around the world.

Chris Varelas’ reflection in Episode 6—What Does America Ask of Leaders?—brings attention to a part of leadership, speci...
12/09/2026

Chris Varelas’ reflection in Episode 6—What Does America Ask of Leaders?—brings attention to a part of leadership, specifically founders, that we don’t often see: the emotional work required to keep going.

We tend to encounter leaders through outcomes: the company built, the idea realized, the team assembled, the problem solved. What’s less visible is the sustained energy, uncertainty, and resilience required along the way.

And there’s an interesting paradox in reaching positions of greater responsibility: the more people look to you for confidence, direction, and encouragement, the easier it can be to assume that you no longer need those things yourself.

Through hundreds of conversations with founders, Chris has seen how important it can be for leaders to have people who do more than offer expertise or advice. Leaders also need relationships that restore energy, offer perspective, and provide the encouragement necessary to return to difficult work.

That is an important reminder as we consider what America asks of leaders: supporting leadership matters too. The people taking responsibility for building institutions, organizations, and new ideas remain human throughout the journey.

Reflection for your own leadership:
– Where do you go for perspective and encouragement when others are looking to you to provide it?
– Who in your life reinforces your capacity to keep leading, not just the quality of your decisions?
– If you advise or support other leaders, are you paying attention to the person behind the position?
– How might acknowledging the emotional demands of leadership help us develop more resilient leaders and organizations?

Leadership may require extraordinary energy. It doesn’t require carrying that responsibility alone.

What makes a text worthy of the seminar table?It has to do more than introduce an interesting idea. An Aspen Leadership ...
09/09/2026

What makes a text worthy of the seminar table?

It has to do more than introduce an interesting idea. An Aspen Leadership Seminar text asks us to think rigorously about the intellectual, moral, and leadership dimensions. Considering what is right and just, examining responsibility and agency.

The best text (often readings) bring all three together—surfacing tensions and tradeoffs that move from the page, around the table, and ultimately inward: What do I believe? What does this ask of me as a leader?

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