Private executive dialogue · Brussels
Can organisations protect creativity without weakening control, responsibility or performance?
A focused breakfast conversation for senior leaders, hosted with MCE ahead of the publication of The Creativity Paradox.
15 Sep 2026Tuesday morning
08:00 – 10:00Breakfast dialogue
BrusselsSteigenberger Icon Wiltcher’s
50 – 60Senior leaders
The conversation
Not a launch presentation. A leadership dialogue.
Participants will examine the hidden tensions that decide whether ideas are voiced, tested and translated into progress – especially where safety, execution and accountability matter.
- Why capable organisations unintentionally silence ideas
- How psychological safety works under real operational pressure
- Where structure enables creativity – and where it suffocates it
- What senior leaders can redesign in systems, behaviours and decisions
Working agenda
08:00
Arrival and breakfast
Informal introductions among invited leaders.
08:25
The Creativity Paradox
A concise provocation from Abdelmoula El Hadi.
08:45
Moderated executive dialogue
Leadership perspectives, industrial evidence and participant discussion.
09:45
Commitments and close
One leadership condition each participant will examine.
Programme and speakers remain subject to final confirmation by Abdelmoula and MCE.