A national leadership program for heritage and cultural conservation leadership in Israel
KEDEM is a national training program for groundbreaking leadership to empower heritage and cultural conservation in Israel, and increase its prominence in the public sphere.
Kedem seeks to foment individual, organizational and national transformation processes. It works with central actors in the various areas of heritage and cultural conservation in Israel, integrating individuals, organizations and institutions, to bring cultural heritage to the forefront, and engender active public participation in its conservation and consumption.
Partners
The program, offered by the Guilford Glaser Faculty of Business and Management, is associated with the principal institutions leading the field at the national level. The objective – a systemic and proactive approach to heritage and cultural conservation in Israel.
Goals of KEDEM
This two-year program trains a cadre of leaders and trailblazers who will lead multi-level change in the various spheres of heritage and cultural conservation. We train the incoming generation of innovative and entrepreneurial leaders, who will refresh the field and engage the full spectrum of Israeli society in their work.
Create and propagate professional knowledge in the various areas of heritage, culture, conservation, leadership, entrepreneurship and innovation, within the program and beyond.
Knowledge
Create a community of influencers through active engagement in heritage and cultural conservation on the ground. Generate a network of NAME participants and alumni, and mobilize a wide range of partners throughout Israel.
Community
Initiate and promote processes and projects to significantly enhance the field’s import in the public sphere. Make a difference in a variety of facets, including society, the economy, politics, education, communications and more.
Processes
levels of action and impact
National level
Promote the program, its actions and its participants in the heritage and cultural conservation community and in the general public. Develop Israel’s national heritage and cultural conservation ecosystem, as well as new infrastructures to promote the field.
Participant level
Develop personal leadership by acquiring professional knowledge and skills, and extending and diversifying personal professional networks.
Group level
Form an active and supportive community that can ferment interdisciplinary and inter-organizational cooperation. Planning and implementation of innovative projects by the participants, during and after the program’s duration.
Program principles
Experiential
Learning processes through practical development and implementation of startups and projects, accompanied by top academics and experts.
Individual and group mentoring
Individual and group learning processes, with a focus on skill and knowledge acquisition, personal empowerment, and network-building.
Hands-on
Learning through projects, simulations and case studies.
Active learning, in which learners are also instructors, sharing their expertise.
Peer learning – reciprocal learning with peers from different organizations and disciplines.
International
Exposure to trends and innovations around the world through international excursions, workshops, seminars, and case studies.
Modular
Curriculum composed of varied independent learning modules, in the form of concentrated days, workshops and excursions.