ABSTRACT
A learning city links its strategy to the development of leadership and learning counselling skills in and for the whole community. The process of renewal and regeneration of the learning city, and participation by large numbers of stakeholders, becomes self-sustaining over time. Skills of leadership are present in many people, and in the learners with a confidence in their own knowledge and expertise. Such stories illustrate the importance of similar leadership development strategies in the education departments of learning cities. Leaders should be immersed in the skills of creativity and, just as important, how to develop creativity in others. Most cities setting out on the path of becoming a learning city have started by setting up committees of all the interested parties. One of the steps a city can take is to organize courses to develop the learning leaders who can help achieve common goals.
