In the final plenary session, of the 7th Annual Meeting of SoL, participants shared their appreciation for a particular experience at this year's meeting: Seeing and sensing the qualities that we so often attribute to successful leaders embodied in the behavior of all participants and recognizing that a SoL meeting is about the whole person. The Native American guests at this year's meeting made us aware of our heritage in that regard: Wisdom and the courage to act on it are born when we connect through our minds, hearts, and spirit. Participants stated, "It is up to us to model behavioral change in order to inspire others. As leaders we have the opportunity to experiment within our organizations and embed new ideas and behaviors over time. Yet, such profound change can't be achieved alone."

One of the ways, we as a species have always been connected, is through art. In the SoL meeting we created space for music, paintings, play, dance, and graphic recording - an elegant practice of capturing what's present. Michael Jones, whose piano play unfolds through engaging in the space and connections around him, mentioned that the quality of our togetherness creates opportunities for another part of intelligence to unfold. While it seems perfectly ordinary when it is there, it seems impossible to find and hold when it is not. His play at our meeting created new possibilities to communicate with one another. It allowed us to feel what's most important to us knowing that we are listening together for that experience.

Participants discovered the value and potential of our interconnectedness through innovative and creative keynotes on aligning big picture context and small world action, leveraging cultural differences when developing global leaders, using nature as a classroom, exploring the art of action inquiry and the emergence of core questions. Sessions on Thompson Island in the Boston Harbor on one afternoon combined with tracking, centering, and meditation exercises, let participants experience learning beyond their usual conference settings while engaging all their senses. Yes, learning can be fun!

A Web-Based Framework for Managing Knowledge and Leading Transformation at Unilever
PRESENTER: Agnes Roux-Kiener
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Effecting Large Scale Change: Stories from Unilever, DTE, Intel, and AT&T
PRESENTERS: Brigitte Tantawy Monsou, Nora Hughes, Linda Marshall, Carol Gorelick, and Barry Sugarman
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Improving Organizational Performance through Social Action Research
PRESENTERS: Linda Lancaster, George Greenfield, Dennis Sandow, and Nick Zeniuk
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Ford Motor Company's Educational Experiment in Systems Thinking
PRESENTERS: Shelia Covert-Weiss, Gregory J. Clark, and Jeremy Seligman
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Collaborating to Build Sustainable Practices That Bring Competitive Advantage: The Sustainability Consortium's Materials Pooling Project
PRESENTERS: Joe Laur and Sara Schley
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Using Structural Tension for Outcome-Oriented Management (American Woodmark Corporation)
PRESENTERS: Robert Fritz, George Barrar, and Bill Brandt
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At the Core of Business Results: The SoL Applied Learning Process (Word document) (Powerpoint Slides)
PRESENTERS: Carol Gorelick, Jeff Clanon, and Robert O'Bryan
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Appreciative Inquiry: A Strength-Based Approach to Innovation and Transformation
PRESENTERS: Deborah Reidy, Marjorie Schiller, and Jean Tully
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Emergent Learning Maps: Linking Knowledge and Action
PRESENTERS: Marilyn Darling, Charles Parry, and Bruce Boggs
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How Leadership Emerges When People Feel Engaged in Their Work
PRESENTER: Nora Hughes
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An introduction to SoL's Core Processes

Leveraging Cultural Differences in Intel's Global Leadership Development Journey
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PRESENTER: Nora Hughes
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Big Picture Context, Small World Action
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PRESENTER: Medard Gabel
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SoL Practitioners keynote session
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PRESENTERS: Val Micklus— AT&T, Simone Amber —Schlumberger, Brigitte Tantawy-Monsou —Unilever, Bill Brandt— American Woodmark
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