The SoL Flash is a quarterly e-newsletter with pointers to important developments in the field of organizational learning as well as timely updates on SoL community news and events.
Fall 2006
Editor's Note
This issue of the Flash is full of announcements from SoL members and friends highlighting a number exciting events and opportunities for the SoL community.
The next Flash will be published in late January 2007. Please submit your updates and articles for inclusion to me at rachel@solonline.org by January 10, 2007.
Rachel Dow
SoL Flash Editor
SoL Flash, Volume 10, Issue 4
Table of Contents
Features
A Landmark SoL Meeting in Detroit
SoL Members Converge at Energy Conversion Devices
Upcoming SoL Gatherings
Profit for Life, A New SoL Publication by Jay Bragdon
Presence in Action, A New DVD Featuring C. Otto Scharmer
Peter Senge "Quicktalks" Now Available on SoL's Website
SoL's Hastily Formed Networks Project
Reflections: The SoL Journal
-- Volume 7, Issue 4
Sustainability News
-- Beyond "Sustainability Reporting:" How Measuring What Matters Can Drive Engagement, Innovation and Business Performance
-- The 2nd SoL Business Innovation for Sustainability Forum
-- SoL Sustainability Consortium Fall Newsletter
Upcoming Founding SoL Courses and Events
-- Foundations for Leadership
-- Presencing: Collective Leadership for Profound Innovation and Change
Other Local SoL Community Updates and Events
-- SoL Finland
-- SoL France
-- SoL Netherlands
Updates and Events from SoL Communities in Formation
-- SoL Israel
SoL Member Opportunities
-- Profit for Life Reception for SoL Members
-- SoL Member World Café at Pegasus Conference
-- SoL Special Offers Webpage
SoL Business
-- Upcoming SoL Council Meetings
SoL Community Events
-- An Interdependent Future, Special Video Presentation
-- Consciousness, Conscience, and Cash: The Three Elements of Success in Business
-- 16th Annual Pegasus Conference
-- "Rhyming for a Reason" An Evening of Song, Celebration and Powerful Poetry
-- Your Life As Art in Vienna with Robert Fritz
-- Systems Thinking: Tools, Methods, and Skills for Organizational Effectiveness in a Complex World
-- Sustainable School Development Conference
SoL Community News
-- SoL Member Roosevelt Finlayson organizes Second Festival in the Workplace Dialogue
-- SoL Member Stephen Prosser's Publications
-- Business As a Human Community - An Interview with Peter Senge
-- LOPN, Learning Organisation Practitioners' Network, Singapore
-- Employment Opportunities
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Features
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A Landmark SoL Meeting In Detroit
Contributed by Cynthia Way, SoL Consulant Member
On September 18 - 21, 2006 a landmark meeting in the history of SoL was held in Detroit. Hosted by Ford Motor Company and sponsored by SoL, the meeting included participation of the SoL constituencies - organizational members, Liaison Officers, consultants, researchers, and SoL council members. Read More...
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SoL Members Converge at Energy Conversion Devices
Notes by Michael Sales, SoL Consultant Member
On the very rainy morning of September 18, 2006, seven SoL members (Carol Gorelick, Sherry Immediato, Madeline Nold, Michael Sales, Anika Schriefer, Jean Tully, and Michael Yacavone) paid a visit to Energy Conversion Devices (ECD) as a learning journey associated with the All SoL Convergence in Detroit that occurred September 18-21. Energy Conversion Devices is a forty-six-year-old company founded by Stan and Iris Ovshinsky, where some of the most advanced work in the world is being done on thin film photovoltaics, solid state hydrogen, nickel metal hydride, and fuel cells. Many people consider the company the foundation stone of what is commonly called "The Hydrogen Economy," a sweeping set of innovations that promise to provide a virtually infinite amount of energy with zero negative environmental impact. Read More...
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Upcoming SoL Gatherings
Upcoming meetings offer opportunities for SoL members to broaden their networks and deepen their involvement.
On Wednesday November 15, SoL will host a World Café and lunch for SoL members following Peter Senge's keynote address, "We've Never Been Here Before," at the Pegasus Systems Thinking in Action Conference in Boston. Peter Senge, Sherry Immediato, and members of the SoL Council will participate in discussions with SoL members on topics that emerge at the conference. Read more and register for the SoL World Café...
In March of 2007, the SoL Sustainability Consortium will hold The Second SoL Business Innovation for Sustainability Forum in Atlanta. The Coca-Cola Company will serve as local sponsor for this meeting. This forum is designed for all SoL members and is open to the public.
Many of SoL's local community coordinators will be meeting later this fall to consider the types of global community gatherings that they will offer in 2007. If you have an interest in being an active participant in a design team for such an event, please contact Jean Macdonald at the SoL office.
Many SoL members have indicated interest in creating simple, low cost opportunities for virtual gatherings. Similar networks host periodic teleconferences featuring a guest discussion leader, recent authors, organizational case studies, and consulting "clinics." We would like to know if members are interested in experimenting with a series of community-organized teleconferences. This would require members of the SoL community to volunteer to schedule, host, and present. The SoL staff would publicize the call(s) and provide access to any documents presenters may want to share.
If you are interested in taking a leadership role in initiating community organized events, or if you would like to identify yourself as a resource to those who do volunteer, please contact SoL's Projects and Marketing Assistant, Tatiana Lewis, at tatiana@solonline.org or +1-617-300- 9528.
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Profit for Life: How Capitalism Excels, A New SoL Publication by Jay Bragdon
 Profit for Life: How Capitalism Excels introduces a radical new premise to business leaders and investors that brings clarity to a corporate world beset by debt, scandal and chaos: living assets (people and nature) are far more important to corporate health than non-living (capital) assets. Most companies put capital assets first and are suffering for it. A few - like HSBC, Nucor, Toyota, Alcoa - put living assets first and are thriving. Companies that steward living assets - their real sources of wealth - have natural advantages over those that simply look to end results such as returns on capital and earnings per share. This book, based on the analytic model that companies are living systems (de Geus) and operate within larger living systems (Senge), proves living assets, rather than capital assets, are the true source of corporate energy and innovation.
Order Profit for Life now!
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Presence in Action: An Introduction to Theory U
A New DVD Featuring C. Otto Scharmer
 SoL has released its first DVD, Presence in Action: An Introduction to Theory U, which features C. Otto Scharmer's keynote address from the SoL Global Forum in Vienna, September 2005.
In three segments, "Shifting the Social Field," "Facing Three Enemies," and "A 12-Step Presencing Practice," Otto Scharmer introduces the social technology of presencing to management and management science. "Presencing," a blend of "presence" and "sensing," refers to the ability to sense and bring into the present one's highest future potential. Scharmer shows us our current blind spot and encourages co-creation of a future that depends on each of us.
The learning and change theories that guide leaders' actions are based on reflecting on experiences of the past. But the complex challenges facing us today require a new form of learning - one that connects us to the emerging future.
View a clip from the DVD
Order Presence in Action now!
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Peter Senge "Quicktalks" Now Available on SoL's Website
In early October the Targeted Learning Corporation worked with Peter Senge to record a series of nine short recordings, three of which are now available on SoL's website in MP3 format. Each quicktalk provides a glimpse into Peter's current thinking on some of today's most pressing organizational issues and offers refreshing perspectives for exploration.
Impact of Globalization 5 minutes
Organizational Culture and Learning 5 minutes
Transformational Change 3 minutes
Stay tuned! The remaining six quicktalks will be released on the SoL website soon. .........................................................................
SoL's Hastily Formed Networks Project
Momentum continues to accelerate both in terms of interest and participation in SoL's Hastily Formed Networks Project. In May, George Roth, Senior researcher at MIT, presented a research proposal at the May Liaison Meeting for capturing the learning that is occurring around forming, leading, and deploying networks in urgent organizational situations in which central authority is absent (or in some cases in spite of central authority).
New organizations joining current participants which include Ford, Boeing, DoD-Naval Post Graduate School, SoL, The Feinstein International Famine Center, are DTE and The World Bank Institute. A face-to-face meeting is scheduled for October 2 which will be held at and hosted by the World Bank Institute.
For further information contact Jeff Clanon at jclanon@solonline.org
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Reflections: The SoL Journal
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Reflections: The SoL Journal Volume 7, Issue 3
Sustainability is one of many focused areas of interest within the SoL community, and the theme of this issue (Vol. 7, No. 3) of Reflections. Many of our corporate members became interested in the subject of sustainability when they recognized that they needed to lessen or neutralize the environmental impact of their processes, services, and products. Their need and desire coalesced interest, and SoL has been home to the SoL Sustainability Consortium since 1999. The Consortium supports its members' intention to create value and change by combining the analytical rigor of systems thinking with insight into how social networks improve the triple bottom line (people, planet, and profit). SoL has also spawned a number of related initiatives in which SoL members participate, including The European Sustainability Group, Project ELIAS, and the Sustainable Food Lab. In addition, SoL's newest publication, Profit for Life by Jay Bragdon, represents a commitment to promote research and dialogue on the relationship between corporate practices, social and environmental impact, and business results.
Articles in this issue include:
- Systems Citizenship: The Leadership Mandate for This Millennium by Peter Senge
- The Natural Step: A Vision for Sustainable Societies by Manfred Mack and Karl-Henrik Robert
- Gross National Happiness: Measuring What Matters by Frank Dixon
- Seventh Generation: Education for the Consumer Products Business by Jeff Hollender
- Building a Sustainablity Institute in Russia by Jeff Lindstrom
- Cloudy Skies: Assessing Public Understanding of Global Warming by John Sterman and Linda Booth Sweeney
- Book excerpt from Profit for Life by Joseph H. (Jay) Bragdon.
One of SoL's principles is titled "Aligning with Nature." This guiding idea speaks to how we learn not only from each other, but from the living world around us: "It is essential that organizations evolve to be in greater harmony with human nature and with the natural world." We hope the range of articles in this issue will help you both harmonize with and influence the systems of which you are a part. Want to read more? Join SoL as a Connections member and enjoy immediate access to Reflections: The SoL Journal. .........................................................................
Sustainability News
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Leadership and Learning for Sustainability: Conversations on the Art and Practice of Sustainable Enterprise
Beyond "SustainabilityReporting:" How Measuring What Matters Can Drive Engagement, Innovation and Business Performance
November 8, 1-2:30 EST
An audio conference featuring Peter M. Senge, Founding chairperson of SoL, the Society for Organizational Learning and author of The Fifth Discipline: the Art and Practice of the Learning Organization in conversation with: Gil Friend, CEO of Natural Logic on strategic, innovative, performance driven business paths informed by 3.5 billion years of free planetary R&D!
Everyone knows that what gets measured gets done. Like many things that "everyone knows," that's not exactly true, of course. But still, "measuring sustainability" is an increasingly hot topic
from Corporate Social Responsibility reporting to the Global Reporting Initiative, from carbon footprints to ecological footprints to social footprints to "making the business case", S-BAR sustainable business rating system
and one still mired in CP Snow's "two worlds" dilemma of numbers "vs" meaning.
Gil Friend, CEO of the strategic consulting firm Natural Logic, takes an unusual approach to the challenge
deeply committed to providing "generative feedback systems" at all levels of an organization... that "measure sustainability" not just to provide a historical record or a current competitive score, but to feed a new conversation in organizations.. one that fosters innovation... and drives change.
Go to: www.solsustainability.org/upcoming for registration information.
Email events@solsustainability.org to subscribe to our mailing list for sustainability events.
Presented by the Sustainability Consortium of SoL, the Society for Organizational Learning in conjunction with J. Ottman Consulting.
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The 2nd SoL Business Innovation for Sustainability Forum: Leadership, Learning & Collaboration for a Living Economy
March 27-30, 2007 - Atlanta, Georgia, US
To register, or learn more about this event, visit www.solsustainability.org
The SoL Sustainability Consortium invites you to attend its 2nd public forum on March 27-30, 2007 in Atlanta. This event, facilitated by Peter Senge and others, will highlight the work and research of the SoL Sustainability Consortium, as well as other leading thinkers in the field. This event will convene people with diverse perspectives, experiences and professional responsibilities who share a common goal environmental and social sustainability in business and society. Based on the principles and methods outlined by Peter Senge in The Fifth Discipline, this unique event will provide the opportunity for innovative solutions, productive benchmarking and collaborative learning to occur. Read More...
For more information, contact Martha Brown, Forum Coordinator at martha.brown@solsustainability.org.
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SoL Sustainability Consortium Fall Newsletter
The Fall issue of the SoL Sustainability Consortium News is available now.
Download the SoL Sustainability Consortium News
For more information on the SoL Sustainability Consortium visit www.solsustainability.org
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Upcoming Founding SoL Courses and Events
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Foundations for Leadership, Special nonprofit and team rates available!
March 13-15, 2007- Boston, MA US
Facilitated by Peter Senge and Robert Hanig
October 2-4, 2007
Facilitated by Peter Senge and Beth Jandernoa
 This program goes deeply into the domains of personal mastery, collaborative inquiry, and the systems perspective as key competencies for sustaining profound change. Through the interplay of personal and interpersonal work, participants will recognize that leadership concerns the capacity of a human community to shape its destiny and to bring forth realities aligned with people's deepest aspirations. From senior executives to those with no formal authority, leaders at every organizational level will gain deeper insights into leadership as a collective phenomenon. Teams are encouraged to participate and explore together what it takes to create an environment in which leadership is a shared responsibility, naturally embedded in the fabric on an organization or community. This program was the origin of Peter Senge's book The Fifth Discipline.
If you are interested in attending Foundations for Leadership please email Stacy Bougie or call her at +1-617-300-9560.
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Presencing: Collective Leadership for Profound Innovation and Change
May 2007, dates and location to be announced
Facilitated by C. Otto Scharmer, Beth Jandernoa and Arawana Hayashi
 Based on the u-model featured in the book Presence: An Exploration of Profound Change in People, Organizations, and Society , by Peter Senge, C. Otto Scharmer, Joseph Jaworski, and Betty Sue Flowers, this experiential workshop for teams leaders at all levels introduces individual and collective methodologies for sensing and facilitating profound change both within organizations and across societal systems. The workshop is based on findings from interviews with 150 scientists and social and business entrepreneurs in the areas of creativity, high performance, and leadership. Adam Kahane, Joseph Jaworksi and Peter Senge will join this session as guests.
If you are interested in attending Presencing, please email Stacy Bougie or call her at +1-617-300-9560.
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Other Local SoL Community Updates and Events
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SoL Finland - SoL Conference 2006!
November 13-14, 2006
Helsinki, Finland
SoL Finland welcomes you to SoL Conference 2006, which will be held in November at Finlandia Hall in Helsinki. Our main theme this year is: Fire, Passion and Excellence.
Fire has been a mystical phenomenon throughout the time. Our distant ancestors marveled at the glow of fire. Simultaneously fire aroused fear and respect. Fire had power. They believed that the creator of fire was a higher force. This belief is reflected in the paintings found on the walls of ancient caves. Fire meant life for tribes. It kept them warm and protected them from wild animals. It brought light into the darkness. Wandering hunters met also members of other tribes on their hunting trips. At the night fall the tribe leaders gathered their tribes together around a common fire and exchanged their stories on the secrets of fire through tales and dancing. Thus the story of fire spread around the whole world.
At SoL Conference 2006, fire is the symbol for knowledge. Therefore, we gather around a camp fire, as our ancestors did in their time, to share news and ideas.
The camp fires will be lit on the 13 and 14 of November in Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, Finland. Our leading torch carrier is Brasilian Marcial Losada, whose ideas on High Performing Teams are hot topics of conversation around the world.
The leading role is, however, reserved for you. That has been the source of our motivation for organizing various inspiring and glowing camp fires for your benefit - they are workshops, which create pathways of teams, communities, leadership and well-being.
On these paths you will have an opportunity to solve your current and future challenges together with other like-minded participants. You will be equipped with tools for your own job as a manager as well as for the use of your whole organization. We will offer you the suitable tools for starting the fire and during the conference days you will surely further develop them into your own direction.
You find more information about the programme, enrollment and contact details from the following Power Point presentation or our webpage www.solconference.com/eng Learn more about SoL Finland.
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SoL European Coordinators Meeting
November 12, 2006
Radisson SAS Seaside, Helsinki Finland
SoL Finland is happy to invite SoL European Coordinators to the first group meeting since SoL's global forum in Vienna. The agenda is flexible, although the following topics will most likely be discussed.
- Situation and challenges in all fractals and globally
- European SoL Community where we are and where we want to go?
- Membership and connections in the Global SoL Community
- Upcoming possible local SoL, European and global meetings
Schedule
1 pm - lunch together
2 pm - meeting starts, coffee break when we want
8 pm - meeting ends
Cost: 50 e (VAT included) to cover expenses / person (cash or invoice)
Hotel rooms can be booked directly from Radisson SAS Seaside, ask for special offer
1 person - 115 / room
2 people - 130 / room
Reservations: +358 (0) 20 1234 700
Remember mention reservation code: SoL 2006
www.radissonsas.fi
Please let Satu, satu@solfinland.org, know if you plan to attend.
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SoL France
Upcoming SoL France Events
November, 14 to 16, Seminar "Principles and Practice of organizational learning," working language: French, in Gouvieux-Chantilly, www.solfrance.org/Seminar%20PPOL.htm
More news from SoL France can be found at www.solfrance.org
General Sol France contact : sol.france@libertysurf.fr or sophie.juin@free.fr
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SoL Netherlands
SoL Netherlands members Peter Strobosch, and Tonnie Van der Zouwen, have created a website that contains an abundance of information about large scale interventions. The site includes a free toolkit on choosing a large group intervention method, free articles, and links to other interesting sources. The site is in English and in Dutch. Please see www.largescaleinterventions.com
For more information about SoL Academy Netherlands, please visit www.solacademy.nl (in Dutch).
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Updates and Events from SoL Communities in Formation
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SoL Israel
On September 20, approximately 35 people gathered in Israel to explore their common interest in complexity theory and human systems. This gathering was an initiative of members of the SoL Israel community, who plan to develop a network that meets regularly around these issues.
The first meeting was devoted to listening to participants' stories of using the complexity framework in their particular field. Meeting participants professional backgrounds included law, architecture, medicine, physics, psychology, OD, education, business. The next meeting will focus on developing a shared understanding of the basic ideas of complexity theory, as different people had different ideas about this framework.
We invite SoL members to send us interesting materials and invitations regarding complexity.
Founded in 2001, the SoL Israeli fractal is a small active group of around 10 people, most of who are OD practitioners. Members from SoL Israel have participated in SoL's global forums in Finland and Vienna. They have a sub group dealing with sustainability led by Dr. Edna Pasher. This group initiated a workshop for managers on sustainable development and is planning next steps.
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SoL Member Opportunities
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SoL Member World Café at Pegasus Conference
On Wednesday November 15, SoL will host a World Café and lunch for SoL members following Peter Senge's keynote address, "We've Never Been Here Before," at the Pegasus Systems Thinking in Action Conference in Boston. Peter Senge, Sherry Immediato, and members of the SoL Council will participate in discussions with SoL members on topics that emerge at the conference. Read more and register for the SoL World Café... .........................................................................
Special Offers for SoL Members
Don't miss out! Make sure to check our Special Offers for SoL Members page for the latest offers and discounts. As a member of SoL, you are entitled to special offers and discounts on select event registration fees, magazine subscriptions, and more.
Do you have a special offer for members of SoL? Contact Rachel Dow at rachel@solonline.org.
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SoL Business
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Upcoming SoL Council Meetings
The final face-to-face council meeting for 2006 will take place on November 1 and 2 at SoL's office in Cambridge.
The final council teleconference for 2006 is scheduled for and December 14, 10:30AM - 12:30PM Eastern Time. .........................................................................
SoL Community Programs & Events
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An Interdependent Future, Special Video Presentation
Monday, November 6, 2006
7:30 to 9:30
EnlightenNext - 38 Cameron Avenue, Suite 100, Cambridge, MA
Admission: $5
On Monday, November 6, a video of Peter Senge's keynote from the 2005 Pegasus Conference will be shown at 38 Cameron in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Peter Senge draws on his experiences with all kinds of organizations to discuss how a new vision for an interdependent future is taking form on the planet.
Sponsored by The Pachama Alliance, EnlightenNext, SoL, the Society for Organizational Learning, and Pegasus Communications.
Contact Miriam Hawley at 1-617-354-7555 or Barry Taylor at 1-781-237-8406.
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Consciousness, Conscience, and Cash: The Three Elements of Success in Business
An interactive seminar with Carol Sanford and Jeffrey Hollender
Thursday, November 9, 2006
7:30pm 9:30pm
EnlightenNext - 38 Cameron Avenue, Suite 100, Cambridge, MA
Reservations and info about the event: www.andrewcohen.org/boston/ccc.asp
Join Carol Sanford, a consultant for over 30 years to Fortune 500 companies, and Jeffrey Hollender, the CEO of Seventh Generation, for a special interactive seminar on the evolving role of conscience and consciousness in business.
Summary
Profits have always been considered an acceptable, if not the sole pursuit for corporations. In recent decades conscience has also found its way into the boardroom. As general awareness has grown about the impact of business decisionssending jobs overseas, relying on sweat shops for manufacturing, or damaging the environmentmore and larger companies are paying attention to their social and environmental impacts.
What is less understood and valued is the role of consciousness in business. Consciousness--the ability to observe and manage the activity of our minds toward a desired end--is critical for innovation and planning. Without consciousness we behave mechanically, our perspective is limited and artificially constructed, and we are destined to repeat patterns, even disastrous ones. Without consciousness, we cannot possibly change the future. But when we develop and evolve our consciousness, we expand how we perceive the world around us. We begin to see a more complex, nuanced view of reality. To generate new opportunities in business, we must develop the capacity for evolving our consciousness in order to achieve social and environmental responsibility as well as financial effectiveness.
Suggested Readings: www.andrewcohen.org/boston/ccc.asp
Cost : $75 Contributor Price
$45 at the door
$40 online
$25 with a valid student ID
* Contributor Price: Jeffrey Hollender and Carol Sandford are both well sought after executive management speakers. This is a rare event that would normally be available for much higher admissions than our usual door charge. We would ask if your admission is sponsored by a business/organization or you are otherwise able to pay the real value of the event, that you consider paying the Contributor price. Proceeds go to support EnlightenNext and future events of this kind.
Directions: www.38cameron.com/about/directions.htm
Contact Us: Call 617.492.4091 or email info.boston@enlightennext.org
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"Rhyming for a Reason" An Evening of Song, Celebration and Powerful Poetry Featuring Iyeoka Ivie Okoawo
On Monday, November 13, 2006, The Berkana Institute, in partnership with José Mateo Ballet Theatre, will host the first annual Rhyming for a Reason: An Evening of Song, Celebration and Powerful Poetry to benefit The Berkana Institute.
The evening will feature an incredible line up of local and nationally acclaimed spoken-word poets such as Tim Merry, Derrick Ashong, 1-2-5 and Adam Stone, Margaret Wheatley and headlining act, Iyeoka Ivie Okoawo.
Iyeoka, a Nigerian-American poet/singer from Boston, was showcased in Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam airing on HBO and was a highlight on the late night CBS hip hop show The SOURCE ALL ACCESS. She has received numerous awards including the 2006 New England Urban Music Award for Best Female Spoke Word Poet, was commissioned by Arnold Worldwide to create a spoken-word poem to be used as a diversity training tool, and is the only poet to be on all six Boston Lizard Lounge Slam Teams.
The arts are a natural and universal form of expression that wakes us up and reconnects us to one another, says Berkana Co-President, Deborah Frieze. At Rhyming for a Reason, we'll be celebrating the power of the arts to create social change. These poets use spoken word to open up new ways for us to see our communities and to create new possibilities for community health, economic self-reliance and ecological sustainability.
Proceeds from the evening through ticket sales, sponsorship and the silent auction will benefit The Berkana Institute, a non-profit organization that connects pioneering leaders who are committed to strengthening their communities' leadership capacity and self-reliance by working with the wisdom and wealth already present in its people, traditions and environment. Led by Boston resident Deborah Frieze, Berkana conceived this event to gather the community to celebrate the power of the arts to create social change.
Rhyming for a Reason will be held at the José Mateo Ballet Theatre in Cambridge 400 Harvard Street on Monday, November 13, 2006 from 8:00 p.m. 10:30 p.m. Tickets for the event can be purchased at www.rhymingforareason.net . $50 in advance, $75 at the door, $15 with student ID. Proceeds from the evening will benefit The Berkana Institute.
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Your Life As Art
Facilitated by Robert Fritz, Author of Your Life as Art
11th-13th January 2007
Vienna, Austra
Venue: Hotel Modul, Peter-Jordan-Strasse 78, A-1190 Vienna, http://www.hotelmodul.at
Price: 790,-- inclusive of 20% VAT and refreshments.
Bestselling author Robert Fritz will facilite his workshop, Your Life as Art, in Vienna Austria this January. In it,
you will learn how you can create your life the same way an artist develops a work of art. When you begin to approach your life from that orientation you transform your world.
Robert offers personal support to participants, enabling them to reflect on aspirations and expectations within their own lives and to develop these further; to break free from standard practice and to capture and transform one's own life into a creative form akin to a work of art. In this NRG workshop you will not only familiarize yourself with Robert's methodology but also learn how to directly apply this to personal goals in the workplace. The workshop will be conducted in the English language. For personal understanding, and in preparation for the workshop, Robert recommends the readings in his book: ''Your life as Art.
If you have any questions please contact Barbara Heitger at +43.699.13688074; barbara.heitger@neuwaldegg.at or Michael Moeller at +43.699.13688084; michael.moeller@neuwaldegg.at.
If you would like to participate in the workshop please contact Christina Schmidt: christina.schmidt@neuwaldegg.at . Places are allocated on a first come first served basis.We will happily arrange accomodation on your behalf.
For more information about Robert Fritz and other course offerings, please visit www.robertfritz.com
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Systems Thinking: Tools, Methods, and Skills for Organizational Effectiveness in a Complex World
January 18-19, 2007, Cambridge, MA, USA
December 2006 or January 2007, San Francisco Bay area
Cost: $500
In the spring of 2006, SoL Consultant member Rick Karash
generously shared the content of his 2-day Systems Thinking course with a group of SoL Consultant and Research members who wanted to deepen their facility with Systems Thinking teaching and application.
Graduates of the course are now offering a two-day introductory course in systems thinking for leaders, consultants, and facilitators. For more information, download the workshop flyer, or visit www.karash.com/stdpcourse/.
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Sustainable School Development Conference
February 13-17, 2007 - The Netherlands
With Peter Senge, Michael Fullan, and Daniel Kim
The Society for Sustainable Learning will arrange an international conference about sustainable school development in The Netherlands, February 13 -17, 2007. This conference offers you a unique opportunity to work with three of the most important thinkers in education, school leadership and organizational learning. Unique because it's the first time for Peter Senge, Michael Fullan, and Daniel Kim to work together in a conference. In their keynotes and dialogue sessions they will connect to the Dutch and the global educational development.
Besides Fullan, Kim, Senge, and other international guests, Dutch practitioners will contribute from their expertise in the educational field. These workshops will be facilitated by Dutch and international facilitators who have expertise in organizational learning and by practitioners from schools who have worked with organizational learning in the school and the classroom.
Tuesday, February 13, Peter Senge will facilitate a master class focused on successful organizational development. Friday, February 16, Daniel Kim will facilitate a master class systems thinking.
For more information in Dutch, visit www.duurzaamleren.org/
For more information in English, download the conference announcement or contact Guus Geisen at guusgeisen@natuurlijkleren.org
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SoL Community News
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SoL Member Activities: Second Festival in the Workplace Dialogue
SoL Consultant Member Roosevelt Finlayson organized the second International Dialogue on Festival in the Workplace (FITW), this past June in Nassau, Bahamas. The theme was Transforming People and Organizations through the Creative Power of Festivals. Roosevelt is co-developer of FITW, which is a personal and organizational transformation process that stimulates people to become their most creative, productive and passionate selves.
FITW is based on lessons from festivals such as the annual Junkanoo Festival in The Bahamas and the carnivals of Trinidad and Brazil. Roosevelt says FITW serves as a catalyst for the development of a new organizational culture that ignites the creative spirit and passion for personal and organizational excellence. In such a culture, people experience joy, meaning and fulfillment. Read More...
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SoL Member Publications
SoL UK member Stephen Prosser wrote us recently to tell us about two of his books.
Effective People: Leadership and Organisation Development in Healthcare
Radcliffe Publishing, Oxford (UK) and Seattle (US)
This inspirational book analyses the attitudes and disciplines which make people - and the organizations for which they work - more effective, more productive and generally more successful. It is a valuable resource for leaders in the health service, and particularly for leaders of the future, including managers, clinicians, policy makers and academics. ADDITIONAL INFO. Between 1995 and 2001 I was the founding chief executive of the National Health Service Staff College (Wales) and this organization was devoted to developing the clinical and management staff of the NHS and the organizations in which they worked. The whole basis of the College and its work was influenced by OL, particularly The Fifth Discipline. The Staff College became a successful demonstration of OL in practice. In 2001 I became Professor of Leadership and Organisation Development at the University of Glamorgan and the book brings together my practical and theoretical knowledge of leadership and OD, but all of it is set against my firm commitment to OL.
Making It Happen in Public Service:
Devolution in Wales as a Case Study
Imprint Academic, Exeter, England
This book examines the change management strategies and processes employed to ensure that the Labour Government's commitment to devolution became a reality in Wales. As such, it is an account of constitutional, cultural, organizational and human change set within a dynamic political context and is based on unprecedented research access to devolution papers and the politicians and civil servants (past and present) concerned with the changes. It also demonstrates the role of leadership in such changes and makes a substantial contribution to organizational learning theory. The Permanent Secretary (the most senior civil servant) gave organizational learning as one of his main reasons for agreeing to have this book written. It tells the story of how public servants took the UK government's policy of devolving government and made it a reality. It has many lessons that are generic and can be applied to most public sector organizations and probably many private sector and not-for-profit organizations. .........................................................................
Business As a Human Community - an interview with Peter Senge
The October issue of SGI Quarterly A Buddhist Forum for Peace, Culture and Education features an interview with Peter Senge. Read the interview...
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LOPN, Learning Organisation Practitioners' Network, Singapore
www.lopn.net
LOPN is a growing network of organizational learning practitioners in Singapore.
Modeled on SoL, this voluntary effort opened in September 2002 and is composed of practitioners from public, private, and non-private sectors. The network provides these practitioners the opportunity to share experiences and best practices and helps each practitioner to deepen their practices.
Learn more about LOPN at: www.lopn.net or contact Local SoL Community Member Sheila Damodaran at Sheila_DAMODARAN@spf.gov.sg .
The LOPN newsletter, which includes a listing of upcoming events and is updated every month, is available here: www.lopn.net/NewsFlash.html
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