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Community Purpose:
Our vision is yet to be fully formed and has been the subject
of much discussion. However we are clear on a few things. We
aim to further the understanding and practice of organisational
learning within the public sector, educational institutions
and businesses both and large and small in our island community.
In particular our members have interests in
- Island / Small State economies similar to our own particularly
where rejuvenation or regeneration of social, cultural and
economic capital is taking place
- The practice of learning organisation principles and tools
within small businesses
- Leadership and Learning in organisations
- Systems thinking and scenario planning within the Public
sector
Membership Structure:
Some 40 people attended our initial meeting on 9th May 2003
to gauge interest in forming a community of practice. We have
decided to wait until our membership base has time to expand
before deciding on a membership structure. We are striving to
achieve a balance of business members, researchers, consultants
and representatives from the public sector. We are also striving
to attract more members from an operational background to complement
those from a Human Resources background. We are anxious to further
our links with academic institutions within the state and in
particular to partner with them in meaningful research projects.
We are also extremely interested in attracting younger/ student
members to give us a "three generational" approach to all of
our endeavours.We are currently establishing a membership work
group who will look at all of the above in the New year as we
define our structure, purpose and membership categories. We
are mindful of the great learning that exists within the global
sol collectiveness around membership and will be grateful for
any and all input!
Our main group (with a base of approx 20 people) meets on the
fourth Friday of Every Month. Our Capacity Building Group at
present meets every Tuesday
Steering Committee
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We currently have 2 Main Working Groups who overlap somewhat.
They are responsible for Membership and Structure and for Capacity
Building Events
Members include: Paul Leitch, Thomas Cosgrove, Janet Bush,
Paula Sullivan, Maria Flynn, Malcolm Lovell, Lesley Haywood,
Bronwyn Cross,
Projects and Initiatives:
Global Forum Digest and Café
We are continuing to assimilate the learning from Helsinki and
have already had the first of several Capacity Building sessionsIt
is our intention to run specific topic focused events around
emergent themes from the forum in the new year and our Capacity
Building Workgroup is working on this at present
Arts in Business
We are about to start a research project involving companies,
their stories and links to our cultural community. It is envisaged
that we will present the findings as a cultural/ artistic event
as part of “10 Days on the Island” Tasmania’s
biennial Global Arts festival
Affiliations:
SoL Australia
Thomas Cosgrove our co-ordinator was part of the founding group
for SoL Australia and was Vice President. Elyssabeth Leigh is
currently a director of SoL Australia and a member of the Global
SoL Design Team. She has agreed to act as our link to SolA
Tasmania Together
We are currently discussing the benchmarks contained within
the State's 20 year Vision and will consider which are appropriate
for SoL to take carriage of in the coming months.
The Training Consortium
Attached to the Premiers office TTC is responsible for the provision
of all learning within our public sector and some of our larger
corporations and educational institutions. They have been a
founding member.Business institutionsWe are currently working
to establish closer links with other business groups.
Upcoming Events:
IXB a Global Learning Laboratory December 11-12th
This is our first public event and is a two day simulation which
lets participants build and experience their own learning organisation.
SolDay
This is a half day event in January which will aim to share
current exciting practice amongst both sol members and the wider
community. It is designed to be a fun learning event whose primary
purpose is to explore and share knowledge and practice.
Lunch and Learns
We are aiming to build our capacity as a community following
the global forum with a series of lunchtime forums on emerging
themes
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