SoL-UK

Public Website: http://www.sol-uk.org/

Community Purpose:
SoL is a global learning community dedicated to building, diffusing and applying knowledge and understanding about fundamental institutional change. Our vision is to nurture organisations worthy of people's fullest commitment The purpose of SOL is to discover, integrate and implement theories and practices for the interdependent development of people, their networks and their institutions

EMERGENT STRATEGIES: Historically people within organisations have expected to be led but now strategies are emerging from within companies that are not directed. The main problem in creating a learning organisation is the lack of communication.

PASSION & CREATIVITY: OL can unleash the passion and creativity of the people within an organisation, allowing innovation and refocusing of the company, leading to leadership with partnership.

DIVERSITY: Cultural change and creativity embrace and enhance diversity in an organisation. Learning is a strategy for success but learning can often be blocked.

COMMUNITY & ENGAGEMENT: Individuals can be trained but learning takes place when we interact with others, so much can be gained from being part of a learning group such as SOL-UK (London). What will make organisations - and the people within them - learn are when they can see the competitive advantage they gain. Learning involves communication, sharing and engagement.

ADDING VALUE: S0L-UK (London) provides a rich network with other learning organisations, the nutriants for improvement, gives access to the global community and a share in the research. It has to give long-term sustainability and add value to individual members. Membership of SOL-UK (London) is about improving that "dividend" to stakeholders.

Mentors:
Arie de Geus, SOL-UK President. Retired Group Planning Coordinator, Royal Dutch Shell Group

Professor Brenda Gourley, The Open University

Richard Haythornthwaite, CEO Invensys, ex-CEO of Blue Circle Industries

Gordon Stevens, Chairman Phytopharm plc; Retired Director Unilever plc/NV; retired Chairman WPP Group plc

Membership Structure:
SME Members: University of Surrey, Longview Publishing

Individual Members: Researcher, Consultant, Associate, Remote and Student Members

Membership Benefits :

• Herewith some of the benefits of membership:
  • Being part of the SoL global and local networks of academics, practitioners and consultants with a commitment to organisational learnin 
  • Increased opportunity to develop and/or participate in research fractals and work-group 
  • Evening seminars, preferential rate for members
  • Preferential access to research days and conferences 
  • Preferential access to formal learning programme (4 delegates to events from business and 3 delegates  from NPO members)              
  • Preferential access to made-to-measure consultancy services 
  • Communications: newsletters; bulletins; member profiles; 2.0 forums (in progress); reports and case studies 
  • Global SoL e-membership (Reflections Journal; access to other fractals; profile and networking opportunities etc) 
  • Right to vote on certain issues and attend the AGM and EGMs

   
  Benefits are therefore to be derived at local, European and global levels. All three communities are developing and growing at a steady pace with increasing benefits from the multi-level networks.

STEWARDS' GROUP:

Arie de Geus, President

Rosie Beckham, Director

Geoff Marlow, Director

Graham Robinson, Director

Robert Goodsell, Director

Tony Hodgson, Individual Member

Johannes Froehlich, Individual Member

Bob Mitchell, Company Secretary

Roy Woodhead, Individual Member

Details of forthcoming and past events can be found on the SOL-UK Website @ www.sol-uk.org where you can also access our regular News Bulletins and Publications Bulletins.