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, Triarchy Press

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

Membership Benefits :

• E-membership of the SoL Global Community website, inc free subscription to the quality on-line journal on organisational learning.
• Two free places at Master Classes (one place for individual members).

• Regular, informal networking meetings on a topic of interest to members

• The networking meetings, dinners and Master Classes, provide a wonderful opportunity for networking.

• Nomination of a representative to the Council. These are quarterly meetings for the Council members to review SOL-UK’s work.(Individual members are represented as a group by two individual members).

• Opportunity to initiate or join existing collaborative SOL-UK (London) projects with other members.

• Access to research findings from other SOLs in the global community.

• Access to European and International SOL meetings, worldwide.

• Opportunity to initiate or join multi-country or inter-SOL projects.

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.

Committee/Core Working Group:

Arie de Geus, President

Nazreen A Subhan, Director

Didier Clement, Director

Brendan Ward, Director & Acting Treasurer

Johannes Froehlich, Individual Member

Graham Robinson, Individual Member

Roy Woodhead, Individual Member

Ann Holliwell (previously Ward), Administrator and Company Secretary

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.