Learning Organization Practitioners' Network

"In the absence of certainty, one

must have courage. Courage

requires overcoming our fear of

the unknown...

We are afraid of

letting go

that chaos requires,

because we believe our world will

fall apart without our strict

control

And

yet the new science of chaos

theory tells us there is an

underlying order

to the universe

that does

require our control

and understanding that chaos can

be a gateway to quantum leaps in

improvement."

- Daniel

Kim

""All this

systems thinking stuff

has no meaning withou

understanding that

we're part of

something larger than

ourselves

(the self)

...

We've depleted the

earth and

we're fragmenting our

spirit. We

live under a massive

illusion of

separation from one

another,

from nature, from the

universe,

from everything.

It's

the great

liability we have

inherited from

the Industrial

Revolution back

through

Reformation...The human

species

is profoundly out of

balance. If

our

work has an

impact, it will

bring

us back into

the natural

order of

things."

--- Peter

Senge,

in Fortune Magazine.

Welcome

Welcome to LOPN (Learning Organization Practitioners' Network) Singapore! Modelled on SoL Glo bal, the network
is inspired by the works spreading in the region to create Learning Organizations which are based on the works
as espoused by Peter Senge in his book, the The Fifth Discipline, The Art and Practice of the Learning
Organization.

The network opened in September 2002 to offer resources and a platform for communit ies in public, private and
non-profit sectors learning to seamlessly integrate the core five disciplines of Learning Organization in everyday
l eadership and management practices.

What we do:

Support the building of the five disciplines of Learning Organization through core competenc y and practice
workshops, case-studies and application work s to help you learn to lead this work from wherever you are.
Leaderships then are guided in turning around existing organizations into learning organizations;

Create a supportive network of practitioners, facilitators of the work and novices in Singapore and the
region in Asia through our Practice Sessions, Prac t itioners' Forums and eForums;

Provide a platform where multiple sectors may seek to work jointly at local, regional and global levels on
sustain a bility , corporate, social and environmental issues and projects.

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work has been done