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"Will it never end?" This question rings clearly in the mind of every terror victim (yet a question that
every CEO secretly wishes he could enjoy asking of his company!). Some things really never ends.
This was of a movie that I watched in the pat week. Vantage Point.
It is a story of the shooting of a President of the United States at the pact signing ceremony in Spain by its allies
in fighting terrorism. The movie presents what eight different persons saw as what was leading up to the event
of the shooting and what happens afterwards.
What was terrifying to see was all eight viewpoints were correct, but no one viewpoint told the whole story., Yet
each perspectives' actions were based on one's interpretations of what one saw and believed was the whole
story. As the movie unravels, we watch each viewpoint with bated breath knowing we would be "learning"
something new and different by that perspective. It was fascinating just piecing the puzzle right before us!
Runs you out of breath eventually just watching the whole aftermath. At the end of the movie, I remember
heaving a sigh of relief but deep in my heart a worrying question sat there. How many of us gets to see / do
that with situations in the lives around us?
Now if one incident of the shooting of the President had eight perspectives I wonder how many there are in
seeing the entanglements that the various "enemy" groups get themselves into in leading one to take that
decision to shoot the President. Any guesses? And what are the perspectives we are not watching?
That's material for another movie? Right! Except in this case, the movie is already running in our lives.
Hope you get to watch the movie while it is still screening. Love to hear your reactions on the eGroup.
Do feel free to pass this on to anyone you think would like to hear about these.
Warmly,
Sheila Damodaran
http://www.lopn.net
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2008 LOPN NEWS!
Check out the network's programmes in the coming months here.
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2008 COMMUNITY EVENTS AND CONFERENCES:
Upcoming conference on Servant Leadership April 9-10, 2008 here.
11th IAF (international Association of Facilitators) Asia Facilitator Conference, Kuching, Sarawak August 27-
28, 2008. Registration in May. Details later.
Singapore Facilitator Conference (joint conference between LOPN, FNS and ODG) scheduled on Nov 11-14,
2008 (Tues-Fri). More details later.
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Employment connections, click here.
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2008 GLOBAL SOCIETY FOR ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING (SoL) AND RELATED GROUPS
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"For a long time I had felt like a mouse on a corporate treadmill and I was curious to find out how the programmes
was going to provide me with some new insights and fresh perspectives. As the days unfolded, I thought the
program was pleasant, relaxing and a good opportunity to recharge the battery. It wasn't until I came home,
however, when it suddenly dawned on me that I had subtly changed. It was as if in this moment of stillness in
Vermont, I had changed a lens on my mental camera and was looking at the world in a different way. As if in a
moment of connection with life and the universe, I finally understood that our greatest power to change the world
lies in our power to see beyond the veil."
- Recent Participant
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"Enhancing our capacity for generative conversation, especially in dealing with highly contentious issues, is vital in
building learning organizations. The work of Action Design is an essential foundation in building this capacity."
- Peter Senge, Society for Organizational Learning.
"The Action Design Institute is among the most powerful developmental experiences I've had in my career. I now
have tools and approaches to help me understand dilemmas, appreciate the perspective of others and know how
to help when the conversation appears stuck. - Global Quality Manager, BP Solar. .... "I really enjoyed the Action
Design workshops when I took them but I also noticed that they had a 'time release' quality in my life. It's been a
gradual process but I have actually caught myself seeing things very differently." - An Organizational Development
Director.
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The Greenleaf Center's 18th Annual Invitational Conference June 5-7, 2008 at the Westin Indianapolis
You can now get information about our conference workshops by visiting Greenleaf's website at www.greenleaf.
org/annualconference/workshops.html. Greenleaf is delighted at the depth of experience of our workshop
leaders and the variety of their topics. The 24 workshops are organized under four subject headings:
Implementation, Personal Development, Faith, and Research. During the conference there will be four
concurrent sessions, so you can attend four workshops, and you will have six workshops to choose from during
each session. To register for the conference, just visit their website at www.greenleaf.
org/annualconference/index.html.
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Synergy at Work: Gathering Momentum for Meaningful Performance, Nov 17-19, 2008 (Mon-Wed)
Keynote Speakers
Betty Sue Flowers, Adam Kahane, Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, Atul Gawande, Peter Senge
From launching a new operations center in record time to eliminating polio worldwide, how can groups come
together to create new realities rather than replicate the status quo? Join Pegauss at this year's conference to
explore what distinguishes a transcendent performance from a merely excellent one—and how we can work
together to produce an outcome greater than the sum of our individual contributions.
Download the conference flyer for more details.
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