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Dear LOPN member and workshop graduands,
"How is everyone? Hope everyone is doing well.
They always come silently. Like the calm before the storm. But they always leave with a bang!
This is story of every act of terror by one on another. 9/11, Bali bombing, 7/7, (the Iraq War,) and now
26/11. Strike only when the iron is cold! Yet when the strike is over, the iron is red-hot and abuzz. The
media no-less non-chalantly hot on the heels of the acts, captured live the 60-hour ordeal that reverberated
the streets of Mumbai and cast it to the world!
Yet, for thousands of years, when foreigners and traders plied through the now Pakistan in their search to
reach the other side where the rich fertile Indus valleys (the now India) is, often fighting their ways through the
land, no one was there to capture the cries and pains of these men and women. I wonder what the hills in the
region today, would be able to say of what they had witnessed in its history.
The land of the unhappy valley. That is how some have recorded about Pakistan and its history. A glance at
the world map, one is struck how much of the lands where most Muslims live in the world is much less greener
than most other parts of the world. I'd always been curious what that might have caused in creating ways of
one's outlook and attitudes to survival. What do you think? How would it have affected us?
I wonder how many of us would have taken it quietly and sitting down from our corners of the world. Is it any
wonder why anyone would leave the world with such a big bang!
Such opposites! It is uncanny.
Love to hear your reactions to what you see here or other titles you have found useful on the eGroup.
Do feel free to pass this on to anyone you think would like to hear about these.
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2009 LOPN NEWS!
Check out the network's programmes in the coming months here.
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2009 COMMUNITY EVENTS AND CONFERENCES:
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Employment connections, click here.
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2009 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 work of Action Design has grown out of their immersion in deeply rooted practice traditions that combine
intervention and scholarship. A distinctive feature of the approach they have built on these foundations is that
it integrates three domains: how people interact and form relationships, how organizations function, and how
individuals learn and develop. We believe that integrating these three domains is essential to helping people
create more effective organizations. The Action Design Institute offers three-day and five-day open
enrollment programs. A seminal work I find is the programme: "Creating Productive Conversations with Chris
Argyris"
"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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Human Dynamics is the term given to new understanding of human functioning developed by Dr. Sandra | | | Seagal
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The phrase “Servant Leadership” was coined by Robert K. Greenleaf in The Servant as Leader, an essay | | | that he
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For details of annual conference (Nov 2-4, 2009), click here.
Join Peter Senge, Linda Booth Sweeney and a diverse learning community who know why systems thinking
and systems action are now more important than ever.
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December 15, 2008 (Mon)
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