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Dear all,
The holiday break is over! And children are back at school and we return to the 2nd half of the year.
We are happy to bring you the Jul LOPN NewsFlash here. The much-awaited programme for the
annual Systems Thinking in Action Conference is finally out! This is not a conference to be missed
by LO practitioners.
A group of advanced LO practitioners (who have completed up to Level 3 LOPN workshop series) has
embarked on project-based discussions and systems thinking analysis on live issues. To do this, the
team visits the organization on-site (preferably with persons who are also familiar with Learning
Organization tools) and use about half-day to explore and present systems perspectives on the
issues presented to them. You can find one such example of the team's work at this link.
We hope this helps both parties continue to hone their skills in the practice of these tools. If you
have an issue that has been resistant to change (chronic long-standing history) or you believe there
is more to learn and understand and wish to learn to do this with the team, do drop us a line at
enquiry@lopn.net. The intention of this initiative is to finally put to rest the question: "So, how do
we really make Learning Organization work within organizations?" Watch and learn this in action!
We hope you enjoy the process.
Do feel free to pass this on to anyone you think would want to know about these events.
Warm regards
Sheila Damodaran
www.lopn.net
Look out for brand new links on the LOPN website here!
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2006 LOPN NEWS!
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NEWS JUST OUT TODAY! JUL 19, 2006!
We heard Alan Stewart is coming town and did not want you to miss him!
LOPN PRACTITIONERS' FORUM:
"How may conversational processes such as the World Cafe, Open Space Technology and
Appreciative Inquiry be used most effectively alone or in combination"
By Dr Alan Stewart
Date: July 31, 2006 (Mon)
Time: 2.30 pm - 6 pm (please arrive by 2.10 pm to facilitate registration)
Venue: New Supreme Building, Basement 1 Atrium Breakout Area
1 Supreme Court Lane, formerly known as Colombo Court
Fee: S$10 / participant payable at door to defray catering costs
Register here by Jul 28, 2006 (Fri)
What do you think of these propositions?
Conversational processes such as Open Space Technology (OST), The World Café (TWC) and
Appreciative Inquiry (AI) make possible for the first time in human history for everyone present in a
meeting to have comparable power to influence the outcome of their interactions.
Central to this happening is that everyone gives each other respect.
Prior to the availability of these conversational approaches has respect ever been accorded
naturally, outside the confines of 'inner circles' such as family or work units and particular 'faith
based' communities, to whoever comes? You would be very welcome to come along to contribute to
a conversation on these questions.
If you have or are intend to ....
So if you have tried these processes and want to have experience of and have conversations to
clarify your understanding of the processes, then Alan's session here is for you! For those who
attended Juanita's and David's session in May this year, would find this a deepening experience for
you. Don't miss it! Register early.
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LEARNING ORGANIZATION CORE COMPETENCY WORKSHOP DATES IN COMING MONTHS:
Level 1: "Creating Results that Matter - Understanding the Framework of Learning Organization"
(click on the above link for more details)
Target Audience: For novices and/or have not attended any LOPN workshops and wishes to pursue
the four modules eventually.
Duration: 2 days
Time: 9 am - 6 pm
July 20-21, 2006 (Thu-Fri) [Fast-filling up]
August 24-25. 2006 (Thu-Fri)
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Level 2: "Learning to see the World Systemically - Deepening Systems Thinking"
(click on the above link for more details)
Target Audience: Must have attended Level 1.
Duration: 2 days
Time: 9 am - 6 pm
August 17-18, 2006 (Thu-Fri)
Register online here and secure a date that works for you.
CHECK-OUT THESE UPCOMING LOPN PRACTITIONERS' FORUMS
Look out for upcoming forums on Servant Leadership in the coming months!
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2006 COMMUNITY EVENTS AND CONFERENCES:
Date: July 11-12, 2006 (Tue-Wed)
- What if your team is charged with positive energy?
- What if people focus more on what works than complain about what doesn’t?
- What if the strengths of your staff are realised so that they can be the best in what they do?
- What if there is a way to harness the strengths of your organization?
- What happens when people bring the best of the past and rise to the challenge of the future?
- What if there is a systematic methodology to do all that?
Dr Pauline Arneberg & Wendy Tan are conducting the workshop. Interested parties, pls visit
www.flamecentre.com or call 98804782.
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Date: August 31, 2006 (Thu) - September 1, 2006 (Fri)
Other related events:
IAF CPF Assessment: August 28-29, 2006 (Mon - Tues)
Full day Pre-Conference: August 30, 2006 (Wed)
Full day Post-Conference: September 2, 2006 (Sat)
To register please go to: http://www.fns.sg
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2006 GLOBAL SOCIETY FOR ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING (SoL) AND RELATED GROUPS' DATES:
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| | THE WORLD CAFE STEWARDSHIP DIALOGUE:
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Date: August 25-29, 2006 (Fri-Tues), San Francisco
This is a very special by-invitation-only gathering of colleagues from around the world who
want to take an active part in designing, leading, and stewarding the development and
evolution of the World Café. We are inviting World Café pioneers, friends, champions, hosts,
and innovators, all of whom are playing key roles in a wide range of fields and regions. We
think you might be such a "steward" and, if you feel so called, we would love to have you join
us in August. We are tremendously excited about this gathering as a key turning point in the
life of the World Café and its capacity to help shape life-affirming futures. Please send your
response to Ken at ken@theworldcafe.com.
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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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| | SoL CONFERENCE 2006 "FIRE, PASSSION, EXCELLENCE", November 13-14 SoL Finland
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If you wish to exchange thoughts, ideas and practises of SoL leadership that ourselves as
coordinators have found to be useful and successful in a way that also help our communities
to grow, then we would also like to invite you to join SoL Finland's main event of the year,
SoL Conference 2006 "Fire, Passion & Excellence" November 13-14. It features keynote from
Marcial Losada and many, many interesting workshops (there will always also be an option in
English so you don't need to start learning our lovely, vivid, but very difficult language:-). For
more info on the conference http://www.solconference.com/eng/index.php . There will be a
special fee for European Coordinators to be announced asap.
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Most of us know how to find our way home. When folk musician Anne Hill sings, "Follow the
road, back through time, back through distance, back to me," we easily conjure up images of
the people and places we have left behind. But when we are called on to traverse time and
distance in the other direction, using our imagination instead of our memories, the task is,
understandably much harder.
Yet, everyday, we make decisions that require us to make assumptions about the future,
often minimizing our risk by sticking to a horizon that's close enough to see - the next fiscal
quarter, the next standardized testing cycle, the next election. As leaders in a time of
unprecedented complexity, we know we must expand our comfort zone. In matters as vast as
global climate change and as immediate as our organizational lives, our capacity for grasping
the landscape of the future is critical to the quality of the choices we make now.
At this conference we will celebrate systems thinking as a way of being and as a practical
toolset that helps us measure and understand the time and distance that separates us from
the consequences of our actions. With stories, ideas and practices, we will embolden each
other with the courage and humility to look further down that road ahead and to accept our
shared responsibility for shaping a tomorrow we will be proud to hand off to our children and
the children of our neighbours around the globe.
Featured speakers include Peter Senge, Roger Salliant, Eammon Kelly, Dawna Markova, among others. Join
an unparalleled cross-sectoral community of about 600 progressive practitioners who are working to
cultivate foresight and strengthen their ability to lead now by making the right choices for today and
tomorrow.
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