Dear all,

    A sharing by India.

    Sometimes, I wonder if it is really about  people knowing how to
develop their visions as much as people learning to let go of their
beliefs that they are not allowed to have visions.  The other includes
our sense of helplessness of the current reality.

    Till we let go of that belief and our sense of helplessness, it is
not easy for our visions to let come, would it?

    Thanks Zareer and all for your sharings!  I enjoyed reading it.

    Warmly
Sheila Damodaran
Email: dmsl@...
Singapore:  +65-94790526
Botswana:  +267-74780886
LOPN Homepage: http://www.lopn.net
My Homepage: http://www.loatwork.com/aboutme.html
LOPN eGroup: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/LOPN/ -----
Forwarded message from zareer.aga@... -----
    Date: Sun, 03 May 2009 15:38:59 -0000
    From: agazareer31 <zareer.aga@...>
Reply-To: IndiaLO@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [IndiaLO] Report on the 5th LLF meet.
      To: IndiaLO@yahoogroups.com

Folks,
  Towards the end of the LLF meeting, we thought that it might be more
interesting to present the highlights of the meeting instead of the
takeaways. Do let us know if you find it a more meaningful sharing.
Most of our  discussion revolved around personal mastery and
specifically visioning.
So here are the highlights of today's meeting:

    * We cannot reach a shared vision without individuals in the
organisation having their personal visions.
    * Most people do not know of individual visions and the importance of
the same, they need to be made aware of it.
    * An organisation must invest in personal growth of every individual.
    * How do people develop a vision? Does it clarify, refocus and expand
as we go along?
    * Some people have a vision of a process not a distant goal.
    * We felt that Reiki, NLP, creative visualisation and various
meditations, individually and collectively complement Systems Thinking
specifically Personal Mastery.
    * Can systems thinking help us to be aware of events as they occur and
help us devise a strategy to direct events rather thanreact to events
later.
    * Madhavi Kapur explained how she used Ice Berg to summarise the
school improvement  work that her organisation did in a school. The time
it takes for the intervention in Mental Models of teachers takes to
translate into desired events.
    * Madhavi also explained the use of causal loops made using positive
statetments and its benefits.
    * Grumblers in an organisation - they choose a position of a rebel or
to justify a contrary view that structures are inherently defective. Do
grumblers lack personal vision?
    * Often w do not accept a grumblers point of view since the harder
you push the harder the system pushes back.
    * What makes up the discipline of personal mastery.

A very inetresting and thought provoking evening for the 5 of us. The
participants were:
Niloufer Aga, Kalindi Bhat, Madhavi Kapur, Suneeta Nair, and Zareer Aga.
[:)]

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Folks,
   Towards the end of the LLF meeting, we thought that it might be more
interesting to present the highlights of the meeting instead of the
takeaways. Do let us know if you find it a more meaningful sharing.
Most of our  discussion revolved around personal mastery and
specifically visioning.
So here are the highlights of today's meeting:


     * We cannot reach a shared vision without individuals in the
organisation having their personal visions.
     * Most people do not know of individual visions and the importance of
the same, they need to be made aware of it.
     * An organisation must invest in personal growth of every individual.

     * How do people develop a vision? Does it clarify, refocus and expand
as we go along?
     * Some people have a vision of a process not a distant goal.
     * We felt that Reiki, NLP, creative visualisation and various
meditations, individually and collectively complement Systems Thinking
specifically Personal Mastery.
     * Can systems thinking help us to be aware of events asthey occur and
help us devise a strategy to direct events rather thanreact to events
later.
     * Madhavi Kapur explained how she used Ice Berg to summarise the
school improvement  work that her organisation did in a school. The time
it takes for the intervention in Mental Models of teachers takes to
translate into desired events.
     * Madhavi also explained the use of causal loops made using positive
statetments and its benefits.
     * Grumblers in an organisation - they choose a position of a rebel or
to justify a contrary view that structures are inherently defective. Do
grumblers lack personal vision?
     * Often w do not accept a grumblers point of view since the harder
you push the harder the system pushes back.
     * What makes up the discipline of personal mastery.

A very inetresting and thought provoking evening for the 5 of us. The
participants were:
Niloufer Aga, Kalindi Bhat, Madhavi Kapur, Suneeta Nair, and Zareer Aga.
[:)]




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The Invitation: An evening of conversations exploring meaning, ideas
and action

"The purpose of the evening is not to get to the bottom of an issue.
It is to practice the art of dialogue - listening with attention,
speaking with intention - while we explore the parts of the iceberg
that lie under the water."

NEXT EDITION: Wedn. 22th of April @ SMU!
In order to facilitate catering for the evening, please confirm your
participation by the 19th of April, usinghttp://www.doodle.com/xcrc78iwhwwhsqtu

Plan for surprise and join us in an evening with like-minded,
creative, responsible people like yourself. We invite you:
- to explore your questions about life or projects you are working on
- to discover something new while meeting people with fresh and new
perspectives
- to engage and relate with peers, to share knowledge and experiences
- to develop new meaning for yourself and as a community

If you feel called to participate, you are invited. If you have
received this invitation, you may invite your friends or colleagues
you believe would like to join us!

Program:
• 19:00 Arriving and slowing down after a busy day of work/study,
informal chats while snacks & drinks are served
• 19:45 Welcome and start Pro Action Café
• 20:15 Move into smaller Cafe conversations
• 21.45: Harvesting results and conversations
• 22:00: Closing (room provided till 22.30 for informal chats for the
ones who wish)

The evening's process is designed to allow for deep conversations and
connections to happen around the questions or ideas that we feel most
compelled to explore at this moment.


Contribution:
10 S$ entry fee: to cover the expenses of the evening including all
snacks and drinks. To pay cash at the door. In case you cannot afford
this, we invite you to pay what you can.

Venue :
Singapore Management University (http://www.smu.edu.sg/)
Kong Chian School of Business
Class room 3.2
50 Stamford Road
Singapore 178899





Brenda Schroeder
brenda.schroeder@...
skypename: brendalynnschroeder
hp: +65 96569374
http://www.linkedin.com/in/brendaschroeder



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For your information.

    Warmly
Sheila Damodaran
Email: dmsl@...

    Singapore:  +65-94790526
Botswana:  +267-74780886
LOPN Homepage: http://www.lopn.net
My Homepage: http://www.loatwork.com/aboutme.html
LOPN eGroup: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/LOPN/ -----
Forwarded message from frank@... -----
    Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:59:42 -0400
    From: Frank Schneider <frank@...>
Reply-To: Frank Schneider <frank@...>
Subject: [2allconsultants] Special Offer to attend SoL Programs 2009
with Peter Senge - $995 or less
      To: Frank Schneider <frank@...>

Dear Consultant Members,

Many of you have expressed interest in participating in SoL¹s programs, but
the tuition was too high. Now, we are pleased to offer you a special tuition
of just $995 for the remaining SoL programs in 2009. Please see links and
brief descriptions below.

As Sherry Immediato mentioned in her recent e-mail to the community, ³SoL
and its offerings have provided a space for practice, companionship and
insight towards realizing one¹s purpose².

The programs are also a great opportunity to strengthen your relationship
with potential or current clients by inviting them to attend the program
with you. Consultants who came with their clients in the past valued the
experience as a possibility to work together on deeper issues and build on a
shared experience. To support you in this opportunity we are happy to extend
the SoL member tuition to your clients and offer you, personally, an even
lower tuition for the programs: $500 when you come with one client and $0
(no tuition) when you come with two or more clients (clients would pay the
full member tuition.)

Here are the remaining programs for 2009 to which this offer applies:

* Leading and Learning for Sustainability
       May 6-8, Hotel Monaco, Portland, Oregon
       http://www.solonline.org/announcements/item?item_id=21461147

* Foundations for Leadership Program
       September 23-25, Boston Area
       http://www.solonline.org/announcements/item?item_id=10139148

* Leading and Learning for Sustainability
       November 18-20, Washington, DC Area
       (weblink TBD, please refer to May weblink if needed)

We will also be offering the Executive Champions¹ Workshop from August 18-21
at the Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, VT. This workshop is by invitation only.
We welcome suggestions from you if you think one of your clients might be
interested in participating. After reviewing your suggestions with the
faculty we¹d be happy to extend an invitation to your client(s) . For more
information, please click on the following link:
http://www.solonline.org/announcements/item?item_id=9024148

My colleague Jeannette McDonald and myself will be contacting you in the
coming days to talk with you about this offering. Please let us know if you
prefer not to be contacted.

Thank you for your interest and support. Please feel free to contact me if
you have questions.

Best regards,
Frank

P.S. This offer cannot be combined with other promotional offerings

Leading and Learning for Sustainability
May 6-8, 2009 with Peter Senge and other leading practitioners
Hotel Monaco, Portland OR
(this program will also be offered November 18-20, in Washington, DC)

A workshop for leaders of all sorts who are passionate about building more
sustainable organizations, value chains, industries and communities. It is
co-sponsored by the Executive Development Center of the Willamette
University, Portland, OR. This workshop is well worth the money if you or
your company or community is working to integrate sustainable practices.
Sign up by Friday, April 10 and receive a free hotel night.

Sustainability is not a problem to be solved. It is a future to be created.
Leadership is not about position or formal authority but the capacity of
human communities to shape futures that people truly desire. This workshop
will be a synthesis of core organizational learning disciplines - systems
thinking, mental models and collaborative inquiry, personal mastery and
building shared vision - and the practical know-how developed within the SoL
Sustainability Consortium over the past decade, much of which is captured in
Peter Senge¹s new book, The Necessary Revolution: How Individuals And
Organizations Work Together To Create A Sustainable World.

In particular, we will focus on:
·      How these core learning disciplines can build 'learning for
sustainability' capabilities: seeing systems, collaborating across
boundaries, and shifting from reactive problem solving to creating new
futures;
·      How to understand the basic systems that shape the modern economy -
food and water, energy, material production and distribution, and the side
effects of these how these systems function (like waste and toxicity,
excessive concentration of power, and persisting gaps between rich and poor)
- and how these systems are starting to shift; and
·      Practical insights into shifting these systems: how organizations and
communities are developing new strategies, practices, and ways of thinking
for innovation.

What participants in the most recent program said about their experience:
·      ³The continued practice work on integrating sustainability,
leadership and organizational learning was so much more than words.²
·      ³The course gave me new tools for communicating about the difficult
aspects of sustainability.²
·      ³I gained a deeper appreciation for the dynamics of systems thinking
and the application of a systemic view on sustainability. I now can take
higher leverage action in working on complex challenges in my organization.²

Executive Champions¹ Workshop (by invitation only)
August 18-21, 2009 with Peter Senge, Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe, VT
The Executive Champions¹ Workshop is a special setting for nurturing new
thinking and relationships among executive leaders in today¹s rapidly
changing economic and social landscape. Through a series of strategic
dialogues on issues of most concern to participants, our intent is to tap
the wisdom that resides, often below the surface, in our collective
experience. The format is designed to build capacity for conducting
conversations that matter with potentially large numbers of people while
applying organizational learning tools that foster reflection, systems
thinking and strategic conversation.

Offered by invitation for executives who are champions of change, the ECW is
a unique opportunity to reflect, refocus, and recharge, preciously rare
activities in today's frenetic business world. The workshop is organized
around in-depth strategic dialogues on a small number of key issues, and is
a unique opportunity for deep conversation among like-minded executives
focused on strategic issues that are shaping the future of institutions
worldwide. Sessions utilize specific methods like ³knowledge cafes,² and
³embodied presence² practices, that maximize the quality of attention and
conversation among participants. This approach allows small groups to
penetrate deeply into key issues, along with the cross-pollination of ideas.

The ECW is not a training session. Nor is it a typical conference. It is
both personal and substantive in the way that only deep conversation among
peers can be. Participants come from diverse organizations around the world,
where they are in the top 2-3 levels of management responsibility. Indeed,
more than anything, it is the diversity of the participants and their common
commitment to foster fundamental management innovations that makes the ECW a
powerful experience.

In addition to this annual event, sessions are also held periodically in
Europe, Asia and South America.

Foundations for Leadership Program
September 23-25, 2009 with Peter Senge and Beth Jandernoa, Boston Area
The purpose of this session is to explore the sources of our leadership.
Leadership is both deeply personal and inherently collective. At its essence
it concerns the capacity of a human community to shape its destiny and, in
particular, to bring forth new realities in line with people's deepest
aspirations. Participants will come away with a renewed understanding of how
they can facilitate change, both within their organizations and in their
personal lives. This program goes deeply into the domains of personal
mastery, collaborative inquiry, and the systems perspective applied to
sustaining profound change. The session includes a few interactive lectures,
many paired and small group exercises, a simulation game, large group
dialogue and regular opportunities for personal reflection. It is
appropriate both as a development experience for emerging leaders and a
renewal opportunity for seasoned veterans. Small teams are welcome to attend
to develop their collective leadership.

The Foundations for Leadership workshop places a strong emphasis on the core
learning competency of a creative orientation and the discipline of personal
mastery.

Participants spend significant time developing their personal vision as well
as one they desire for their organization. Much of the learning arises
through the interplay of personal and interpersonal work. The special
contribution of this leadership course comes as people discover the profound
connections between personal mastery and systems thinking, seeing that deep
change in our social systems and in oneself are inseparable from each other.

_______________________________

Frank Schneider
SoL Partnership Development

1-617-300-9535 Office
1-781-308-2106 Mobile
1-617-812-1257 Fax

PO Box 381050
Cambridge, MA  02238-1050

----- End forwarded message -----


   ----------

Dear Consultant Members,

Many of you have expressed interest in participating in SoL¹s programs, but
the tuition was too high. Now, we are pleased to offer you a special tuition
of just $995 for the remaining SoL programs in 2009. Please see links and
brief descriptions below.

As Sherry Immediato mentioned in her recent e-mail to the community, ³SoL
and its offerings have provided a space for practice, companionship and
insight towards realizing one¹s purpose².

The programs are also a great opportunity to strengthen your relationship
with potential or current clients by inviting them to attend the program
with you. Consultants who came with their clients in the past valued the
experience as a possibility to work together on deeper issues and build on a
shared experience. To support you in this opportunity we are happy to extend
the SoL member tuition to your clients and offer you, personally, an even
lower tuition for the programs: $500 when you come with one client and $0
(no tuition) when you come with two or more clients (clients would pay the
full member tuition.)

Here are the remaining programs for 2009 to which this offer applies:

* Leading and Learning for Sustainability
        May 6-8, Hotel Monaco, Portland, Oregon
        http://www.solonline.org/announcements/item?item_id=21461147

* Foundations for Leadership Program
        September 23-25, Boston Area
        http://www.solonline.org/announcements/item?item_id=10139148

* Leading and Learning for Sustainability
        November 18-20, Washington, DC Area
        (weblink TBD, please refer to May weblink if needed)

We will also be offering the Executive Champions¹ Workshop from August 18-21
at the Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, VT. This workshop is by invitation only.
We welcome suggestions from you if you think one of your clients might be
interested in participating. After reviewing your suggestions with the
faculty we¹d be happy to extend an invitation to your client(s) . For more
information, please click on the following link:
http://www.solonline.org/announcements/item?item_id=9024148

My colleague Jeannette McDonald and myself will be contacting you in the
coming days to talk with you about this offering. Please let us know if you
prefer not to be contacted.

Thank you for your interest and support. Please feel free to contact me if
you have questions.

Best regards,
Frank

P.S. This offer cannot be combined with other promotional offerings


Leading and Learning for Sustainability
May 6-8, 2009 with Peter Senge and other leading practitioners
Hotel Monaco, Portland OR
(this program will also be offered November 18-20, in Washington, DC)

A workshop for leaders of all sorts who are passionate about building more
sustainable organizations, value chains, industries and communities. It is
co-sponsored by the Executive Development Center of the Willamette
University, Portland, OR. This workshop is well worth the money if you or
your company or community is working to integrate sustainable practices.
Sign up by Friday, April 10 and receive a free hotel night.

Sustainability is not a problem to be solved. It is a future to be created.
Leadership is not about position or formal authority but the capacity of
human communities to shape futures that people truly desire. This workshop
will be a synthesis of core organizational learning disciplines - systems
thinking, mental models and collaborative inquiry, personal mastery and
building shared vision - and the practical know-how developed within the SoL
Sustainability Consortium over the past decade, much of which is captured in
Peter Senge¹s new book, The Necessary Revolution: How Individuals And
Organizations Work Together To Create A Sustainable World.

In particular, we will focus on:
·      How these core learning disciplines can build 'learning for
sustainability' capabilities: seeing systems, collaborating across
boundaries, and shifting from reactive problem solving to creating new
futures;
·      How to understand the basic systems that shape the modern economy -
food and water, energy, material production and distribution, and the side
effects of these how these systems function (like waste and toxicity,
excessive concentration of power, and persisting gaps between rich and poor)
- and how these systems are starting to shift; and
·      Practical insights into shifting these systems: how organizations and
communities are developing new strategies, practices, and ways of thinking
for innovation.

What participants in the most recent program said about their experience:
·      ³The continued practice work on integrating sustainability,
leadership and organizational learning was so much more than words.²
·      ³The course gave me new tools for communicating about the difficult
aspects of sustainability.²
·      ³I gained a deeper appreciation for the dynamics of systems thinking
and the application of a systemic view on sustainability. I now can take
higher leverage action in working on complex challenges in my organization.²


Executive Champions¹ Workshop (by invitation only)
August 18-21, 2009 with Peter Senge, Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe, VT
The Executive Champions¹ Workshop is a special setting for nurturing new
thinking and relationships among executive leaders in today¹s rapidly
changing economic and social landscape. Through a series of strategic
dialogues on issues of most concern to participants, our intent is to tap
the wisdom that resides, often below the surface, in our collective
experience. The format is designed to build capacity for conducting
conversations that matter with potentially large numbers of people while
applying organizational learning tools that foster reflection, systems
thinking and strategic conversation.

Offered by invitation for executives who are champions of change, the ECW is
a unique opportunity to reflect, refocus, and recharge, preciously rare
activities in today's frenetic business world. The workshop is organized
around in-depth strategic dialogues on a small number of key issues, and is
a unique opportunity for deep conversation among like-minded executives
focused on strategic issues that are shaping the future of institutions
worldwide. Sessions utilize specific methods like ³knowledge cafes,² and
³embodied presence² practices, that maximize the quality of attention and
conversation among participants. This approach allows small groups to
penetrate deeply into key issues, along with the cross-pollination of ideas.

The ECW is not a training session. Nor is it a typical conference. It is
both personal and substantive in the way that only deep conversation among
peers can be. Participants come from diverse organizations around the world,
where they are in the top 2-3 levels of management responsibility. Indeed,
more than anything, it is the diversity of the participants and their common
commitment to foster fundamental management innovations that makes the ECW a
powerful experience.

In addition to this annual event, sessions are also held periodically in
Europe, Asia and South America.


Foundations for Leadership Program
September 23-25, 2009 with Peter Senge and Beth Jandernoa, Boston Area
The purpose of this session is to explore the sources of our leadership.
Leadership is both deeply personal and inherently collective. At its essence
it concerns the capacity of a human community to shape its destiny and, in
particular, to bring forth new realities in line with people's deepest
aspirations. Participants will come away with a renewed understanding of how
they can facilitate change, both within their organizations and in their
personal lives. This program goes deeply into the domains of personal
mastery, collaborative inquiry, and the systems perspective applied to
sustaining profound change. The session includes a few interactive lectures,
many paired and small group exercises, a simulation game, large group
dialogue and regular opportunities for personal reflection. It is
appropriate both as a development experience for emerging leaders and a
renewal opportunity for seasoned veterans. Small teams are welcome to attend
to develop their collective leadership.

The Foundations for Leadership workshop places a strong emphasis on the core
learning competency of a creative orientation and the discipline of personal
mastery.

Participants spend significant time developing their personal vision as well
as one they desire for their organization. Much of the learning arises
through the interplay of personal and interpersonal work. The special
contribution of this leadership course comes as people discover the profound
connections between personal mastery and systems thinking, seeing that deep
change in our social systems and in oneself are inseparable from each other.


_______________________________

Frank Schneider
SoL Partnership Development

1-617-300-9535 Office
1-781-308-2106 Mobile
1-617-812-1257 Fax

PO Box 381050
Cambridge, MA  02238-1050




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Dear all,

    Please find enclosed the LOPN NewsFlash for April 2009 here:
http://www.lopn.net/NewsFlash.html

    We hope you enjoy this series.  This is the second in this series.

    Also see a message from Sherry Immediato of SoL below.

    Warmly
Sheila Damodaran
Email: dmsl@...
Singapore:  +65-94790526
Botswana:  +267-74780886
LOPN Homepage: http://www.lopn.net[1]
My Homepage: http://www.loatwork.com/aboutme.html[2]
LOPN eGroup: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/LOPN/[3]
Botswana eGroup: http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/BotswanaLO/[4]
India eGroup: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndiaLO/[5]
Vietnam eGroup: http://groups.google.com/group/lopnvietnam[6]
Asia LO Practitioners:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsianLearningOrganizationPractitioners/[7]
CafeAsia eGroup: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cafeasia/[8] -----
Forwarded message from immediato@... -----
    Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 21:18:28 -0400
    From: Sherry Immediato <immediato@...>
Reply-To: immediato@...
Subject: Join Peter Senge in Leading & Learning for Sustainability -
Discounts available through April 10, 2009
      To: Sheila Damodaran <dmsl@...>

    Dear Sheila,I'm sure you've quoted these words yourself or heard
them at one time or another:

&QUOT;TOTO, I'VE A FEELING WE'RE NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE.&QUOT;

Dorothy Gale (to Her Dog Upon Finding Herself In Oz) In /The Wizard Of Oz/

    When I'm feeling a little unnerved by the degree of change and
uncertainty these days, I'm reminded of this favorite childhood story.
For me, Dorothy's journey from Kansas to the land of Oz and back was
simultaneously a terrifying and empowering adventure, best negotiated
in good company with genuine curiosity.

    In the spirit of this story, we invite all aspiring sustainability
champions to join us in Portland, Oregon in May to improve our
individual and collective ability to effectively promote intelligence,
compassion and courage in our organizations, and the larger systems of
which we are all part. Based on Peter Senge's new book, /The Necessary
Revolution/[9],  LEADING &AMP; LEARNING FOR SUSTAINABILITY will
incorporate not only the ideas from the new book but will also feature
some of the revolutionaries themselves. (See the attached brochure or
download if from the SoL website.[10]) IF YOU REGISTER AT OUR
PUBLISHED RATES BY THIS FRIDAY, APRIL 3RD, GET 2 FREE NIGHTS AT THE
HOTEL MONACO DURING THE WORKSHOP; IF YOU REGISTER BY NEXT FRIDAY,
APRIL 10TH, YOU'LL STILL GET 1 FREE NIGHT AT THE HOTEL. Just mention
"OZ" on your registration form.

    Why is this worth your time and money? Most organizations are in
the early part of a journey from reducing unsustainability to
increasing sustainability - there's lots of low-hanging fruit waiting
for someone to harvest it. HERE ARE SEVEN CONCRETE BENEFITS OF
EMBRACING LEADERSHIP IN A SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY.  Savvy internal
advocates recognize these realities. And their cross sector
counterparts become better partners when they understand that:

    * There is significant money to be saved.
    * There is significant money to be made.
    * You can provide your customers with a competitive edge.
    * Sustainability is a point of differentiation.
    * You can shape the future of your industry.
    * You can become a preferred supplier.
    * You can change your image and brand.

    But there's more. The  Leading & Learning for Sustainability
workshop[11] will incorporate many of the basic learning disciplines
and deepen their relevance for the world in which organizations
operate today. In particular, we will see how systems thinking tools
can be used to help people "see" the larger systems of which they're a
part, how the work on mental models and dialogue is providing a new
underpinning for innovative collaborations across diverse
organizational boundaries. Lastly, personal mastery and the creative
orientation help shift our orientation from being "less bad" to truly
creating organizations, value chains, industries, and communities that
align with our deepest aspirations.

    We have five goals for participants in this session:

    *  Balance between initiating and sustaining systemic change in the
long-term and building momentum and taking action in the short-term.
    * Appreciate the interdependence of interior development with
external action to effectively produce system change.
    * Develop more capacity for resilience, compassion and creativity
in the face of opposition and indifference.
    * Clarify your own personal vision.
    * Have new insights about opportunities you can act on immediately.

    A participant in our February program summed it up this way: /"The
course offered me a very welcome break to reflect on my personal
leadership, be inspired and meet a great group of bright, engaged and
open people. I gained a deeper appreciation for the dynamics of
systems thinking and the application of a systemic view on
sustainability which will allow me to take higher leverage actions in
working on complex challenges in my organization."/

    Please consider joining us in Portland in May. We encourage you to
attend with a colleague, and to pass this invitation on to others. If
you are not able to attend now, but are interested in future sessions,
please let me know. Our next scheduled session will be on November
18-20 in Washington, DC. If you'd like to talk to someone about this
session or anything else related to SoL, please contact me or Frank
Schneider[12] (+1 (617) 300-9535) at SoL.

    If you want to stay current on Peter Senge's work, please subscribe
(no cost!) to his blog[13] on SoL's website. (Use the RSS feature of
your web browser so that you can be automatically informed of new
postings.)

    At the end of the Wizard of Oz, Dorothy discovers that she could
only take the step home because of what she learned on her journey. We
hope that you will find SoL and its many offerings a good occasion for
practice, companionship and insight on your journey to realize your
heart's desires. So many people like you tell me: there's just no
place like SoL!

    With best wishes,

    Sherry

    PLEASE NOTE: You have received this message because you are on
SoL's mailing list. If you do not wish to receive future mailings from
SoL, please reply to this message and put REMOVE in the subject.
Sherry Immediato, President & Managing Director SoL (Society for
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  Dear Sheila,

I'm sure you've quoted these words yourself or heard them at one time
or an= other:  "Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore= ."

Dorothy Gale (to her dog upon finding herself in Oz) i= n The Wizard of
Oz

  When I'm feeling a little unnerved by the degree of change and
uncertain= ty these days, I'm reminded of this favorite childhood
story. For me, Dor= othy's journey from Kansas to the land of Oz and
back was simultaneously a = terrifying and empowering adventure, best
negotiated in good company with g= enuine curiosity.



In the spirit of this story, we invite all aspiring sustainability
champ= ions to join us in Portland, Oregon in May to improve our
individual and co= llective ability to effectively promote
intelligence, compassion and courag= e in our organizations, and the
larger systems of which we are all part= . Based on Peter Senge's new
book, The Necessary Revolution, Leadi= ng & Learning for Sustainability
will incor
  porate not only the ideas fr= om the new book but will also
feature some of the revolutionaries themselve= s. (See the attached
brochure or download if from the SoL website= .) If you register at
our published rates by this Friday, April 3r= d, get 2 free nights at
the Hotel Monaco during the workshop; if you regist= er by next Friday,
April 10th, you'll still get 1 free night at the hotel= . Just
mention "OZ" on your registration form.



Why is this worth your time and money? Most organizations are in the
ea= rly part of a journey from reducing unsustainability to increasing
sustaina= bility - there's lots of low-hanging fruit waiting for
someone to harvest i= t. Here are seven concrete benefits of
embracing leadership in a susta= inable economy. Savvy internal
advocates recognize these realities= . And their cross sector
counterparts become better partners when they u= nderstand that:

  There is significant money to be saved.

There is significant money to
   be made.

You can provide your customers with a competitive edge.

Sustainability is a point of differentiation.

You can shape the future of your industry.

You can become a preferred supplier.

You can change your image and brand.

  But there's more. The Leading & Learning for Sustainability workshop will
incorporate many of the basic learning disciplines and deepen
= their relevance for the world in which organizations operate today.
In p= articular, we will see how systems thinking tools can be used to
help peopl= e "see" the larger systems of which they're a part, how the
work on mental = models and dialogue is providing a new underpinning
for innovative collabor= ations across diverse organizational
boundaries. Lastly, personal master= y and the creative orientation
help shift our orientation from being "less = bad" to truly creating
organizations, value chains, industries, and communi= ties that align
with our deepest aspirations.



We have fiv
  e goals for participants in this session:  Balance between
initiating and sustaining systemic change in the long-term and building
momentum and taking action in the short-term. =  Appreciate the
interdependence of interior development with external ac= tion to
effectively produce system change.

Develop more capacity for resilience, compassion and creativity in the
= face of opposition and indifference.

Clarify your own personal vision.

Have new insights about opportunities you can act on immediately= .

  A participant in our February program summed it up this way: "The course
offered me a very welcome break to reflect on my personal
leadership, b= e inspired and meet a great group of bright, engaged and
open people= . I gained a deeper appreciation for the dynamics of
systems thinking and= the application of a systemic view on
sustainability which will allow me t= o take higher leverage actions in
working on complex challenges in my organ= ization."



Ple
  ase consider joining us in Portland in May. We encourage you to
att= end with a colleague, and to pass this invitation on to others.
If you a= re not able to attend now, but are interested in future
sessions, please le= t me know. Our next scheduled session will be on
November 18-20 in Washin= gton, DC. If you'd like to talk to someone
about this session or anythin= g else related to SoL, please contact me
or Frank Schneider (+1 (617) 300-9535) at SoL.



If you want to stay current on Peter Senge's work, please subscribe (no
cost!)= to his blog on SoL's website. (Use the RSS feature of your
web brows= er so that you can be automatically informed of new
postings.)



At the end of the Wizard of Oz, Dorothy discovers that she could only
ta= ke the step home because of what she learned on her journey. We
hope that= you will find SoL and its many offerings a good occasion for
practice, com= panionship and insight on your journey to realize your
heart's desires=
  . So many people like you tell me: there's just no
place like SoL!



With best wishes,



Sherry



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Fyi.

    Warmly
Sheila Damodaran
Email: dmsl@...
Singapore:  +65-94790526
Botswana:  +267-74780886
LOPN Homepage: http://www.lopn.net[1]
My Homepage: http://www.loatwork.com/aboutme.html[2]
LOPN eGroup: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/LOPN/[3]

----- Forwarded message from Cynthia@... -----
    Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:36:20 -0400
    From: Cynthia Way <Cynthia@...>
Reply-To: Cynthia Way <Cynthia@...>
Subject: [Solcc] Request for Arabic-Speaking Mediators for Anbar, Iraq
      To: solcc@...
      Cc: Peter Pruyn <pwp@...>, steven.luhrsen@...

Dear SoL Consultants & Researchers,

The following request comes from Lt. Col. Steve Luhrsen, USMC, who is 
the Plans and Operations Officer for the Provincial Reconstruction 
Team (PRT) in Anbar Province, Iraq.  The PRT is responsible for 
planning and executing operations to develop the capacity of the 
Anbari government.  Steve is familiar with the SoL community having 
attended the SoL Foundations of Leadership course last year.

Steve describes a current need for a facilitator/mediator as follows:

"Currently, in Anbar province, the challenges we face are these:

Reconciling tribal equities with those of other tribes, and the larger 
society as a whole.
Helping newly-elected provincial leaders to more-fully realize their 
own capacity to bring about meaningful change in Anbar province.
Helping public-sector actors set conditions for private sector 
investment.
Helping public-sector actors learn to function within a system they 
are trying to change.
Overcoming the debilitating effects of decades of tyranny within a 
belief system that prizes honor, shame, and revenge."

Interested parties should contact Steve directly at:
steven.luhrsen@...

Cheers,
Cynthia
Cynthia Way, PCC
Way To Go! Inc.
301-779-1764 (W)
301-779-7363 (F)

Creating Breakthroughs in Thinking, Action and Results

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Dear SoL Consultants & Researchers,

The following request comes from Lt. Col. Steve Luhrsen, USMC, who is
the Plans and Operations Officer for the Provincial Reconstruction
Team (PRT) in Anbar Province, Iraq.  The PRT is responsible for
planning and executing operations to develop the capacity of the
Anbari government.  Steve is familiar with the SoL community having
attended the SoL Foundations of Leadership course last year.

Steve describes a current need for a facilitator/mediator as follows:

"Currently, in Anbar province, the challenges we face are these:

Reconciling tribal equities with those of other tribes, and the larger
society as a whole.
Helping newly-elected provincial leaders to more-fully realize their
own capacity to bring about meaningful change in Anbar province.
Helping public-sector actors set conditions for private sector
investment.
Helping public-sector actors learn to function within a system they
are trying to change.
Overcoming the debilitating effects of decades of tyranny within a
belief system that prizes honor, shame, and revenge."

Interested parties should contact Steve directly at:
steven.luhrsen@...

Cheers,
Cynthia
Cynthia Way, PCC
Way To Go! Inc.
301-779-1764 (W)
301-779-7363 (F)

Creating Breakthroughs in Thinking, Action and Results





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It is the small things that matter.

    Warmly
Sheila Damodaran
Email: dmsl@...
Singapore:  +65-94790526
Botswana:  +267-74780886
LOPN Homepage: http://www.lopn.net[1]
My Homepage: http://www.loatwork.com/aboutme.html[2]
LOPN eGroup: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/LOPN/[3]

    Quoting Chan Yee See <CYEESEE@...>:

> Message Classification: Unclassified
>
> Sheila
>
> Thanks for your sharing.
>
> My husband recently had lunch with an old friend. This friend is the
> Chairman of a > 100 year old company. What intrigued me was his comment
> that there are 100+ family run companies in the world which are more
> than 250 years old. Comparing with them, his company is an infant.
>
> It dawned on me the humility displayed by a super wealthy person (think
> level 5 leadership from Jim Collins' Good to Great) who runs a company
> which has existed for more than a century (so think sustainable learning
> organisation).
>
> Just 2 lines of my current thoughts : )
> Cheers !
> Yee See
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: Sheila Damodaran [mailto:dmsl@...]
> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 4:55 PM
> To: Michael Fong
> Cc: AsianLearningOrganizationPractitioners@yahoogroups.com;
> BotswanaLO@yahoogroups.com; IndiaLO@yahoogroups.com;
> LOPN@yahoogroups.com; SheilaDamo976@...;
> lopnvietnam@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: Senge's 3-legged stool diagram
>
>
>
> Dear Michael,
>
> One thing I've learned is one cannot teach the results of using the
> disciplines nor merely 'show the answers' - Law #2 has a way of kicking
> in naturally, yes even in the Economic Doom.  That's the (or lack of)
> disciplines playing up! Notice Peter is not doing much more or less than
> before.  Just maintaining the persistence in applying the dose (remember
> DIL and the two drops?)
>
> That's why I've preferred during 'peace-time' to share the language and
> the tools such that it becomes more 'deeply ingrained' (and this is a
> practice over time) so that during 'war-times' these become reflexes
> that would naturally kick-in by themselves so that the "seeing becomes
> easier".
>
> Also, it is not just about one discipline: Systems Thinking.  One cannot
> "see the system" without being disciplined in '"seeing our (one's) own
> frames".  The latter can only be done by the person oneself.  Unless the
> two disciplines, go hand-in-hand, the "realization" does not quite
> 'really happen'.
>
> Pumping the money in bailouts is merely a 'glaring' reflex that we have
> also carried out all the time except it was done earlier with greater
> subtle-ness as we bought and sold shares on the stock exchanges of the
> world (as organizations hyped about themselves just to be able to wean
> the shareholders' money except it was hard to make hese out among the
> veils of 'effecacy' and wanting to be the "world-class").  The bailout
> (its 'the mother wanting to bail the son out') reflects that behaviour
> now manifesting itself except with a bigger stroke of the same hand.
> The hand has not changed its stroke because the thinking influencing the
> hand (either being disciplined with our mental models or our visions)
> has not changed until we could (as Peter says) "stop and see our
> thinking".
>
> Rather than, believing that the companies will learn to pick themselves
> up by themselves.  And if companies did not learn to do that, and kept
> relying on (StB) on 'bailout, buyouts, selling shares for ROI') then,
> they are not worthy of commanding the time and effort of so many others
> with them.  Till as community we do not hold this frame, the economic
> boom and dooms would be the order of the day as long as 'mummy or
> nannuy' is around!
>
> Somehow I always come back to the issue of the gender and how much I
> feel so much of what is happening in the world, is guided more so by
> feminine rather than masculine traits (talking about leverage).  So much
> for empowering our women, huh!?
>
> Interestingly I do not see European and African nations wanting to do as
> much bailouts as perhaps the US and maybe parts of Asia.  That's
> interesting to see.
>
> About the 3-legged stool, in the Fieldbook, yes, it does not reference
> the five dsiciplines.  But that's where the 3-legs first began to grow
> as an idea and Peter made subtle references to the disciplines within
> the write-up.  It is Daniel who plugges the five disciplines against the
> 3 legs in his article on the Systems Thinker (a publication of Pegasus
> Communications).  It was myself who then applied the 3-legs and the five
> disciplines against the structural tension model (the latter by Fritz).
>
> I found your line of questioning helpful and perhaps something the
> community may reflect on too.  I have copied this to the networks.
>
> Warmly
> Sheila Damodaran
> Email: dmsl@...
> Singapore:  +65-94790526
> Botswana:  +267-74780886
> LOPN Homepage: http://www.lopn.net[4]
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cafeasia/[5]>
>
> Quoting Michael Fong <michael@...>:
>
>> Hi Sheila
>>
>> Thanks for your quick response.
>>
>> I found a section named The Architecture of Learning Organizations on
> pg 21
>> of the fieldbook.  But it doesn't discuss the how the 5 disciplines
> form the
>> legs of the stool :-(
>>
>> The crisis continues to get more out of hand.  There's impatience to
> reach
>> the worst point so that the economy recovers.  My impatience comes
> from
>> impotence :-)  - I don't know where the leverage is and what the cure
> is.  I
>> have a sense of helplessness as I'm being carried by the currents.
> Can't
>> the SoL/Senge advise, say the World Economic Forum, EU, ASEAN, etc, on
> what
>> the leaders should do?  Is pumping in billions of $ into failed
> companies or
>> into battered economies the right way out?  Are systems thinkers
> showing the
>> way?  Is anyone listening?
>>
>>
>> Best regards -- michael.
>>
>> Director    m: 9674 3236
>> _____________________________________________
>> actuated associates pte ltd    co reg no: 200409064Z
>> 111 north bridge road  #27-01    singapore  179098
>> www.actuatedassociates.com    t: 6497 5258
>>
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>> individuals         personal mastery
>> projects             planning and management
>> teams                development and cohesion
>> thinking             systems and skills
>>
>>    _____
>>
>> From: Sheila Damodaran [mailto:dmsl@...]
>> Sent: Thursday, 5 February, 2009 1:22 PM
>> To: Michael Fong
>> Subject: Re: Senge's 3-legged stool diagram
>>
>> Dear Michael,
>> It is nice to see you here.  The 3-legged stool diagram first appeared
> in
>> the an article that Daniel Kim wrote when he was with Pegasus
>> Commmunications.  Still, there was an article about the three legs
> although
>> without the drawing in an article that Peter wrote (on the
> architecture of
>> the Learning Organization) in the fieldbook.  Let me know if you don't
> find
>> it there.
>
>
>> When we say the economy is 'pretty ugly' what are you seeing?  It is a
> pity
>> that in 'being gripped by fears' it is still is hard for us to
> appreciate
>> Law #6 was at play (all those comments we had in the workshop about
> not
>> going fast would spell our doom) and is what has brought us here
> today.  The
>> same law also meant we kept breaking Law #4 as well.  These two laws
> spelled
>> the doom.
>
>
>> Warmly
>> Sheila Damodaran
>> Email: dmsl@...
>> Singapore:  +65-94790526
>> Botswana:  +267-74780886
>> LOPN Homepage: http://www.lopn.net[6]
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cafeasia/[7]>
>>
>> Quoting Michael Fong <michael@...>:
>>
>>> Hi Sheila
>>>
>>> Sounds like you're enjoying life in Botswana, watching and smelling
> the
>> tall
>>> luscious green grass and all :-)
>>>
>>> You know the 3-legged stool diagram.  I've looked for it in The Fifth
>>> Discipline (both 1990 & 1994 editions) and in The Fifth Discipline
>>> Fieldbook, but I don't see it.  Do you know where it is shown?
> Reason for
>>> my search is: I would like to seek the publisher's permission
> reproduce
>> it.
>>>
>>>
>>> Best regards -- michael.
>>>
>>> Director    m: 9674 3236
>>>    _____
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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Dear all,

    Please find enclosed the LOPN NewsFlash for March 2009 here:
http://www.lopn.net/NewsFlash.html

    We hope you enjoy this series.  This is the first in this series.

    Warmly
Sheila Damodaran
Email: dmsl@...
Singapore:  +65-94790526
Botswana:  +267-74780886
LOPN Homepage: http://www.lopn.net
My Homepage: http://www.loatwork.com/aboutme.html
LOPN eGroup: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/LOPN/
Botswana eGroup: http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/BotswanaLO/
India eGroup: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndiaLO/
Vietnam eGroup: http://groups.google.com/group/lopnvietnam
Asia LO Practitioners:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsianLearningOrganizationPractitioners/
CafeAsia eGroup: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cafeasia/


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Hi Brenda
 
Thanks for your invitation to Pro Action Cafe and regret that I am not able to
attend this wed due to other meeting in the same evening.  But I hope
to share the LO experience in my property agency business since 2004 in your
3rd PAC.  With the help from Sheila (my GURU), I had drafted a Key Success Loop
(KSL) which help all members in the Org. to see the path of Growing more
clearly.  I wish you have a great meeting.  Keep in touch.
 
Bestregards
 
 
 
Robert Yap
ROOF Real Estate Group


--- On Fri, 3/6/09, Brenda Schroeder <brenda.schroeder@...> wrote:


From: Brenda Schroeder <brenda.schroeder@...>
Subject: LOPN your invitation to Pro Action Cafe - Wed 11 Mar, 7-10pm @ SMU,
classroom 3.4
To: LOPN@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, March 6, 2009, 12:12 PM


>
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I have the pleasure to invite you to the second Pro Action Café 
> evening, which will be held this Wed 11th of March, from 7.45pm till 
> 10pm, and hosted by SMU School of Business (class room 3.4). In 
> order to avoid running late with the evening agenda, we would 
> appreciate if you could be on time.
>
> You are very welcome to join us from 7pm onwards for dinner and 
> drinks; and to cool down after office.
>
> Please refer to the facebook group description for more information 
> on the program and logistics, or see below. In order to facilitate 
> catering for the evening, please confirm your participation by the 
> 10th of March, using http://www.doodle.com/ahdpq6fvvikscw9c.
>
> Feel free to pass on this invitation to friends and colleagues which 
> you think could be interested in participating! We are happy to 
> welcome in more diverse people and perspectives into the evenings.
>
> Looking forward to welcome you Wednesday!
>
> Your hosts,
> Andries and Brenda.
>
>
> The Invitation:  An evening of conversations exploring meaning, 
> ideas and action
>
> Plan for surprise and join us in an evening with like-minded, 
> creative, responsible people like yourself. We invite you:
>
> - to explore your questions about life or projects you are working on
> - to co-create your projects, actions, adventures, or journeys
> - to discover something new while meeting people with fresh and new 
> perspectives
> - to engage and relate with peers, to share knowledge and experiences
> - to develop new meaning for yourself and as a community
>
> If you feel called to participate, you are invited. If you have 
> received this invitation, you may invite your friends or colleagues 
> you believe would like to join us!
>
> Program:
>
> ·               19:00 Arriving and slowing down after a busy day
of 
> work/study, informal chats while snacks & drinks are served
>
> ·               19:45 Welcome and start Pro Action Café
>
> ·               20:15 Move into smaller Cafe conversations
>
> ·               21.45: Harvesting results and conversations
>
> ·               22:00: Closing (room provided till 22.30 for 
> informal chats for the ones who wish)
>
> The evening's process is designed to allow for deep conversations 
> and connections to happen around the questions or ideas that we feel 
> most compelled to explore at this moment.
>
>
> Confirmation requested:
>
> Kindly confirm by the 10th of March, using this Doodle link
(http://www.doodle.com/ahdpq6fvvikscw9c
> ), in order to facilitate planning for catering and room 
> reservation, and do let us know if you cannot make it after you have 
> confirmed.
>
> You’re very welcome to join us on facebook too, to connect with the 
> community and to meet like-minded people:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=48576752529
>
> Contribution:
>
> 10 S$ entry fee:  to cover the expenses of the evening including all 
> snacks and drinks. To pay cash at the door. In case you cannot 
> afford this, we invite you to pay what you can.
>
> Venue :
>
> Singapore Management University (http://www.smu.edu.sg/)
>
> Kong Chian School of Business
> Class room 3.4
> 50 Stamford Road
> Singapore 178899
>
> Please refer to Google Maps or SMU’s official website to find your 
> way or call Andries (82 27 63 83) or Weijian (91 39 43 76).
>
>
> --
> Andries De Vos
> Mobile (Singapore): +65 82 27 63 83
> Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/andriesdevos



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>
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I have the pleasure to invite you to the second Pro Action Café
> evening, which will be held this Wed 11th of March, from 7.45pm till
> 10pm, and hosted by SMU School of Business (class room 3.4). In
> order to avoid running late with the evening agenda, we would
> appreciate if you could be on time.
>
> You are very welcome to join us from 7pm onwards for dinner and
> drinks; and to cool down after office.
>
> Please refer to the facebook group description for more information
> on the program and logistics, or see below. In order to facilitate
> catering for the evening, please confirm your participation by the
> 10th of March, using http://www.doodle.com/ahdpq6fvvikscw9c.
>
> Feel free to pass on this invitation to friends and colleagues which
> you think could be interested in participating! We are happy to
> welcome in more diverse people and perspectives into the evenings.
>
> Looking forward to welcome you Wednesday!
>
> Your hosts,
> Andries and Brenda.
>
>
> The Invitation:  An evening of conversations exploring meaning,
> ideas and action
>
> Plan for surprise and join us in an evening with like-minded,
> creative, responsible people like yourself. We invite you:
>
> - to explore your questions about life or projects you are working on
> - to co-create your projects, actions, adventures, or journeys
> - to discover something new while meeting people with fresh and new
> perspectives
> - to engage and relate with peers, to share knowledge and experiences
> - to develop new meaning for yourself and as a community
>
> If you feel called to participate, you are invited. If you have
> received this invitation, you may invite your friends or colleagues
> you believe would like to join us!
>
> Program:
>
> ·               19:00 Arriving and slowing down after a busy day of
> work/study, informal chats while snacks & drinks are served
>
> ·               19:45 Welcome and start Pro Action Café
>
> ·               20:15 Move into smaller Cafe conversations
>
> ·               21.45: Harvesting results and conversations
>
> ·               22:00: Closing (room provided till 22.30 for
> informal chats for the ones who wish)
>
> The evening's process is designed to allow for deep conversations
> and connections to happen around the questions or ideas that we feel
> most compelled to explore at this moment.
>
>
> Confirmation requested:
>
> Kindly confirm by the 10th of March, using this Doodle link
(http://www.doodle.com/ahdpq6fvvikscw9c
> ), in order to facilitate planning for catering and room
> reservation, and do let us know if you cannot make it after you have
> confirmed.
>
> You’re very welcome to join us on facebook too, to connect with the
> community and to meet like-minded people:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=48576752529
>
> Contribution:
>
> 10 S$ entry fee:  to cover the expenses of the evening including all
> snacks and drinks. To pay cash at the door. In case you cannot
> afford this, we invite you to pay what you can.
>
> Venue :
>
> Singapore Management University (http://www.smu.edu.sg/)
>
> Kong Chian School of Business
> Class room 3.4
> 50 Stamford Road
> Singapore 178899
>
> Please refer to Google Maps or SMU’s official website to find your
> way or call Andries (82 27 63 83) or Weijian (91 39 43 76).
>
>
> --
> Andries De Vos
> Mobile (Singapore): +65 82 27 63 83
> Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/andriesdevos



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Dear Evelyn,

    It is lovely to see you here.  I hope you are well and thank you
for sharing this link below with us.  I am sending it around the
networks with a question.

    Because a diagram is not systemic, until we close the loop! Would
anyone care to find the missing pieces?  TIP:  Sometimes we do not
have to look to far from us to find them!

    I have taken a quick glance at the diagram and will be able to look
at it more carefully in about a fortnight or so.

    Do however feel free to take it for a spin!

    Warmly
Sheila Damodaran
Email: dmsl@...
Singapore:  +65-94790526
Botswana:  +267-74780886
LOPN Homepage: http://www.lopn.net
My Homepage: http://www.loatwork.com/aboutme.html
LOPN eGroup: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/LOPN/Quoting Evelyn
E L TAN <Evelyn_E_L_TAN@...>:

> Hi Sheila
>
> How are you.  Saw the diagram and remembered you : ).
>
> Thot the diagram explaining what happened with current financial crisis was
> a good visual representation.  The LOPN group could have a discussion
> around the systemic effects of it.
>
> http://www.wallstats.com/blog/a-visual-guide-to-the-financial-crisis/
>
> Ms Evelyn Tan
> Senior Head (Development Planning) 2, School Planning and Placement
> Division ? Tel: +65 6879 6050 ? Fax: +65 6775 6238
> Ministry of Education ? 1 North Buona Vista Drive, Singapore 138675 ?
> http://www.moe.gov.sg
> Integrity the Foundation ? People our Focus ? Learning our Passion ?
> Excellence our Pursuit
> CONFIDENTIALITY: If this email has been sent to you by mistake, please
> notify the sender and delete it immediately. As it may contain confidential
> information, the retention or dissemination of its contents may be an
> offence under the Official Secrets Act.
>
>




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Dear Zareer.

    Thank you for this really nice sharing.  Lovely story Rajinder! 
Thought it would be really nice for other communities to hear this!

    Warmly
Sheila Damodaran
Email: dmsl@...
Singapore:  +65-94790526
Botswana:  +267-74780886
LOPN Homepage: http://www.lopn.net
My Homepage: http://www.loatwork.com/aboutme.html

    Quoting agazareer31 <zareer.aga@...>:

> Guys,
> Come one come all. Help yourself and do yourself and all of us a 
> favour by joining in this sharing and learning of applications of 
> systems thinking tools. Sushil has done a wonderful sharing and
> those who were not there like me have missed a great learning 
> opportunity. Bring freinds and family all are welcome do let us know.
> Here is a jist of the meeting that Mr Raina has prepared:

    > LLF Meeting Highlights held on 1st Feb 09

    I thought the magic that happened in our first LLF meet was a fluke
but the second LLF meeting proved that these short informal sessions
are indeed powerful. It is the storytelling I guess that does the
magic and maybe when we listen to stories of actual, on the ground
successes with systems thinking tools….that too narrated with such
passion by our own friends….it just fires up many neurons all at once!!!

> For me personally, every minute of these 2 hrs were well spent. This
> time it was Sushil's turn who explained to us in detail how his
> intervention with multiple departments of Andhra Pradesh Government
> helped them understand their issues better and thereby how just
> enhanced understanding itself reduced a lot of animosity between
> multiple stakeholders. Sushil had used systems thinking as well as
> RAAKS tools. This intervention was regarding livelihood of people
> who tender "small rumminents"(read sheep and goats).
> These are the comments of all participants after listening to Sushil:
> 1)        Niloufer:  It just dawned on me that all four levels of an
> Ice-Berg are actually happening simultaneously…that was an eye
> opener for me. Also the way Sushil was able to bring such diverse
> and heterogeneous groups to a common platform in just 5 days was
> absolutely wonderful to hear….
> 2)        Khemta: The story was not new to me but it got reinforced.
> It appeared to me that during the workshop these people kind of
> `manufactured' the mirror that they then used to look inside!! What
> an insight and understanding…
> 3)        Rajesh: I am impressed with Sushil's ability to arrive at
> a concrete output(which is a proper published manual) in just 4
> days….it was much more than just systems thinking…what a wonderful
> facilitation he must have done
> 4)        Sunita: It is amazing how people and that too senior govt
> officials could publicly criticize their own work…..i am inspired
> 5)        Kalindi: I was moved….got reminded of the work I did few
> years back with 13 villages…I learnt a new terminology of `stocks'
> and `flows'
> 6)        Rajinder: How Khemta put it…manufacturing the
> mirror….never thought like that…what a powerful way of looking at
> the process of paradigm shifts
> 7)        Rashmikant: The Ice-Berg model fitted so well with what
> Sushil was narrating….just got it….i can't wait any longer….have to
> just start the conversations
> 8)        Sushil: I just found out that simultaneously using tools
> like ice-berg and at the same time narrating a story where people
> see application of these tools is a very powerful process….it is
> very heartening to share something with people who speak the same
> language




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Dear Savorn,

    How wonderful to hear about your upcoming marriage!  I am so happy
for you.  Be great if you could send me photos.  I am currently in
Africa and do not see myself leaving this place for some time.

    The economic crisis is basically a correction (balancing loop) on
exposing and then reducing the gap between real cost / value of things
and the prices we have tended to "jack up" so that we may improve our
(personal) margins / profit.  Of course when we did 'jack up' our
prices we stayed silent on how it would affect our personal margins
did we not? (we would sometimes smile to ourselves for being smart
businessman in achieving that? After all everyone is doing it, is it
not?). It is interesting for me to see, how this crisis is opening up
what we have always covered up or tried not to tell others (in case we
worked them up too).  The less we talked and swept it under the
carpet, the worse it got!  Faster just got us slower!  This is the
story for Asia.

    It is really dealing with the accumulation of this behaviour that
may have been happening since as far back as the 1950s.  For 50 years
+ we have just 'taken' things for ourselves, including the
environmwent and believing that 'faster is better'.  The crisis, is a
reminder there is a limit on how far we can take things and it is a
way of 'curbing our greed'.  Of course the rest of what happens across
the globe is (wars, strives, strikes)  is the domino effect.

    So when you do start life with your loved one, would you be patient
(remember slower is faster) with each other on how you grow?  Share
with her what is really going on for you.  Let her know how much
finances you have and and ask her, what does she really needs. 
Sometimes she does not need huge houses.  Read in between the lines.
She really just needs you and your time and your attention to her. 
She may not say that.  Ask her.  That would always make up for the
lack of a huge house.  It is a the (cheap) truth but we always miss
this simple point.

    The love you have there between the two of you would then grow and
fill you with such happiness, and energy that you would not even
notice 'what's missing' in your life and you'd be walking around
feeling more peace and joy.  It also allows you and your loved ones to
help each other become more fuller physically, emotionally and
mentally because you have the time for each other.  That's what helps
us to see 'the real growth" happening for us eventually.

    When we grow as persons, a sign this is happening is that riches
would also grow around you without even you noticing that it is
happening.

    Once again congratulations and please send my kindest wishes to your wife!

    I thought this is wonderful question you have raised and wished to
share this moment with others too.

    Warmly
Sheila Damodaran
Email: dmsl@...
Singapore:  +65-94790526
Botswana:  +267-74780886
LOPN Homepage: http://www.lopn.net
My Homepage: http://www.loatwork.com/aboutme.html
LOPN eGroup: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/LOPN/Quoting savorn
chim <chimsavorn@...>:

> Dearest Sheila,
>
> Delighted to hear from you !!! but sorry for keeping quiet, quiet
> but is not silence just only trying to find a place to sitdown and
> did quiet time during many people keeping going on and move to
> wherever they wanted.
>
> After doing quiet time many thing also came up without any
> resolution or not so clear how to do with those things. The frist is
> about the world economic crisis, civil war, invated each other, with
> these reasons in Cambodia also got many problems and things to
> do, many factories had closed, the famers couldn't sell their
> production in suitable price, etc.
>
> The same time of thinking and talking about these
> problems, a very good and happy thing also came up infornt of me is 
> ................ could you guess that thing ? the 1st March, 2009 is
> the bigest event in my life ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, that event is my
> wedding. I would like to invite you to join my wedding on that day
> ha ....... ,
>
> That all for this time,
>
> See you !!!
> Warmest regards,
> Savorn  
>
> ________________________________
> From: Sheila Damodaran <dmsl@...>
> Sent: Friday, February 6, 2009 12:20:06 AM
> Subject: Fwd: [Solcc] SoL Thanks, Update & Ways to Maximize Your Membership
>
>
>    The SoL organizational membership is at an all time low!
>
>    For your information.
>
>    Warmly
> Sheila Damodaran
> Email: dmsl@...
> Singapore:  +65-94790526
> Botswana:  +267-74780886
> LOPN Homepage: http://www.lopn.net
> My Homepage: http://www.loatwork.com/aboutme.html
>
> ----- Forwarded message from Cynthia@... -----
>     Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 11:55:15 -0500
>     From: Cynthia Way <Cynthia@...>
> Reply-To: Cynthia Way <Cynthia@...>
> Subject: [Solcc] SoL Thanks, Update & Ways to Maximize Your Membership
>       To: solcc@...
>
> Hi SoL Consultants & Researchers,
>
> This email brings 3 messages:  1) Our Appreciation, 2) SoL Update, and 
> 3) 12 Ways to Maximize Your Membership
>
> I.                OUR APPRECIATION
>
> This message is a big thank you for renewing your membership!  And 
> special thanks to those who also contributed to the scholarship fund.   
> While we still haven't heard from a few of you, we hope we can include 
> you in our thanks soon.
>
> II.             SOL UPDATE
>
> Founding & Global SoL:  The Council for Founding SoL, elected by our 
> membership, has recently undertaken significant work to link and 
> structure Founding SoL as part of a Global SoL entity.  This is a 
> natural evolution of what SoL has become with groups forming around 
> the world.  For those of you who have attended any of the SoL Global 
> Forums (the most recent in Oman in April 2008), the global nature of 
> SoL is quite obvious.
>
> Council Focus:  This design work - conceptual, legal and everything in 
> between- will be the Council's primary focus for 2009.  Some very 
> talented, committed leaders from our various communities have 
> volunteered to lead the work.  Our founder Peter Senge is part of that 
> team, as is Roger Saillant, former CEO of Plug Power and a founding 
> active member of the Sustainability Consortium. You will receive more 
> information  as work gets underway.
>
> In the Meantime: Founding SoL, supported in the USA from by a small 
> staff in Boston and through various distributed networks, will 
> continue under the current structures and continue to accept 
> applications for new members.  Interest in joining SoL continues to 
> run very high with outstanding applicants for membership every quarter.
>
> Organizational Membership:  Organizations can now join SoL for $5,000. 
> Yes, there's a zero missing! Organizational membership for $5,000 
> (five thousand dollars) includes unlimited access to individual member 
> benefits (web access, Reflections, the above-mentioned virtual 
> meetings, member discounts to courses and events) as well as special 
> organization-only virtual meetings.  SoL is doing this as an 
> experiment in 2009.
>
> III.           12 WAYS TO MAXIMIZE YOUR MEMBERSHIP
>
> 1.     Visit the website periodically, where you will find upcoming 
> events at www.solonline.org.
>
> 2.     Read the blog that Sherry Immediato, SoL's Managing Director, 
> has established at http://blogs.solonline.org/users/immediato/.
>
> 3.     Use the Consulting Convergence listserv to communicate among 
> your fellow researchers and consultants at solcc@....   
> (Note:  You can ignore past instructions to use the bcc line and just 
> put this in the To: line)
>
> 4.     Go to the next Consulting Convergence (date to be announced).
>
> 5.     Use the SoL Directory located on our website to find others in 
> your community.
>
> 6.     Attend SoL@Night in Boston.
>
> 7.     If not in Boston, start a regional SoL@Night.
>
> 8.     Join a soon-to-be announced SoL TeleClass or offer to give one.
>
> 9.     If you're a coach, join the SoL Coaches Community of Practice 
> (see website).
>
> 10.  Update your on-line profile (or establish it if you haven't yet 
> done so).
>
> 11.  Read Peter Senge's blog at http://blogs.solonline.org/users/psenge/blog/
> .
>
> 12.  Host a workshop for the SoL Community for expenses only:  An 
> opportunity to strut your stuff, get feedback, get visibility, and 
> find potential future partnering opportunities.
>
> Wishing you a year of joy, good health, and good learning!
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Cynthia
> Cynthia Way, PCC
> Way To Go! Inc.
>
> On Behalf Of the Individual Membership Committee
> Ruthann Prange
> Cynthia Way
> Rita Kowalski
> Sheila McGarey
> John Ehrenfield
> Nora Hughes
> Diane Oettinger
>



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Dear all,

    Please find enclosed the NewsFlash for the month of February 2009:
http://www.lopn.net/NewsFlash.html[1]

    I hope you enjoy reading it and it triggers thoughts and
conversations around for you.  Do feel free to pass it on to to anyone
you feel would enjoy the same.

    Best wishes for the coming month and of course wishing St Valentine
will continue to look kindly at all of us.

    Warmly
Sheila Damodaran
Email: dmsl@...
Singapore:  +65-94790526
Botswana:  +267-74780886
LOPN Homepage: http://www.lopn.net

Links:
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[1] http://www.lopn.net/NewsFlash.html



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The SoL organizational membership is at an all time low!

    For your information.

    Warmly
Sheila Damodaran
Email: dmsl@...
Singapore:  +65-94790526
Botswana:  +267-74780886
LOPN Homepage: http://www.lopn.net
My Homepage: http://www.loatwork.com/aboutme.html
----- Forwarded message from Cynthia@... -----
    Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 11:55:15 -0500
    From: Cynthia Way <Cynthia@...>
Reply-To: Cynthia Way <Cynthia@...>
Subject: [Solcc] SoL Thanks, Update & Ways to Maximize Your Membership
      To: solcc@...

Hi SoL Consultants & Researchers,

This email brings 3 messages:  1) Our Appreciation, 2) SoL Update, and 
3) 12 Ways to Maximize Your Membership

I.                OUR APPRECIATION

This message is a big thank you for renewing your membership!  And 
special thanks to those who also contributed to the scholarship fund.   
While we still haven't heard from a few of you, we hope we can include 
you in our thanks soon.

II.             SOL UPDATE

Founding & Global SoL:  The Council for Founding SoL, elected by our 
membership, has recently undertaken significant work to link and 
structure Founding SoL as part of a Global SoL entity.  This is a 
natural evolution of what SoL has become with groups forming around 
the world.  For those of you who have attended any of the SoL Global 
Forums (the most recent in Oman in April 2008), the global nature of 
SoL is quite obvious.

Council Focus:  This design work - conceptual, legal and everything in 
between- will be the Council's primary focus for 2009.  Some very 
talented, committed leaders from our various communities have 
volunteered to lead the work.  Our founder Peter Senge is part of that 
team, as is Roger Saillant, former CEO of Plug Power and a founding 
active member of the Sustainability Consortium. You will receive more 
information  as work gets underway.

In the Meantime: Founding SoL, supported in the USA from by a small 
staff in Boston and through various distributed networks, will 
continue under the current structures and continue to accept 
applications for new members.  Interest in joining SoL continues to 
run very high with outstanding applicants for membership every quarter.

Organizational Membership:  Organizations can now join SoL for $5,000. 
Yes, there's a zero missing! Organizational membership for $5,000 
(five thousand dollars) includes unlimited access to individual member 
benefits (web access, Reflections, the above-mentioned virtual 
meetings, member discounts to courses and events) as well as special 
organization-only virtual meetings.  SoL is doing this as an 
experiment in 2009.

III.           12 WAYS TO MAXIMIZE YOUR MEMBERSHIP

1.     Visit the website periodically, where you will find upcoming 
events at www.solonline.org.

2.     Read the blog that Sherry Immediato, SoL's Managing Director, 
has established at http://blogs.solonline.org/users/immediato/.

3.     Use the Consulting Convergence listserv to communicate among 
your fellow researchers and consultants at solcc@....   
(Note:  You can ignore past instructions to use the bcc line and just 
put this in the To: line)

4.     Go to the next Consulting Convergence (date to be announced).

5.     Use the SoL Directory located on our website to find others in 
your community.

6.     Attend SoL@Night in Boston.

7.     If not in Boston, start a regional SoL@Night.

8.     Join a soon-to-be announced SoL TeleClass or offer to give one.

9.     If you're a coach, join the SoL Coaches Community of Practice 
(see website).

10.  Update your on-line profile (or establish it if you haven't yet 
done so).

11.  Read Peter Senge's blog at http://blogs.solonline.org/users/psenge/blog/
.

12.  Host a workshop for the SoL Community for expenses only:  An 
opportunity to strut your stuff, get feedback, get visibility, and 
find potential future partnering opportunities.

Wishing you a year of joy, good health, and good learning!

Warm regards,

Cynthia
Cynthia Way, PCC
Way To Go! Inc.

On Behalf Of the Individual Membership Committee

Ruthann Prange

Cynthia Way

Rita Kowalski

Sheila McGarey

John Ehrenfield

Nora Hughes

Diane Oettinger

----- End forwarded message -----


   ----------

Hi SoL Consultants & Researchers,

This email brings 3 messages:  1) Our Appreciation, 2) SoL Update, and
3) 12 Ways to Maximize Your Membership

I.                OUR APPRECIATION

This message is a big thank you for renewing your membership!  And
special thanks to those who also contributed to the scholarship fund.
While we still haven’t heard from a few of you, we hope we can include
you in our thanks soon.

II.             SOL UPDATE

Founding & Global SoL:  The Council for Founding SoL, elected by our
membership, has recently undertaken significant work to link and
structure Founding SoL as part of a Global SoL entity.  This is a
natural evolution of what SoL has become with groups forming around
the world.  For those of you who have attended any of the SoL Global
Forums (the most recent in Oman in April 2008), the global nature of
SoL is quite obvious.

Council Focus:  This design work – conceptual, legal and everything in
between- will be the Council’s primary focus for 2009.  Some very
talented, committed leaders from our various communities have
volunteered to lead the work.  Our founder Peter Senge is part of that
team, as is Roger Saillant, former CEO of Plug Power and a founding
active member of the Sustainability Consortium. You will receive more
information  as work gets underway.

In the Meantime: Founding SoL, supported in the USA from by a small
staff in Boston and through various distributed networks, will
continue under the current structures and continue to accept
applications for new members.  Interest in joining SoL continues to
run very high with outstanding applicants for membership every quarter.

Organizational Membership:  Organizations can now join SoL for $5,000.
Yes, there's a zero missing! Organizational membership for $5,000
(five thousand dollars) includes unlimited access to individual member
benefits (web access, Reflections, the above-mentioned virtual
meetings, member discounts to courses and events) as well as special
organization-only virtual meetings.  SoL is doing this as an
experiment in 2009.

III.           12 WAYS TO MAXIMIZE YOUR MEMBERSHIP

1.     Visit the website periodically, where you will find upcoming
events at www.solonline.org.

2.     Read the blog that Sherry Immediato, SoL’s Managing Director,
has established at http://blogs.solonline.org/users/immediato/.

3.     Use the Consulting Convergence listserv to communicate among
your fellow researchers and consultants at solcc@....
(Note:  You can ignore past instructions to use the bcc line and just
put this in the To: line)

4.     Go to the next Consulting Convergence (date to be announced).

5.     Use the SoL Directory located on our website to find others in
your community.

6.     Attend SoL@Night in Boston.

7.     If not in Boston, start a regional SoL@Night.

8.     Join a soon-to-be announced SoL TeleClass or offer to give one.

9.     If you’re a coach, join the SoL Coaches Community of Practice
(see website).

10.  Update your on-line profile (or establish it if you haven’t yet
done so).

11.  Read Peter Senge’s blog at http://blogs.solonline.org/users/psenge/blog/
.

12.  Host a workshop for the SoL Community for expenses only:  An
opportunity to strut your stuff, get feedback, get visibility, and
find potential future partnering opportunities.

Wishing you a year of joy, good health, and good learning!

Warm regards,

Cynthia
Cynthia Way, PCC
Way To Go! Inc.

On Behalf Of the Individual Membership Committee

Ruthann Prange

Cynthia Way

Rita Kowalski

Sheila McGarey

John Ehrenfield

Nora Hughes

Diane Oettinger



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Solcc mailing list
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Dear Michael,

    One thing I've learned is one cannot teach the results of using the
disciplines nor merely 'show the answers' - Law #2 has a way of
kicking in naturally, yes even in the Economic Doom.  That's the (or
lack of) disciplines playing up! Notice Peter is not doing much more
or less than before.  Just maintaining the persistence in applying the
dose (remember DIL and the two drops?)

    That's why I've preferred during 'peace-time' to share the language
and the tools such that it becomes more 'deeply ingrained' (and this
is a practice over time) so that during 'war-times' these become
reflexes that would naturally kick-in by themselves so that the
"seeing becomes easier".

    Also, it is not just about one discipline: Systems Thinking.  One
cannot "see the system" without being disciplined in '"seeing our
(one's) own frames".  The latter can only be done by the person
oneself.  Unless the two disciplines, go hand-in-hand, the
"realization" does not quite 'really happen'.

    Pumping the money in bailouts is merely a 'glaring' reflex that we
have also carried out all the time except it was done earlier with
greater subtle-ness as we bought and sold shares on the stock
exchanges of the world (as organizations hyped about themselves just
to be able to wean the shareholders' money except it was hard to make
hese out among the veils of 'effecacy' and wanting to be the
"world-class").  The bailout (its 'the mother wanting to bail the son
out') reflects that behaviour now manifesting itself except with a
bigger stroke of the same hand.  The hand has not changed its stroke
because the thinking influencing the hand (either being disciplined
with our mental models or our visions) has not changed until we could
(as Peter says) "stop and see our thinking".

    Rather than, believing that the companies will learn to pick
themselves up by themselves.  And if companies did not learn to do
that, and kept relying on (StB) on 'bailout, buyouts, selling shares
for ROI') then, they are not worthy of commanding the time and effort
of so many others with them.  Till as community we do not hold this
frame, the economic boom and dooms would be the order of the day as
long as 'mummy or nannuy' is around!

    Somehow I always come back to the issue of the gender and how much
I feel so much of what is happening in the world, is guided more so by
feminine rather than masculine traits (talking about leverage).  So
much for empowering our women, huh!?

    Interestingly I do not see European and African nations wanting to
do as much bailouts as perhaps the US and maybe parts of Asia.  That's
interesting to see.

    About the 3-legged stool, in the Fieldbook, yes, it does not
reference the five dsiciplines.  But that's where the 3-legs first
began to grow as an idea and Peter made subtle references to the
disciplines within the write-up.  It is Daniel who plugges the five
disciplines against the 3 legs in his article on the Systems Thinker
(a publication of Pegasus Communications).  It was myself who then
applied the 3-legs and the five disciplines against the structural
tension model (the latter by Fritz).

    I found your line of questioning helpful and perhaps something the
community may reflect on too.  I have copied this to the networks.

    Warmly
Sheila Damodaran
Email: dmsl@...
Singapore:  +65-94790526
Botswana:  +267-74780886
LOPN Homepage: http://www.lopn.net

    Quoting Michael Fong <michael@...>:

> Hi Sheila
>
> Thanks for your quick response.
>
> I found a section named The Architecture of Learning Organizations on pg 21
> of the fieldbook.  But it doesn't discuss the how the 5 disciplines form the
> legs of the stool :-(
>
> The crisis continues to get more out of hand.  There's impatience to reach
> the worst point so that the economy recovers.  My impatience comes from
> impotence :-)  - I don't know where the leverage is and what the cure is.  I
> have a sense of helplessness as I'm being carried by the currents.  Can't
> the SoL/Senge advise, say the World Economic Forum, EU, ASEAN, etc, on what
> the leaders should do?  Is pumping in billions of $ into failed companies or
> into battered economies the right way out?  Are systems thinkers showing the
> way?  Is anyone listening?
>
>
> Best regards -- michael.
>
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> projects             planning and management
> teams                development and cohesion
> thinking             systems and skills
>
>    _____
>
> From: Sheila Damodaran [mailto:dmsl@...]
> Sent: Thursday, 5 February, 2009 1:22 PM
> To: Michael Fong
> Subject: Re: Senge's 3-legged stool diagram
>
> Dear Michael,
> It is nice to see you here.  The 3-legged stool diagram first appeared in
> the an article that Daniel Kim wrote when he was with Pegasus
> Commmunications.  Still, there was an article about the three legs although
> without the drawing in an article that Peter wrote (on the architecture of
> the Learning Organization) in the fieldbook.  Let me know if you don't find
> it there.

    > When we say the economy is 'pretty ugly' what are you seeing?  It
is a pity
> that in 'being gripped by fears' it is still is hard for us to appreciate
> Law #6 was at play (all those comments we had in the workshop about not
> going fast would spell our doom) and is what has brought us here today.  The
> same law also meant we kept breaking Law #4 as well.  These two laws spelled
> the doom.

    > Warmly
> Sheila Damodaran
> Email: dmsl@...
> Singapore:  +65-94790526
> Botswana:  +267-74780886
> LOPN Homepage: http://www.lopn.net <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cafeasia/>
>
> Quoting Michael Fong <michael@...>:
>
>> Hi Sheila
>>
>> Sounds like you're enjoying life in Botswana, watching and smelling the
> tall
>> luscious green grass and all :-)
>>
>> You know the 3-legged stool diagram.  I've looked for it in The Fifth
>> Discipline (both 1990 & 1994 editions) and in The Fifth Discipline
>> Fieldbook, but I don't see it.  Do you know where it is shown?  Reason for
>> my search is: I would like to seek the publisher's permission reproduce
> it.
>>
>>
>> Best regards -- michael.
>>
>> Director    m: 9674 3236
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>>
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>> 111 north bridge road  #27-01    singapore  179098
>>   <http://www.actuatedassociates.com/> www.actuatedassociates.com    t:
> 6497
>> 5258
>>
>>
>> conversations   authenticity
>> individuals         personal mastery
>> projects               planning and management
>> teams                development and cohesion
>> thinking            systems and skills
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Hi Sheila,

Thanks so much for that lovely article showing what is really going on.
People are so afraid of accepting reality as it is and striving for the new.

BTW, have you heard about the new community set up by Otto Scharmer?
http://www.community.presencing.com

Looking forward to hearing from you

Ralf
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environment and businesses!  I hope you enjoy reading it!

    Warmly
Sheila Damodaran
Email: dmsl@...
Singapore:  +65-94790526
Botswana:  +267-74780886
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  Google News Alert for: PETER SENGE

        [1]
        Peter Senge : JP / J . Adiguna[2]

PETER SENGE: Bridging the gap between business & civil society
Jakarta Post - Jakarta,Indonesia
It is the most daunting environmental problem of our time, but not
many grasp the bigger picture, says renowned business advisor PETER
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I liked this question.  Thought I might share it with all of you.

    Warmly
Sheila Damodaran
Email: dmsl@...
Singapore:  +65-94790526
Botswana:  +267-74780886
LOPN Homepage: http://www.lopn.net
My Homepage: http://www.loatwork.com/aboutme.html

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    Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:28:17 +0800
    From: Sheila Damodaran <dmsl@...>
Reply-To: Sheila Damodaran <dmsl@...>
Subject: Re: Hi! Advice on how to start ST
 
   Dear Selena,

   Trust your Lunar New Year went well.

   The trick to move from events to the archetypes (or underlying
systemic structures) is to watch for the patterns (trendlines of those
events over times).  This refers to the behaviour of that event over
time.  E.g. it is one thing to say resignations are high.  It is
another to say, how 'the trend of resignations' has behaved over
time.  Do not just rely on our gut instincts that 'oh come every
year-end, there are more resignations'.  That's not quite it.  We
would need to go back 5-6 years and track the rate of that event over
time.  Yes, it is in watching the BOT graphs it gives us a clue to the
underlying sturctures at play.  Note these links and use them then to 
predict which stucture may be contributing to such a trend line (or
BOT): http://www.lopn.net/ST2_System_Archetypes.html,
http://www.lopn.net/ST2_System_Archetypes.html

   This link is helpful in working with archetypes:
http://www.lopn.net/Questions_for_SA.html

   The other is, don't forget the onion:
http://www.lopn.net/The_Onion.html.  If you notice an archetype, we
would need to go back on the archetypes "before" it, that are causing 
them.  Without removing them, do not think we can expect the archetype
we are seeing now to go away.  Remember, everything happens for a
reason.  We need to work with the reason (what's causing it, like for
e.g. MIL not receiving the attention she had hoped to see in DIL) and 
turn it around, irreversibly - changing that frame takes time. Knowing
what the frame (discipline of MM) is, shortens that time:
http://www.lopn.net/Poster_S10_ST1.html

   Hope these help you too: http://www.lopn.net/Poster.html

   I'll be happy, even as it happens remotely, to listen to what
you're observing in this case and help you along, either pointing
towards something or just even exploring questions that you may in
turn explore with them.  You are welcome to explore these case-studies 
if they help you: http://www.lopn.net/ST_CaseStudies.html

    On how one may start this work with newbies, share stories of
MIL-DIL and talk about the circles of causality (most resistant
problems have compensating feedbacks (circles) built-in at this stage)
or that cycles are at play, and introduce the two basic structures,
reinforcing and balancing loops and briefly share an examples with FtB
(remember, not enough manpower, and too much workload case studies).
This is essentialy Day 1 of my workshop.  Recap what I'd done,
write-it-down and try it.  I'm sure you'd soon evolve your own versions.

    Love to hear reactions from others to this question or response.

    Warmly
Sheila Damodaran
Email: dmsl@...
Singapore:  +65-94790526
Botswana:  +267-74780886
LOPN Homepage: http://www.lopn.net
My Homepage: http://www.loatwork.com/aboutme.html

    Quoting Selena Oh Puay Hoon:

> Message Classification: Unclassified
>
> Hi Sheila
>
> Gong Xi Fa Chai!
>
> I think I have told you previously on how keen I am to use ST in my
> workshops.  Recently, there seems to be an opportunity to try that
> out but I am not sure where to start.
>
> There are some complex HR issues in the organisation and we would be
> doing a ST workshop on it in late Feb to attempt to understand the
> problem better and hopefully to find some solution that are not
> quick fixes.  Like what you had done, I have planned for some
> interviews to
> understand the problem from the various stakeholders but I am not
> confident that I would be able to put anything coherent in a systems
> thinking diagram, much less archetypes.  Do you have some tips for
> me? > How do you go from the event level (from the interviews) to
> the system
> level?
>
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
>
> Regards
> Selena

Links:
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[1] http://www.lopn.net/ST2_System_Archetypes.html
[2] http://www.lopn.net/ST2_System_Archetypes.html
[3] http://www.lopn.net/Questions_for_SA.html
[4] http://www.lopn.net/The_Onion.html
[5] http://www.lopn.net/Poster_S10_ST1.html
[6] http://www.lopn.net/Poster.html
[7] http://www.lopn.net/ST_CaseStudies.html

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    Dear Selena,

    I was back in Singapore in Sep through mid-December and returned to
Botswana just before Christmas.  The office here is attempting to draw
up a two-year contract and so we are in the midst of those
paperworks.  We are hoping that the work could resume in February.

    Trust your Lunar New Year went well with the new addition in your
family.  Noticed you are back at work.

    The trick to move from event to the archetypes (or underlying
systemic structures) is to watch for the patterns (trendlines of those
events over times).  This refers to the behaviour of that event over
time.  E.g. it is one thing to say resignations are high.  It is
another to say, how 'the trend of resignations' has behaved over
time.  Do not just rely on our gut instincts that 'oh come every
year-end, there are more resignations'.  That's not quite it.  We
would need to go back 5-6 years and track the rate of that event over
time.  Yes, it is in watching the BOT graphs it gives us a clue to the
underlying sturctures at play.  Note these links and use them then to
predict which stucture may be contributing to such a trend line (or
BOT): http://www.lopn.net/ST2_System_Archetypes.html[1],
http://www.lopn.net/ST2_System_Archetypes.html[2].

    This link is helpful in working with archetypes:
http://www.lopn.net/Questions_for_SA.html[3]

    The other is, don't forget the onion:
http://www.lopn.net/The_Onion.html[4].  If you notice an archetype, we
would need to go back on the archetypes "before" it, that are causing
them.  Without removing them, do not think we can expect the archetype
we are seeing now to go away.  Remember, everything happens for a
reason.  We need to work with the reason (what's causing it, like for
e.g. MIL not receiving the attention she had hoped to see in DIL) and
turn it around, irreversibly - changing that frame takes time. 
Knowing what the frame (discipline of MM) is, shortens that time:
http://www.lopn.net/Poster_S10_ST1.html[5]

    Hope these help you too: http://www.lopn.net/Poster.html[6]

    I'll be happy, even as it happens remotely, to listen to what
you're observing in this case and help you along, either pointing
towards something or just even exploring questions that you may in
turn explore with them.  You are welcome to explore these case-studies
if they help you: http://www.lopn.net/ST_CaseStudies.html[7]

    Warmly
Sheila Damodaran
Email: dmsl@...
Singapore:  +65-94790526
Botswana:  +267-74780886
LOPN Homepage: http://www.lopn.net
My Homepage: http://www.loatwork.com/aboutme.htmlQuoting Selena Oh Puay Hoon:

> Message Classification: Unclassified
>
> Hi Sheila
>
> Gong Xi Fa Chai! Are you in Botswana still?
>
> I think I have told you previously on how keen I am to use ST in my
> workshops in DSTA.  Recently, there seems to be an opportunity to try
> that out but I am not sure where to start.
>
> There are some complex HR issues in the organisation and we would be
> doing a ST workshop on it in late Feb to attempt to understand the
> problem better and hopefully to find some solution that are not quick
> fixes.  Like what you had done, I have planned for some interviews to
> understand the problem from the various stakeholders but I am not
> confident that I would be able to put anything coherent in a systems
> thinking diagram, much less archetypes.  Do you have some tips for me?
> How do you go from the event level (from the interviews) to the system
> level?
>
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
>
> Regards
> Selena
>
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Links:
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[1] http://www.lopn.net/ST2_System_Archetypes.html
[2] http://www.lopn.net/ST2_System_Archetypes.html
[3] http://www.lopn.net/Questions_for_SA.html
[4] http://www.lopn.net/The_Onion.html
[5] http://www.lopn.net/Poster_S10_ST1.html
[6] http://www.lopn.net/Poster.html
[7] http://www.lopn.net/ST_CaseStudies.html



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For your reading.

Warmly
Sheila Damodaran
Email: dmsl@...
Singapore:  +65-94790526
Botswana:  +267-74780886
LOPN Homepage: http://www.lopn.net
My Homepage: http://www.loatwork.com/aboutme.html

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          Top US biz strategist talks `change or die'
Jakarta Post - Jakarta,Indonesia
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    For your reading.

    Warmly
Sheila Damodaran
Email: dmsl@...
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Botswana:  +267-74780886
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Subject: Google Alert - Peter Senge
      To: dmsl@...

  Google News Alert for: PETER SENGE

          Top US biz strategist talks `change or die'
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Dear all,

Hope all this finds you enjoying the Lunar New Year!

    Sherry Immediato, the President and MD of SoL (Global) shares 
Peter's thoughts on the inauguration of the New President of United 
States.

Happy Reading and Gong Xi Fa Cai to all!

Warmly
Sheila Damodaran
Email: dmsl@...
Singapore:  +65-94790526
Botswana:  +267-74780886
LOPN Homepage: http://www.lopn.net
My Homepage: http://www.loatwork.com/aboutme.html
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    Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:53:57 -0500
    From: Sherry Immediato <respond@...>
Reply-To: immediato@...
Subject: [news] Inauguration News from Peter Senge and SoL
      To: Sheila Damodaran <dmsl@...>

  HTML Message       

  20 January 2009

  Dear Sheila,

  It was cold and bright here in Boston at dawn today, a day we all
hope will mark a new era of collective intelligence and wisdom in the
US and beyond. I know people here and around the world anticipate
great things from Barack Obama, who was sworn into office today. But
as Kennedy reminded us 48 years ago and echoed by Obama today, the
work ahead belongs to all of us.
WHAT WE MUST DO - A CALL FROM PRESIDENT OBAMA

  "For everywhere we look, there is work to be done. The state of the
economy calls for action, bold and swift, and we will act -- not only
to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth. We will
build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that
feed our commerce and bind us together. We will restore science to its
rightful place, and wield technology's wonders to raise health care's
quality and lower its cost. We will harness the sun and the winds and
the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories. And we will transform
our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new
age. All this we can do. All this we will do." Obama noted that we
have accomplished amazing things together - how did we do that? What
strengths do we need to build on to realize these opportunities? 
OUR RESPONSE - ACTION AND REFLECTION INFUSED WITH VISION,
COLLABORATION AND SYSTEMS THINKING

  Peter Senge asked me to share a letter he wrote last week from
China to President Obama.[1] As you might expect, Peter takes a
systems view and in particular encourages a partnership with China to
create a more sustainable world. This is one illustration.

  More generally, we believe that those who have been successful in
beginning to realize Obama's vision have distinctive competencies as
detailed in /The Necessary Revolution: How Individuals and
Organizations are Working Together to Create a Sustainable World[2] /
by Peter Senge and colleagues.

  What are the competencies that separate leading organizations from
the rest? They ...

  * EXCEL AT SEEING SYSTEMS. They recognize basic system phenomena
everywhere - limits to success, shifting the burden to the intervener,
accidental adversaries.  In particular, they see the system
independent of organizational boundaries.
  * COLLABORATE ACROSS BOUNDARIES WITH EASE.  They know how to get
the whole system in the room and respect the different interests and
perspectives of all stakeholders, making it possible to build their
social networks and realize breakthrough innovations.
  * MOVE EASILY FROM PROBLEM SOLVING TO CREATING.  Fear and anxiety
can definitely motivate action, but rarely does it encourage our best
contributions or sustained effort.  These leaders are both pragmatic -
they're always prototyping and experimenting - one definition of
creating.  They are also oriented toward possibility, evoking
inspiration and creativity throughout the system.

  The SoL community is very much engaged in considering the unique
contribution we can make to a world that works for all. We intend to
continue to offer opportunities to develop needed skills and
capacities in multiple modes, to research and disseminate new
theories, tools and methods, and to provide a space for networking and
innovating across boundaries of all kinds. I hope you will consider
how we can support you in being a true global citizen. 

  EVENTS, COURSES AND RESOURCES

  LEADING & LEARNING FOR SUSTAINABILITY[3]
February 3-5, 2009 - Cambridge, Massachusetts - USA
May 6-8, 2009 - Portland, Oregon - USA

  This new workshop will incorporate many of the basic learning
disciplines and build and deepen their relevance for the world in
which organizations operate today. We will see how systems thinking is
leading to a wide variety of tools to help people "see" the larger
systems of which they're a part, and how the work on mental models and
dialogue is providing a new underpinning for innovative collaborations
across diverse organizational boundaries.  Lastly, personal mastery
and the creative orientation helps shift our orientation from being
"less bad" to truly creating organizations, value chains, industries,
and communities that align with our deepest aspirations.

  FOUNDATIONS FOR LEADERSHIP[4] (BASED ON /THE FIFTH DISCIPLINE/)
March 11-13, 2009 - Cambridge, Massachusetts - USA

  EXECUTIVE CHAMPIONS' WORKSHOP[5]
August 19-21, 2009 - Stowe, Vermont - USA

  In the coming year, we had planned to offer the first SoL Festival
in Nassau, Bahamas. The response to this proposal has been very
positive. To make it available to a maximum number of members, we are
looking for dates in 2010 that we hope will coincide with better
financial conditions for all.

  Please visit the SoL website[6] for other news and announcements,
and look for further announcements, particularly about
teleconferences, webinars and other virtual resources we are
developing.

  SOL MEMBERSHIP
There are SoL communities around the world. If you are not a member
and if there is no local community in your area, you can join SoL as
an individual as a global Connections member. We are also
experimenting with a $5000 organizational membership which provides
member discounts and Connections benefits for all employees. Please
contact me for more details on organizational membership options.

  Tomorrow, important work starts, supported by important work you
are already doing. I hope you will bring the commitments and skills
that you have developed to new partners who are only now reconnecting
with their own sense of what's needed and what's possible. I look
forward to being able to tell your stories in future messages - I know
the millions of smiles and joy of today are the seeds of remarkable
results. No matter what your politics, thank you for believing that
this human capacity was always possible.

  With best wishes for inaugurating new visions and partnerships,

  SherrySherry Immediato, President & Managing Director SoL (Society
for Organizational Learning) PO Box 381050 Cambridge, MA  02238    USA
e-mail: immediato@... Phone: 1-617-300-9540  Phone:
1-617-300-9550 (assistant - Diane Nakashian)  Visit us at:
http://www.solonline.org.

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[4] http://www.solonline.org/leadership/
[5] http://www.solonline.org/courses/ExecutiveChampionsWorkshop/
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    Dear all,

    Hope all this finds you enjoying the first day of the Lunar New Year!

    Sherry Immediato, the President and MD of SoL (Global) shares
Peter's thoughts on the inauguration of the New President of United
States.

    Happy Reading and Gong Xi Fa Cai to all!

    Warmly
Sheila Damodaran
Email: dmsl@...
Singapore:  +65-94790526
Botswana:  +267-74780886
LOPN Homepage: http://www.lopn.net
My Homepage: http://www.loatwork.com/aboutme.html
LOPN eGroup: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/LOPN/-----
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    Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:53:57 -0500
    From: Sherry Immediato <respond@...>
Reply-To: immediato@...
Subject: [news] Inauguration News from Peter Senge and SoL
      To: Sheila Damodaran <dmsl@...>

  HTML Message       

  20 January 2009

  Dear Sheila,

  It was cold and bright here in Boston at dawn today, a day we all
hope will mark a new era of collective intelligence and wisdom in the
US and beyond. I know people here and around the world anticipate
great things from Barack Obama, who was sworn into office today. But
as Kennedy reminded us 48 years ago and echoed by Obama today, the
work ahead belongs to all of us.
WHAT WE MUST DO - A CALL FROM PRESIDENT OBAMA

  "For everywhere we look, there is work to be done. The state of the
economy calls for action, bold and swift, and we will act -- not only
to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth. We will
build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that
feed our commerce and bind us together. We will restore science to its
rightful place, and wield technology's wonders to raise health care's
quality and lower its cost. We will harness the sun and the winds and
the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories. And we will transform
our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new
age. All this we can do. All this we will do." Obama noted that we
have accomplished amazing things together - how did we do that? What
strengths do we need to build on to realize these opportunities? 
OUR RESPONSE - ACTION AND REFLECTION INFUSED WITH VISION,
COLLABORATION AND SYSTEMS THINKING

  Peter Senge asked me to share a letter he wrote last week from
China to President Obama.[1] As you might expect, Peter takes a
systems view and in particular encourages a partnership with China to
create a more sustainable world. This is one illustration.

  More generally, we believe that those who have been successful in
beginning to realize Obama's vision have distinctive competencies as
detailed in /The Necessary Revolution: How Individuals and
Organizations are Working Together to Create a Sustainable World[2] /
by Peter Senge and colleagues.

  What are the competencies that separate leading organizations from
the rest? They ...

  * EXCEL AT SEEING SYSTEMS. They recognize basic system phenomena
everywhere - limits to success, shifting the burden to the intervener,
accidental adversaries.  In particular, they see the system
independent of organizational boundaries.
  * COLLABORATE ACROSS BOUNDARIES WITH EASE.  They know how to get
the whole system in the room and respect the different interests and
perspectives of all stakeholders, making it possible to build their
social networks and realize breakthrough innovations.
  * MOVE EASILY FROM PROBLEM SOLVING TO CREATING.  Fear and anxiety
can definitely motivate action, but rarely does it encourage our best
contributions or sustained effort.  These leaders are both pragmatic -
they're always prototyping and experimenting - one definition of
creating.  They are also oriented toward possibility, evoking
inspiration and creativity throughout the system.

  The SoL community is very much engaged in considering the unique
contribution we can make to a world that works for all. We intend to
continue to offer opportunities to develop needed skills and
capacities in multiple modes, to research and disseminate new
theories, tools and methods, and to provide a space for networking and
innovating across boundaries of all kinds. I hope you will consider
how we can support you in being a true global citizen. 

  EVENTS, COURSES AND RESOURCES

  LEADING & LEARNING FOR SUSTAINABILITY[3]
February 3-5, 2009 - Cambridge, Massachusetts - USA
May 6-8, 2009 - Portland, Oregon - USA

  This new workshop will incorporate many of the basic learning
disciplines and build and deepen their relevance for the world in
which organizations operate today. We will see how systems thinking is
leading to a wide variety of tools to help people "see" the larger
systems of which they're a part, and how the work on mental models and
dialogue is providing a new underpinning for innovative collaborations
across diverse organizational boundaries.  Lastly, personal mastery
and the creative orientation helps shift our orientation from being
"less bad" to truly creating organizations, value chains, industries,
and communities that align with our deepest aspirations.

  FOUNDATIONS FOR LEADERSHIP[4] (BASED ON /THE FIFTH DISCIPLINE/)
March 11-13, 2009 - Cambridge, Massachusetts - USA

  EXECUTIVE CHAMPIONS' WORKSHOP[5]
August 19-21, 2009 - Stowe, Vermont - USA

  In the coming year, we had planned to offer the first SoL Festival
in Nassau, Bahamas. The response to this proposal has been very
positive. To make it available to a maximum number of members, we are
looking for dates in 2010 that we hope will coincide with better
financial conditions for all.

  Please visit the SoL website[6] for other news and announcements,
and look for further announcements, particularly about
teleconferences, webinars and other virtual resources we are
developing.

  SOL MEMBERSHIP
There are SoL communities around the world. If you are not a member
and if there is no local community in your area, you can join SoL as
an individual as a global Connections member. We are also
experimenting with a $5000 organizational membership which provides
member discounts and Connections benefits for all employees. Please
contact me for more details on organizational membership options.

  Tomorrow, important work starts, supported by important work you
are already doing. I hope you will bring the commitments and skills
that you have developed to new partners who are only now reconnecting
with their own sense of what's needed and what's possible. I look
forward to being able to tell your stories in future messages - I know
the millions of smiles and joy of today are the seeds of remarkable
results. No matter what your politics, thank you for believing that
this human capacity was always possible.

  With best wishes for inaugurating new visions and partnerships,

  SherrySherry Immediato, President & Managing Director SoL (Society
for Organizational Learning) PO Box 381050 Cambridge, MA  02238    USA
e-mail: immediato@... Phone: 1-617-300-9540  Phone:
1-617-300-9550 (assistant - Diane Nakashian)  Visit us at:
http://www.solonline.org.

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Links:
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[1] http://blogs.solonline.org/users/psenge/blog/
[2] http://www.solonline.org/NecessaryRevolution/
[3] http://www.solonline.org/announcements/item?item_id=20738149
[4] http://www.solonline.org/leadership/
[5] http://www.solonline.org/courses/ExecutiveChampionsWorkshop/
[6] http://www.solonline.org

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    Warmly
Sheila Damodaran
Email: dmsl@...
Singapore:  +65-94790526
Botswana:  +267-74780886
LOPN Homepage: http://www.lopn.net
My Homepage: http://www.loatwork.com/aboutme.html

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    Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 03:17:47 -0500 (EST)
    From: "Leveys at WisdomAtWork.com" <levey@...>
Reply-To: levey@...
Subject: Thought for the Day)) What are we missing?
      To: dmsl@...

We invite you to be mindful of how your "intentions" organize your
"attention" as you move through the world today...

HOW MANY OTHER THINGS IN LIFE ARE WE MISSING?
A Violinist in the Metro A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC
and started to play the 
violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for
about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was
calculated that thousand of people went through the station, most of
them on their way to work.

    Three minutes went by and a middle aged man noticed there was
musician  playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds
and then hurried up to meet his schedule.

    A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a
woman threw the money in the till and without stopping continued to
walk. A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen
to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again.
Clearly he was late for work.

    The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His
mother tagged him along, hurried but the kid stopped to look at the
violinist. Finally the mother pushed hard and the child continued to
walk turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by
several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced
them to move on.

    In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and 
stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money but continued to walk
their normal pace. He collected $32. When he finished playing and
silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there
any recognition. No one knew this but the violinist was Joshua Bell,
one of the best musicians in the world. He played one of the most
intricate pieces ever written with a violin worth 3.5 million dollars.

    Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at
a theater in Boston and the seats average $100. Joshua Bell playing
incognito in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as
part of an social experiment about perception, taste and priorities of
people.

    The outlines were: in a commonplace environment at an inappropriate
hour: Do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we
recognize the talent in an unexpected context?
One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be: If we
do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians
in the world playing the best music ever written, how many other
things are we missing?
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Thought for the Day
Bringing Deeper Wisdom & Creative Compassion to Life & Work
This inspirational email, the "Thought for the Day", arose in response 
to requests
from many of our organizational clients and workshop participants 
around the globe,
and from readers of our books (Luminous Mind; Living in Balance; 
Wisdom at Work:
and Fine Arts of Relaxation, Concentration, & Meditation: Ancient Skills for
Modern Minds, etc.). This free service is provided by Dr. Joel & 
Michelle Levey
of InnerWork Technologies, Inc., WisdomAtWork.com, Seattle & Hawaii.  Click
to subscribe or unsubscribe below.
Our quotes are selected from many contemporary and traditional 
sources, reflecting
wisdom and worldviews from many disciplines, industries, philosophies, 
and cultures,
and also from excerpts from our own published works. Our intent is not 
to promote
any one way of thinking, but rather to stimulate your own deep 
reflection in order
to inspire you to clarify the "mental models," values, memes, and 
principles that
you hold to be most true, valuable, and wisely expressed through your 
life, work,
and relationships.
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    Warmly
Sheila Damodaran
Email: dmsl@...
Singapore:  +65-94790526
Botswana:  +267-74780886
LOPN Homepage: http://www.lopn.net
My Homepage: http://www.loatwork.com/aboutme.html ----- Forwarded
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    Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 03:17:47 -0500 (EST)
    From: "Leveys at WisdomAtWork.com" <levey@...>
Reply-To: levey@...
Subject: Thought for the Day)) What are we missing?
      To: dmsl@...

We invite you to be mindful of how your "intentions" organize your
"attention" as
you move through the world today...
HOW MANY OTHER THINGS IN LIFE ARE WE MISSING?
A Violinist in the Metro
A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the
violin; it
was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45
minutes. During
that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that thousand 
 of people went
through the station, most of them on their way to work.
Three minutes went by and a middle aged man noticed there was musician
playing.
He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried up
to meet his
schedule.
A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman
threw the money
in the till and without stopping continued to walk.
A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him,
but the man
looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.
The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mother
tagged him
along, hurried but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally
the mother
pushed hard and the child continued to walk turning his head all the
time. This
action was repeated by several other children. All the parents,
without exception,
forced them to move on.
In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and
stayed for a while.
About 20 gave him money but continued to walk their normal pace. He
collected $32.
When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No
one applauded,
nor was there any recognition.
No one knew this but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the best
musicians in
the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written
with a violin
worth 3.5 million dollars.
Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a
theater in
Boston and the seats average $100.
Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by
the Washington
Post as part of an social experiment about perception, taste and
priorities of people.
The outlines were: in a commonplace environment at an inappropriate
hour: Do we
perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the
talent in an unexpected
context?
One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be:
If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best
musicians in the
world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are
we missing?
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We invite you to be mindful of how your "intentions" organize your "attention"
as
you move through the world today...
HOW MANY OTHER THINGS IN LIFE ARE WE MISSING?
A Violinist in the Metro
A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it
  was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes.
During
that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that thousand   of people
went
through the station, most of them on their way to work.
Three minutes went by and a middle aged man noticed there was musician playing.
He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried up to meet his
  schedule.
A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the
money
in the till and without stopping continued to walk.
A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the
man
looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.
The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mother tagged him
along, hurried but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally the mother
pushed hard and the child continued to walk turning his head all the time. This
action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, without
exception,
forced them to move on.
In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a
while.
About 20 gave him money but continued to walk their normal pace. He collected
$32.
When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No one
applauded,
nor was there any recognition.
No one knew this but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in
  the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written with a
violin
worth 3.5 million dollars.
Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in
Boston and the seats average $100.
Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the
Washington
Post as part of an social experiment about perception, taste and priorities of
people.
The outlines were: in a commonplace environment at an inappropriate hour: Do we
perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the talent in an
unexpected
context?
One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be:
If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in
the
world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we missing?
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work,
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Dear All,

The New Year of 2009 has come in the time when many of us make New
Year Resolutions. It is the time that we may spend time on our own
inspirations and dreams. I have found this nice quote on Personal
Mastery by Peter Senge.

"We often spend so much time coping with problems along our path that
we only have a dim or even inaccurate view of what's really important
to us."

-- Peter Senge --

 
Wishing every one: Dreams High, Promises New, Joys Afresh, Learnings
Great!

Happy New Year!
 
Nguyen Tuan Anh
 
LOPN Vietnam: http://groups.google.com/group/lopnvietnam
 
"Be the change you want to see in the world" - Mahatma Gandhi

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!!
 
Peter Senge
 

"New insights fail to get put into practice because they conflict with deeply
held internal images of how the world works ... images that limit us to familiar
ways of thinking and acting. That is why the discipline of managing mental
models -- surfacing, testing, and improving our internal pictures of how the
world works -- promises to be a major breakthrough for learning organizations."
 
Source: http://www.wisdomquotes.com/003566.html 
 
Season's Greetings!

Nguyen Tuan Anh

"Be the change you want to see in the world" - Mahatma Gandhi

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Here's a career in dealing with climate change.  All the best!

    Warmly
Sheila Damodaran
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>
> The Sustainability Institute (SI) is seeking an exceptional candidate
> who can offer outstanding leadership, both within our organization and
> beyond, in the wider field of sustainability.  See
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>
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> creating and promoting sustainable systems. S/he will be able to grasp
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Dear Tuan Anh,

    This is really nice sharing your and the group's learnings here. 
It really felt that I was there too.  That felt nice.

    A few tips to think about:

    * Most times where individuals are more in direct (as opposed to
indirectly through problems) with each other, then we can expect some
of the following archetypes to be present, i.e.:

    * Success to the Successful
    * Escalation
    * Accidental Adversaries. Notice these form either ends of the Onion.

    http://www.lopn.net/System_Archetypes.html[1]

    Link on the onion: http://www.lopn.net/The_Onion.html[2]

    * Of course, without saying when the archetypes involving
individuals grow (like StS or Esc), it is a matter of time that
results around the performance around their work begins to decline
(LtS, G&U, DG, FtB, StB and ToC).  These begin to take shape in our
monthly performance targets, KPIs and eventually company performance
trend lines.

    * At the root, however are BL (balancing loops).  These are 'goals'
our 'desires/intents/hopes' individuals carry or thrust on others at
the risk of not sharing or helping others understand why those goals
are important systemically or would help smoothen the interrelations
in the system if we learned what they were and determine the 'order'
and 'time' needed for these goals to grow and 'interrelate' to other
goals within 'the system'.

    So a trick going forward:

    *  Help each other to walk 'backwards' on the onion.  What
'Balancing Loops' (What goals do they individually hold?) do
individuals in that story (don't forget A (StS is caused by A), B and
C) hold for themselves and for each other?  Also remember there are
persons A, B and C, including customers.  What are their goals?
    * Do they talk about what these hopes are for themselves and the
impact these (goals) have on each other (including, hoping that the
job may meet other personal aspirations in their lives)?
    * Talk also, should these conversations go unsaid, what kinds of
consequences can we expect to see happen or grow for the team,
organization and eventually how does it come back to affect them?
[Remember Systems Thinking is to "see" these circles of causality and
the process of change over time and space]
    * Where would the story go?
    * What parts of the story is desired and what is not?
    * What impact would they have on the future of the team and/or organization?

    As those conversations unfold, it helps individuals to reflect if
'holding on' to those goals, serves themselves (and others)
eventually?  And what may need to change or needs to happen first so
that all goals may be met?

    When organizations do not have these conversations early in its
life, events happen that lead the necessity for such conversations to
happen in our lives eventually?

    This is really nice work.  Thanks Tuan Anh for writing it down.

    What questions does this open up for you and all?

    Hope all are well.

    Warmly
Sheila Damodaran
Singapore:  +65-94790526
LOPN Homepage: http://www.lopn.net
My Homepage: http://www.loatwork.com/aboutme.htmlQuoting Nguyen Tuan
Anh <tuananh.lopn@...>:

> Dear Friends,
>
> Our Learning Organization review was last week interesting to us.
> Personally, it has been a good experience in team learning for me when
> we explored the case study that anh Thanh had brought from a conflict at his
> workplace.
>
> The story starts with 3 people (temporarily called A, B , and C). A is the
> head officer while B is a vice head and C is the senior officer. The
> conflict seems to be burst between B & C as A is on her overseas business
> and pass the temporary authority to B. C could not manage well his tasks and
> feel over-loaded with many deadlines behind. B complains C on his work
> deterrence and incomptence in the revelant field on which C was not well
> trained at the first place.  The A tried to solve the conflict and it seemed
> not working well till C decided to work in the other office branch.
>
> The story seems to open up different archetypes interplaying as far as
> we explored the other parts of the story. We have found the archetypes of
> Success to the Successful, Escalation, Shifting the burden and Fix that
> backfires in different parts of the stories. And we have found it struggled
> to bring them all together into a systemic structure. Somewhere in the
> discussion, I feel the work of "The Onion" can be helpful at work. (So I
> wonder if Sheila can share its details to the group).
>
> How about you?  what can you see and explore from the above story through
> the eyes of systems thinking?
>
> The other part of the review is to track back to the work and role of the
> uncle in working on the system.
>
> At the end of the review, we agreed to get together once a month for the
> Learning Organization Review as well as to share the learning and experience
> around.
>
> Thank you Ngan for setting up all the facilitites and Thao and Thanh for
> actively involving into the exploration and having fun!
>
> We post up all the information regarding LO work and LOPN Vietnam on the
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> Should there be any comments, please feel free to share here!
>
> Warmly,
>
>
> --
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    The story of how Thanksgiving originated as a celebration after
the Pilgrims survived a tough winter with the help of the local Native
American tribe.  However, I recently learned of a slightly different
story that I'd like to share.

        This new story was recorded by the Pilgrim governor in 1623,
William Bradford, in his book Of Plymouth Plantation.  In this
journal, Governor Bradford describes how the original Pilgrim
settlement was designed to be a communal project with the land being
owned by the community and all harvested goods shared equally. 
However, apparently, the men didn't feel motivated to work and share
with the group.  As a result the harvests were poor, and by 1623 the
situation was becoming dire.  Knowing that something had to be done,
the colonists held a meeting and convinced the governor that, while
the land must remain the common holding of the community, each family
should have a parcel of it upon which to plant and grow crops that
they would be allowed to keep.

        As the story goes, the governor agreed to this plan and the
Pilgrims threw themselves into working their individual allotments and
crops began to flourish.  Unfortunately, a summer drought threatened
their first harvest, and the Pilgrims gathered and held a "Day of
Humiliation" and prayer.  Shortly afterwards, the drought broke, the
rains came, and the crops were saved.  And on November 29th, 1623 the
Governor declared the very first Day of Thanksgiving to commemorate
their good fortune.

        One can be struck by the deeper elements of gratitude and
thanksgiving inherent in this story of the Pilgrim's Thanksgiving. 
Not only did the Pilgrims have reason to be grateful for a bountiful
harvest, but also for the ability to fully enjoy the fruits of their
own labors.  This attitude of gratitude, a sense of pride in work well
done, and the pleasure of enjoying what one produces for oneself are
all important aspects of what I would call "the American Dream."

    Happy Thanksgiving!

    Warmly
Sheila Damodaran
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Fyi.

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A nice thought and a reminder.

    Warmly
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    A nice reading of the Peter's keynote at last year's Pegasus
Conference on Systems Thinking in Action.

    This year's conference just ended yesterday.  If you see a similar
update of his keynote, do drop us a line here.

    Hope you enjoy this one.  I loved it!  The exercise is lovely is it not?

    Warmly
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Good morning Sheila,

Already back in Botswana for the challenge? I
would love to see the change in action and how
mental models of people are opening up and
changing the behavior.

Thanks a lot for the quote from Peter, I have
forwarded the quote to a group at XING that deals
with
Strategy & Tactics where mental models have been
an issue and yet the managers in the group
participating in the discussion (it is not a
conversation yet) see mental models often as
inevitable.

It is in German, but if you are interested to
take part and change the language there this
could be a real thrill to all,
https://www.xing.com/app/forum?op=showarticles;id=14783880;articleid=15569597#15\
569597

It has been great to read your thoughts in the
Global SoL Discussion Group. Guess we should
change the name to something different than
"discussion" as this triggers certain thoughts in
people's minds.

All the best to you and looking forward to hearing from you

Ralf
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