SoL Joins Pegasus Conference This November
This November, the Society for Organizational Learning (SoL) will hold a half-day general meeting for SoL members in conjunction with the Pegasus Systems Thinking in Action in Seattle, as well as organizing a SoL track at the conference. Members are invited to attend one event or both. For the 10th Anniversary meetings, members should sign up before September 1st to get a discounted registration of $95. To register, go to: http://store-solonline.org/10thAnniversaryMeeting.htm. The meeting will take place from 1:30 to 5:30, November 7, 2007 at the Westin Hotel in downtown Seattle, with an optional reception to follow.
This year’s Pegasus Conference, “Amplifying Our Impact: Strategies for Unleashing the Power of Relationship”, features many presentations by SoL members. SoL Keynotes include:
- Presencing: Leading from the Future As It Emerges – Otto Scharmer (a pre-conference workshop is also available)
- A Synergy of Action: Large-Scale Change Takes Flight at Boeing – Peter Weertman and Others from Boeing’s Commercial Aviation Services
- Collaboration: The Human Face of Systems Thinking – Peter Senge
SoL Forum Sessions include:
- Hastily Formed Networks: Organizing for Extraordinary Performance – Jeff Clanon, SoL; Carol Gorelick, SOLUTIONS; Susan Higgins, Naval Postgraduate School
- Leveraging Diversity and Inclusiveness to Create High-Performing Organizations – Shelia Covert-Weiss and Greg Clark, Ford Motor Company; additional SoL member TBA, Frank Schneider, SoL
- Transforming Our Systems Through Social Innovation – Tracy Huston, Menlo Lab, and Lou Cox, Consultant/Psychologist
SoL Concurrent Sessions include:
- Profit for Life: Corporate Success by Mimicking Living Systems – Joseph H. Bragdon, Socially Responsible Investing Consultant
- The SoL Coaching Model: Mutual Learning in Action – Heidi Sparkes Guber and Dave Flanigan, Signet Research & Consulting, LLC
- Uncovering the Source of Phenomenal Results in Hewlett-Packard’s Inkjet Division – Anne Murray Allen, AMA Associates; Bob Johnson, Conversant/Storyteller, U.S.A.; Greg Merten, HP (retired)
Use the SoL priority code STA07SOL when you register and save $200 on the individual rate until August 31st. To register, go to www.pegasuscom.com/pc07/register.html. Teams of ten can register for $875 per person through August 31. Teams must register through one point of contact.
