Conference on healthy organizations, paradox R us...

[Meg Salter]

Probably not !! - altho' I'm interested in seeing that such conferences are
being held.
I know of Glenda Eoyang, one of their faculty. She has a book out,
"Facilitating Organizational Change: Lessons from Complexity Science", part
of the Practicing OD series, that is pretty good. That is, I found the
theory pretty good, and some of the exercises still pretty rational/ linear.

The BEST book that I have read lately (summer reading!) is "Complexity and
Management: Fad or radical challenge to systems thinking?", the latest by
Ralph Stacey, in conjunction with colleagues D. Griffin and Patricia Shaw.
It's erudite, thorough, has no easy prescriptions or cute pictures, and so
probably won't make any business best seller lists! He argues (persuasively,
to me) that most of the people active in this area are coming from the same
old place, and just using new language (ie a new fad!). He seems to have
some knowledge of Appreciative Inquiry, and none of OpenSpace (so at least
he doesn't trash H.O. or OST!) and what he's talking about has something to
do with the practice of peace - I think!

Meg Salter

MegaSpace Consulting
416/486-6660
meg.salter at sympatico.ca
www.megaspaceconsulting.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Corrigan" <chris at chriscorrigan.com>
To: <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 11:56 PM
Subject: Re: Conference on healthy organizations, paradox R us...


> That was my thought too...which made me wonder which one of us is going
> to go and give the Plexus Institute the gears.  How about you Winston?
> Others?
>
> Chris
>
>
> ---
> CHRIS CORRIGAN
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> Open Space Technology
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> chris at chriscorrigan.com
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>
> >  -----Original Message-----
> >  From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Winston
> >  Kinch
> >  Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 5:46 PM
> >  To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> >  Subject: Conference on healthy organizations, paradox R us...
> >
> >  I have perused the agenda and what; no Open Space?
> >  wk
> >
> >  ----- Original Message -----
> >  From: "Chris Corrigan" <chris at chriscorrigan.com>
> >  To: <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
> >  Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 6:04 PM
> >  Subject: Conference on healthy organizations, leadership and
> complexity
> >  theory
> >
> >
> >  > At the end of this month there is a conference in New Jersey, USA
> >  > looking at complexity theory and organization.  The conference
> >  > invitation reads:
> >  >
> >  > "Come learn about the profound implications this science holds for
> >  > understanding organizations of all types, practical new complexity-
> >  based
> >  > leadership approaches, and results Plexus members are achieving in
> >  their
> >  > organizations by using insights and management practices inspired
> by
> >  > complexity. If you are intrigued by complexity science and
> >  > complexity-inspired leadership, this conference is for you."
> >  >
> >  > The rest of the invite is here:
> >  >
> >  > http://www.plexusinstitute.org/event-show.cfm?id=34
> >  >
> >  > So is anyone going?
> >  >
> >  > Chris
> >  >
> >  >
> >  > ---
> >  > CHRIS CORRIGAN
> >  > Consultation - Facilitation
> >  > Open Space Technology
> >  >
> >  > Bowen Island, BC, Canada
> >  > http://www.chriscorrigan.com
> >  > chris at chriscorrigan.com
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