NTL Complexity in Organizations Workshop

[Alan Klein]

NTL Workshop:
Facilitating Organization Change: Lessons from Complexity Science
6/28/2003 - 7/2/2003
  a.. How do we plan when the future is unknowable?
  b.. What does control mean in an unpredictable, nonlinear world?
  c.. How do we build adaptable structures and cultures that can survive
over time?
  d.. How can change leaders manage the conditions that support
self-organizing processes in complex, unpredictable, and paradoxical
situations?
We will explore these questions on individual, group, and system levels in
Facilitating Organization Change: Lessons from Complexity Science. Ed Olson
and Maya Townsend will lead this intensive, intermediate, highly
interactive, and participant-focused workshop at the NTL Institute for
Applied Behavioral Science's campus in beautiful Bethel, Maine. We'll build
on the work Ed Olson and Glenda Eoyang described in their popular
Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer book and, through exercises, discussion, reflection,
and experimentation, discuss how to make complexity work for you. You will
leave the session with:
  a.. Understanding of the ways in which complexity can strengthen your
practice as a change leader.
  b.. Experience with the power of self-organizing.
  c.. Personal attention to difficult back-home cases and analysis of those
cases through complexity lenses.
  d.. A game plan for applying complexity in your life and practice.
If you enjoyed Ed's presentation (Complexity 101) or Maya's presentation
(Fractals and Antfarms and Jazz -- Oh My!: Lessons from Complexity Science)
at the 2002 ODN Conference, you'll benefit from this session.

For more information about registration, accommodations, or travel, contact
NTL (www.ntl.org or 800-777-5227).

For information about session content, contact Ed (edolson at complexod.com) or
Maya (mayatownsend at yahoo.com).

We look forward to seeing you in June!

Best,

Ed & Maya

Maya Townsend, MSOD
Sr. Business Improvement Consultant
Allmerica Financial Corporation
M: 440 Lincoln Street, Worcester, MA 01653
P: 508.855.3638
F: 508.854.0264
E: mtownsend at allmerica.com
W: www.allmerica.com

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