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Aim and Stats
Aim
Now in our seventh year of
operation, the aim of
the "OD" sessions is to continue to foster an
appreciation of Enterprise Thinking, as well as inthinking,
within an emerging thinking network that is
developing inside Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne and
beyond. Dates for future "OD" sessions along with
additional "thinking" opportunities for 2006 can be
found in this announcement.
OD Stats
For an update on OD statistics, last month's
invitation was sent to 3270 inthinking partners.
With the latest updates to our mailing list, this
month's invitation is going out to 3302 partners in
the U.S., as well as fellow inthinking partners in
Australia, Austria, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Brazil,
Canada, China, Finland, France, Germany, India,
Iran, Ireland, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico,
Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia,
South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, and
the U.K.. Taken together, these individuals
represent over 440 organizations in this list of
nations, from elementary schools and senior high
schools to colleges and universities, from
one-person consulting firms to United Technologies,
GM, IBM, General Electric, NASA, and Philips
Electronics. Among this list of invitees,
participation in last month’s OD conference call
with Anna Maravelas included 37 partners from across
the US and England as well. Added to 290 partners
for our sessions through August, 327 partners have
joined in so far this year (402 thinking partners
joined us throughout 2005). Yes, the diffusion
process continuuues...
In2:IN
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Good morning from Canoga Park, California, home of
United Technologies' Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne.
With the passing of "International Talk Like a
Pirate Day" on September 19 and a few recent Johnny
Depp citings and soundings, it's time to come
together, mates, for a few hours of "thinking
together."
This month’s Ongoing Discussion is scheduled for
next Wednesday, September 27th and Friday, September
29th, from 12-2pm Pacific Time on both days.
Click here
for the September 2006 In2:InThinking Network
newsletter.
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| Welcome First Timers |
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Your names have been added by virtue of your
attendance in our series of Thinking Roadmap
seminars and overviews, or attendance at the annual
In2:InThinking Network Forum, or through a personal
request, from you or a friend. Welcome to our
thinking networks.
Click the link below to send me the name and email
address of anyone you would like to have added to
the mailing list, or let me know if you would like
to be removed.
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Contact Bill Bellows |
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| September 2006 Ongoing Discussion – A Creative Rubric for the Future of Humanity |
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Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne's Enterprise Thinking
Network joins with the In2:InThinking Network in
inviting members to participate in a
conversation with Dr. Sadruddin Boga.
Dr. Boga's Thought Piece for our discussion is
posted on the In2:InThinking Network website;
"A
Creative Rubric for the Future of Humanity".
This is a provocative and thoughtful
paper that explores the different thinking
trajectories by which we attempt to grasp and deal
with the emerging future. He writes about systems
thinking and its limitations, which might surprise
some of us who base much of our world view on the
"fifth discipline". Dr. Boga weaves together a
number of ideas and concepts drawn from Eastern and
Western thinking.
This paper was written in preparation for a workshop
on "Three Horizons: Shifting Vision to Lead through
the Emerging Future," to be convened at the 16th
Annual
Pegasus Conference on Leading Beyond the
Horizon in November 2006. The author has drawn his
Thought Piece from a number of papers he has
presented at international conferences over the last
several years, and the graduate courses he teaches
in the Center
for Creative Change at Antioch
University Seattle. His themes, while principally
centered on systems thinking, capture many Eastern
ideas. Thoughts articulated in this paper are also
segments of his book in progress titled The Alchemy
of Leadership.
Sadruddin Boga has lived in Africa, India, Europe,
Canada and US, with extensive experience in
management, organizational consulting and higher
education. Currently a professor at Antioch
University Seattle, he has designed, developed and
delivered courses and workshops on systems thinking,
innovation and creativity, global pluralism,
leadership in business, strategic planning, critical
inquiry, and Eastern mysticism. He has a doctoral
degree in human and organizational systems from
Fielding Graduate
University in Santa Barbara,
California.
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| OD Details |
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Please join us for one or all of the hours of this
month’s OD. As always, you are invited to
participate for as long, or as short, as you can in one
or both of these sessions...
Option Time (Pacific
Time)
1 – Wednesday, September 27th 12:00-1:00pm
2 – Wednesday, September 27th 1:00-2:00pm
3 – Friday, September 29th 12:00-1:00pm
4 – Friday, September 29th 1:00-2:00pm
The agenda for each option will be:
Timing: Topic
Opening 10 minutes: Call in &
Introductions
Next 45 minutes: Ongoing Discussion
Last 5 minutes: Close
Please reply to this note by noon Pacific Time on
Tuesday, September 26th to confirm your plans to
participate in one (or more) of these options. If
you do plan to attend, please complete the OD
PARTICIPATION SURVEY by using the link below...
SURVEY
Those of you connecting in Canoga Park can join in
from conference rooms 205 and 206 in building 1 at
Canoga. Telecon lines have been arranged for those
who cannot join us at Canoga and are provided in the
participant survey.
Please forward this announcement to anyone we
missed who would also like to participate.
Regards...
Bill
Site Lead
Enterprise Thinking Network
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
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| Future OD Dates |
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Mark your calendars - future Ongoing Discussion
sessions will be held on the following dates, from
12-1pm and 1-2pm Pacific Time.
Month, Dates and Thought Leader
October 17 & 19: Madhav Phadke (New Dates)
November 20-21: Jane Lorand
December 14-15: Ralph Wood
January 25-26: TBD
February 22-23: Sheldon Rovin
March 22-23: TBD
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| Systems Thinking Newsletter |
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Now available online for Pratt & Whitney
Rocketdyne employees...
The
Systems Thinker is an electronic newsletter
made available monthly (on a subscription basis) by
Pegasus
Communications. Each issue provides articles
and case studies on systems thinking concepts and
is available only electronically (as a .pdf file).
Tools
and techniques for use in the Learning Organization
are regularly included in this valuable publication.
Featured authors include thought leaders and
consultants well known in organizational learning and
change management circles.
The current edition of the SYSTEMS THINKER, as well
as archived issues from February 2003 through August
2006, is available for reading and printing by Pratt &
Whitney Rocketdyne employees here.
Network friends outside of Pratt & Whitney
Rocketdyne can learn more about this newsletter
AND read a variety of sample issues and articles online. Individual and site licenses are available.
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| Thinking Roadmap Seminars |
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Opportunities within Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
(PWR)
The following in-house "Thinking Roadmap"
workshops are open to employees of Pratt & Whitney
Rocketdyne, as well as suppliers, customers, family
members, and "members of the community." This
schedule includes the next available offerings for
the listed seminars in
Canoga Park, CA. Contact Bill
Bellows for additional seminar information or to
register for any of these upcoming sessions.
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| Enterprise Thinking Workshop |
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Registration Fee - there is NO fee to attend.
Pre-requisite – there are NO pre-requisites.
Format - two 4.5-hour sessions over two days
Schedule for Enterprise Thinking classes in
Canoga
Park, CA for Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
Class # CP-533
Part 1 - 27-Sep-06 - 7:00-11:30am
Part 2 - 29-Sep-06 - 7:00-11:30am
Class # CP-535
Part 1 - 16-Oct-06 - 12:00-4:30pm
Part 2 - 17-Oct-06 - 7:00-11:30am
Class # CP-537
Part 1 - 1-Nov-06 - 7:00-11:30am
Part 2 - 2-Nov-06 - 7:00-11:30am
Class # CP-539
Part 1 - 20-Nov-06 - 7:00-11:30am
Part 2 - 21-Nov-06 - 7:00-11:30am
Class # CP-541
Part 1 - 14-Dec-06 - 7:00-11:30am
Part 2 - 15-Dec-06 - 7:00-11:30am
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Sign-up for Enterprise Thinking |
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| Six Thinking Hats |
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Registration Fee - $165, charged back to
participant's department for PWR employees and paid
by check for "members of the community."
Pre-requisite - attended Enterprise Thinking within
the past 12 to 14 months.
Format - one 8-hour session.
Schedule for Six Thinking Hats classes in Canoga
Park, CA for Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
Class # CP-44
18-Dec-06 - 8:00-4:00pm
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Sign-up for Six Hats |
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| Lateral Thinking |
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Registration Fee - $130, charged back to
participant's department for PWR employees and paid
by check for "members of the community."
Pre-requisite – attended Enterprise Thinking within
the past 12 to 14 months.
Format - two 7-hour sessions over two weeks.
Schedule for Lateral Thinking classes in
Canoga Park,
CA for Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
Class #CP-43
Part 1 - 30-Oct-06 - 8:00-4:00pm
Part 2 - 6-Nov-06 - 8:00-4:00pm
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Sign-up for Lateral Thinking |
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| Managing Variation as a System |
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Registration Fee - there is NO fee to attend.
Pre-requisite – there are NO pre-requisites.
Format - three 3-hour sessions over three days
Schedule for Managing Variation as a System
classes in Canoga Park, CA for Pratt & Whitney
Rocketdyne
Class # CP-84
Part 1 - 23-Oct-06 - 8:00-11:00am
Part 2 - 25-Oct-06 - 8:00-11:00am
Part 3 - 27-Oct-06 - 8:00-11:00am
Class # CP-85
Part 1 - 4-Dec-06 - 8:00-11:00am
Part 2 - 5-Dec-06 - 8:00-11:00am
Part 3 - 8-Dec-06 - 8:00-11:00am
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Sign-up for Managing Variation as a System |
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| Kepner-Tregoe Problem Solving and Decision Making |
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Registration Fee - $330, charged back to
participant's department for PWR employees and paid
by check for "members of the community."
Pre-requisite – attended Enterprise Thinking within
the past 12 to 14 months.
Format - three 7-hour sessions over three weeks.
Suggestion: If you are unable to attend all three
sessions in a given monthly series, we encourage you
to attend the first session and then attend the
second and third in any order during a future
monthly series.
Schedule for Kepner-Tregoe classes in Canoga
Park,
CA for Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
Class # CP-85
Part 1 - 28-Nov-06 - 8:00-4:00pm
Part 2 - 6-Dec-06 - 8:00-4:00pm
Part 3 - 12-Dec-06 - 8:00-4:00pm
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Sign-up for Kepner-Tregoe Problem Solving & Decision Making Seminar |
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| The New Economics Study Session |
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Registration Fee - there is NO fee to attend.
Pre-requisite – there are NO pre-requisites.
Format - seven 2-hour sessions over three weeks
Schedule for The New Economics Study Session
classes in Canoga Park, CA for Pratt & Whitney
Rocketdyne
Start Date: To be determined
End Date: To be determined
Days per Week: 2
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Sign-up for announcements of the next TNE Study Session |
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