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Aim and Stats
Aim
Now in our eighth 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 2007
can be found in this announcement.
OD Stats
For an update on OD statistics, this
month's invitation is going out to 3573
partners in the U.S., as well as fellow
inthinking partners in Australia, Austria,
Bosnia-Hercegovina, Brazil, Canada, China,
Dubai, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany,
India, Iran, Ireland, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia,
Mexico, Netherlands, Romania, Russia,
Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, South
Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and the
U.K.. Taken together, these individuals
represent over 600 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 Sheldon Rovin included 35 partners
from across the US and England as well (103
have joined us so far in 2 sessions in 2007,
444 partners joined us throughout 2006, 402
thinking partners joined us throughout 2005).
The diffusion process to connect thought
leaders continuuues...
In2:IN
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Good morning from Canoga Park, California,
home of United Technologies' Pratt
& Whitney Rocketdyne.
With the passing of Pi
Day on March 14th (as well as Einstein's
birthday) and the coming of the 101st
anniversary of U.S. explorers Lewis and
Clark reaching the Pacific coast,
it's time to come together for a few hours of
"thinking together." This month?s Ongoing
Discussion is scheduled for Thursday,
March 22nd and Friday, March 23rd, from
12-2pm Pacific Time on both days.
Click here
for the March 2007 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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March 2007 Ongoing Discussion - Andrew Johnson
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Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne's Enterprise
Thinking Network welcomes Andrew Johnson as
our third Thought Leader for 2007 in a
preview of his pre-conference seminar
at the upcoming In2:InThinking
Network's Forum in
April. Andrew's Thought Piece is posted on the
In2:InThinking Network's website. We
think you will find it stimulating, with
important implications for how we think,
learn, and work together. Thus, a perfect
fit for this month's Ongoing Discussion.
Andrew's essay is titled "Untying the Knot to
Creativity Beyond Thought ? A Trans-Egoic
Perspective on Innovation". In it he
discusses a way of thinking that many of us
may be a little familiar with and may have
even experienced. Andrew asks, how can we
increase the frequency and quality of this
type of thinking experience, which he calls
"Creativity Beyond Thought." This is the
"a-ha" moment of profound insight that is
distinct beyond mere better understanding.
Read this paper and sit for a while with the
questions it will provoke. The paper has the
potential to bring forth a rich and
meaningful conversation.
Andrew brings a rich history in facilitation,
coaching, training, economics and national
politics to his role as founding partner of
Miruspoint
Facilitators, Inc. His articulate
insight, passion for individual transcendence
and strategic execution of change processes
have helped shape Miruspoint's remarkable
development as a force in the world of
transpersonal psychology and evolution.
Andrew graduated with Honours in Economics
from Carleton
University and worked on Parliament Hill
as a Committee Officer, notably on the Meech
Lake Accord, and later as Assistant to the
Leader of the Opposition in the Senate. As
the Vice President for an economic consulting
firm, he authored policy papers for the
Canadian and foreign governments. In the
early 1990s he launched Andrew Johnson
Associates, Inc. which specializes in
partnering, team building, strategic
planning, executive coaching, organizational
management and facilitation. His clients
range from the municipal, provincial and
federal governments to major construction and
design, oil and gas, and forestry and
transportation industries as well as small
businesses. Andrew's exceptional work in
these varied sectors has garnered him a
reputation for applying creative approaches
to understanding people, conscientious
attention to detail as well as commitment to
win/win outcomes in both career and personal
paths.
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Contact Andrew Johnson |
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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 ? Thursday, March 22nd - 12:00-1:00pm
2 ? Thursday, March 22nd - 1:00-2:00pm
3 ? Friday, March 23rd - 12:00-1:00pm
4 ? Friday, March 23rd - 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: Farewells and Close
Please reply to this note by noon Pacific Time on
Wednesday, March 21st 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...
PARTICIPANT
SURVEY
Those of you connecting in Canoga Park can
join in
from conference rooms 205 and 206 in building
1 at Canoga. Telecon lines (including
a pass
code and a security code) have been arranged
for those who cannot join us at Canoga and
are provided
upon completion of the participant
survey.
As always, 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
April 26-27: John Pourdehnad
May 16-17: Chris Soderquist (new dates)
June 28-89: Rick Searfoss
July 26-27: TBD
August 23-24: TBD
September 27-28: Tracy Huston
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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
January 2007, 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 Seminar |
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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-551
Part 1 - 16-Apr-07 - 12:00-4:30pm
Part 2 - 17-Apr-07 - 7:00-11:30am
Class # CP-553
Part 1 - 15-May-07 - 7:00-11:30am
Part 2 - 17-May-07 - 7:00-11:30am
Class # CP-555
Part 1 - 05-Jun-07 - 7:00-11:30am
Part 2 - 08-Jun-07 - 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
New dates TBD
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Sign-up for Six Thinking 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
New dates TBD
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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
New dates TBD
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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
New dates TBD
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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
New dates TBD
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Sign-up for announcements of the next TNE Study Session |
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