Aim and Stats
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 3729
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 Chris Soderquist included 29 partners
from across the US and England as well (187 have
joined us so far in 5 sessions in 2007, 444
partners
joined us throughout 2006, 402 thinking partners
joined us throughout 2005).
The diffusion process to connect thought
leaders continuuues...
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Good morning from Canoga Park, California,
home of United Technologies' Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne.
With the passing of passing of World Sauntering Day on June 19th ("You can spend your life walking through life, jogging through life, or being
dragged through life. But, life is far more enjoyable, if you saunter through
it. Its doubly true if you saunter with a friend or loved one."), it's time to come together for a few
hours of "thinking together." This month's
Ongoing Discussion is scheduled for
Thursday, June 28th and Friday, June 29th,
from 12-2pm Pacific Time on both days.
Click here
for the June 2007 In2:InThinking Network
newsletter.
Click here for the registration survey
for this month's OD and to receive the
conference call information once you complete the survey.
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Welcome First Timers
Your names have been added by virtue of your attendance in our
series of Thinking Roadmap seminars , workshops, 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 either link below to send me the name(s) and email address(es) of anyone you would
like to have added to this mailing list, or let me know if you would like to be
removed. Thanks!!!
ADDITIONS DELETIONS
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Thought Leader - Jon Bergstrom
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne's Enterprise
Thinking Network welcomes Jon Bergstrom as
our sixth Thought Leader for 2007 (and our 90th OD since January 2000) on June 28th and 29th.
The theme of the
June Ongoing Discussion is "Recognizing Our Own Power". Jon Bergstrom, a charter
member of the In2:InThinking Network and mentor to several of us, returns as
our Thought Leader this month. His Thought Piece is the starting point
for our conversation. Jon's essay offers a rich experience for anyone who will
make time before the teleconference to explore some of the ideas and materials
that influenced his thinking about how we might use our existing knowledge to
make a difference. Or, in other words, "to do what we can from where we are".
If you have only
limited time to explore, we recommend you consider some the questions Jon
offers, beginning on page 5 of his essay. Every great conversation is based on
a really good question, and Jon gives us a number of paths to generate a
meaningful interaction this month. This approach is consistent with the work of
Peter Block, Edgar Schein, Fran Peavey, and The World Café, all proponents of
the value of powerful questions. Jon will also connect us to the Leadership
& Management Model developed by John Kotter so we can see how we
all have the opportunity to manage and lead even in the absence of position
power.
We hope you can join
us for at least one session this month.
Jon Bergstrom
provides a wide range of business consulting services through the Bergstrom Learning
Center in Tehachapi, California.
Prior to his recent retirement, he worked for Shell Oil Company for 35 years in
a variety of engineering and management positions.
Through his consulting practice, he assists organizations in
Leadership and Management, Strategic Planning, Organizational Success,
Executive Coaching, Personal Mastery, Systemic Thinking, Team Skills, Change
Leadership, Meeting Planning and Facilitation, and Conflict Management.
He is a member of the In2:InThinking Network Forum planning
team and provides workshops on a regular basis. He has also conducted numerous
workshops at business and learning conferences in the United States and Europe.
He was a member of the planning team for the Space Generation Forum at the 1999
United Nations Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Space in Vienna, Austria
and continues work with SGF participants.
He is a member of the adjunct faculty at International Space University in Strasbourg, France
and has provided team skills workshops to students since 2000. The workshops
for the Masters Program in Strasbourg
and the summer sessions at locations around the world are intended to provide
students with concepts and processes that will enhance their team experience at
the university.
Contact Jon Bergstrom Visit Jon's website
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OD Details
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, June 28th - 12:00-1:00pm
2 - Thursday, June 28th - 1:00-2:00pm
3 - Friday, June 29th - 12:00-1:00pm
4 - Friday, June 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: Farewells and Close
Please reply to this note by noon Pacific Time on
Wednesday, June 27th 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...
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
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
July 26-27: Bill Cooper
August 23-24: Michael Iva
September 27-28: Tracy Huston
October 18-19: Gipsie Ranney
November 15-16 or 19-20: TBD
December xx-xx, TBD
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Systems Thinking Newsletter
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
March 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 and Workshops
The following in-house "Thinking Roadmap" seminars and workshops are open to
employees of Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, as well as suppliers, customers,
family members, and "Members of the Community." "Members
of the community" are individuals who are involved full or part time, or in a
volunteer capacity, in community related work.
This schedules below include the next available offerings for the listed seminars in Canoga Park, California.
Contact
Bill Bellows
to request additonal information.
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Enterprise Thinking
Registration
Fee - there is NO fee to attend.
Pre-requisite - there are NO pre-requisites.
Format - two 4.5-hour sessions over two days, offered as an in-person event
Schedule for Enterprise Thinking classes in Canoga Park, CA for Pratt
& Whitney Rocketdyne
Class # CP-557
Part 1 - 28-Jun-07 - 7:00-11:30am
Part 2 - 29-Jun-07 - 7:00-11:30am
Class # CP-559
Part 1 - 19-Jul-07 - 7:00-11:30am
Part 2 - 20-Jul-07 - 7:00-11:30am
Class #
CP-561
Part 1 - 23-Aug-07 - 7:00-11:30am
Part 2 - 24-Aug-07 - 7:00-11:30am Register to attend Enterprise Thinking
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Six Thinking Hats
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, offered as an in-person event
Schedule for Six Thinking Hats classes in
Canoga
Park, CA for Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
Class #CP-50
06-Aug-07 - 8:00-4:00pm
Register to attend Six Thinking Hats
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Managing Variation as a System
 Registration Fee - there is NO fee to attend.
Pre-requisite - there are NO pre-requisites.
Format - three 3-hour sessions over three
days, offered as an in-person event
Schedule for Managing Variation as a System
classes in Canoga Park, CA for Pratt & Whitney
Rocketdyne
Class #MVS-89
09-Jul-07, 11-Jul-07, 13-Jul-07,
from 8:00-11:00am each day
Class #MVS-90
22-Oct-07, 24-Oct-07, 25-Oct-07,
from 8:00-11:00am each day
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Kepner-Tregoe Problem Solving and Decision Making
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, offered as an in-person event
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-43
10-Jul-07, 17-Jul-07, 24-Jul-07,
from 8:00-4:00pm each day
Register to attend Kepner-Tregoe
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The New Economics Study Session
Registration Fee - there is NO fee to attend.
Pre-requisite - there are NO pre-requisites.
Format - seven 2-hour sessions over three
weeks, offered as a teleconference event
Schedule for The New Economics Study
Session
classes in Canoga Park, CA for Pratt & Whitney
Rocketdyne
New dates TBD
Register to receive announcements for the next TNE Study Session
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