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Aim and Stats Now in our sixteenth year of operation for our "OD" sessions and the fourth year for our "TTA" sessions (Thinking Together About...), the aim of both is to continue to foster an appreciation of InThinking within an emerging network that is developing inside Aerojet Rocketdyne and beyond. Dates for future "OD" and "TTA" sessions along with additional "thinking" opportunities for 2015 can be found in this announcement. OD + TTA Stats
For an update on OD and TTA statistics, this month's invitation is going out to 2,000+ partners in the U.S., as well as fellow InThinking partners in Australia, Austria, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Chile, Dubai, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, 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 GenCorp, United Technologies, GM, IBM, General Electric, NASA, Bechtel, Kuwait Energy Company, Philips Electronics, and The Boeing Company.
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Welcome First Timers Your names have been added to this announcement list by virtue of your attendance in our series of InThinking Roadmap seminars, workshops, and overviews within Aerojet Rocketdyne, or attendance at the annual In2:InThinking Network Forum, 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 e-mail 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!!!
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Meeting Notice Service - OD and TTA If you would like to receive meeting notices on your Microsoft Outlook schedule for upcoming Ongoing Discussion conference calls and Thinking Together About... webinars, reply to Bill Bellows at william.bellows@rocket.com and your name will be added to our meeting notice list. |
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Thanks for your interest in our "Ongoing Discussion" conference calls for August, which featured Kevin Cahill on August 20th and 21st on the topic of "Breaking the Mold - My Journey of Discovery." Special thanks once again to Kevin for providing us with his "Thought Leadership" in this exploration.
Reach Kevin at kevin@deming.org should you wish to continue to explore your additional comments, questions, and/or observations with him. Thanks to those who could join us and regrets for those who could not. For both groups, and those you would like to share with, I've posted the announcement, along with a pdf version of the slides of Kevin's presentation, plus the audio files of these sessions, at the links below; Links to OD audio files... Option 1 - August 20th, 12-1pm Option 2 - August 20th, 1-2pm Option 3 - August 21st, 12-1pm Option 4 - August 21st, 1-2pm References Book - Understanding Variation, by Donald Wheeler Article - Variation Through the Ages, by Lloyd Provost and Clifford Norman, ASQ, Quality Progress, December 1990 Article - Variation, Management, and W. Edwards Deming, by Brian Joiner and Marie Gaudard, ASQ, Quality Progress, December 1990 Enjoy! Looking ahead, our next event is the September "Thinking Together About..." webinar, with a focus on "Seeing Systems," set for the 17th, with Glenna Gerard, from Espanola, New Mexico, as our Thought Leader. Link here to register, with the formal announcement to follow in early September. Looking further ahead, our next Ongoing Discussion, for September, is set for October 1 st and 2 nd, with Bob Browne, from Santa Fe, New Mexico, as our Thought Leader. Bob's topic will be "The Sys-Tao Way." Link here to register, with the formal announcement to follow in mid-September. Associate Fellow and Lead InThinking Network Aerojet Rocketdyne Canoga Park, California | | Future Ongoing Discussion Conference Calls Mark your calendars - future Ongoing Discussion conference calls will be held on the following dates (subject to slight changes), from 12-1pm and 1-2pm Pacific Time. Month, Dates, Thought Leader(s), Topics (link on each session to register): |
Future Thinking Together About... Webinars
Mark your calendars - future Thinking Together About... (formerly Better Thinking About...) webinars will be held on the following dates, from 11:30-1pm Pacific Time. Details for how to participate in this webinar series are provided upon registering using the participant survey for each event.
Date, Presenter, and Topic (link on each session to register):
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InThinking Together Seminar
Description: This seminar explores the philosophies of a variety of management theorist, including but not limited to Russell Ackoff, W. Edwards Deming, Edward de Bono, Tom Johnson, and Genichi Taguchi, among many others; as they apply to the management of organizational resources, including ideas, innovation, knowledge, money, equipment, and space. Among the topics of discussion will be the concepts of "better thinking about thinking" (InThinking) and Purposeful Resource Management as well as Purposeful Resource Leadership. The seminar will introduce you to these ideas through a series of questions that are specially selected to create awareness of a new approach to working together, learning together, and thinking together. Registration Fee: there is NO fee to attend
Prerequisites: there are NO prerequisites
Format: two 4.5-hour sessions over two days, offered as an in-person event
Presented by: Bill Bellows
Schedule for InThinking Together classes
Class #CP-2015-08 - College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita Part 1 - 27-Aug - 7:00-11:30am Part 2 - 28-Aug - 7:00-11:30am Class #CP-2015-09 - Aerojet Rocketdyne, Canoga Park Part 1 - 24-Sep - 7:00-11:30am Part 2 - 25-Sep - 7:00-11:30am Class #CP-2015-10 - Aerojet Rocketdyne, Canoga Park
Part 1 - 29-Oct - 7:00-11:30am Part 2 - 30-Oct - 7:00-11:30am
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The New Economics Study Session Description: A group of participants assembles, some in-person and some via teleconference, for this 14-hour series. Participants discuss W. Edwards Deming's last book, The New Economics, in which he introduced his concept of a "System of Profound Knowledge." The group reads specified chapters before each session and discusses the meaning and application of the ideas, as well as personal reactions to the ideas. Supplemental reading material become part of the conversations, as do reactions to video tapes of Dr. Deming.
Registration Fee: there is NO fee to attend. In addition, this is a toll-free call from the United States and Canada. International participants are welcome to join in as well, provided they do so at their own expense for the conference call. Aerojet Rocketdyne attendees will be given copies of The New Economics. Non-Aerojet Rocketdyne attendees can purchase copies on Amazon at this link, with used copies selling for $15 and Kindle copies available for $15.95.
Prerequisite: there are NO prerequisites
Format: seven 2-hour sessions over three and a half weeks, presented as a teleconference event
Presented by: Tim Higgins Schedule for The New Economics Study Session Class #CP-2015-03 Starting on 14-Sep, seven sessions on Mondays and Wednesdays, from 3:00-5:00pm (ending on 5-Oct) Register to attend the TNE Study Session |
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