Because of today

Because of today... HiSL (hear, see and love each other) and the signs of NOT being heard or seen, I'll be able to ask better questions… to listen, see and love rather than judge.

Because of today… leading is my duty — and I must do with courage, humility and passion!

Because of today… my heart is encouraged to listen more deeply to the disturbances that persist and hold them in compassion.

Because of today… be more mindful — what's the deepest longing in our hearts?

Because of today… I have new actions and connections that will help me toward enacting my personal vision and quest.

Because of today… my heart and soul are warmed and encouraged, left hopeful to hold to do the work of healing the planet.

Because of today… I am going to engage with more heart, passion and purpose!

— from the closing session of the third annual conference, Saturday, June 28, 2008

Annual conference documents for downloading and related links

Achieving higher performance through communities of practice and social networks with Clayton Gridley, David Kleweno and Iris Lemmer, communities-of-practice.pdf, 1.1mb

Crucial conversations with a cross-cultural twist with Richard Wilkinson, crucial-conversations.pdf, 264kb

The end of leadership and consultancy as we know it with Joelle Lyons Everett and Keith McCandless, end-of-leadership.pdf, 1.5mb

Leading change with head and heart with Lismary deLemos and Brit Poulson, leading-head-heart.pdf, 520kb

Radical change at the “speed of trust” with Mary Allison, Dan Oestreich, Sandra Sault Poulson, change-at-speed-of-trust.pdf, 1.1mb

Steven Wright's graphic facilitation of the day. All six murals, osrconf08-graphicfacil.pdf, 5.6MB
Plenary session: Change in 4 movements, osrconf08-01-Change-in-4.pdf, 984KB
Plenary session: Q&A, Ethics, osrconf08-02-QandA-Ethics.pdf, 1.1MB
Plenary session: Reflections on seating arrangements, osrconf08-03-Reflections-on-seating.pdf, 648KB
After lunch: Proximity games, osrconf08-04-proximity-games.pdf, 712KB
Afternoon harvest, osrconf08-05-afternoon-harvest.pdf, 836KB
Closing mural, osrconf08-06-closing-mural.pdf, 1.5MB

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Attendees

Event description, schedule, workshop descriptions

Waiting list for last-minute openings in OSR 15

A waiting list is now in progress while faculty and staff process applications and finalize membership for the OSR 15 Master's cohort. Prospective students are encouraged to submit an application as places may open up before classes begin.

A kick-off dinner for the 15th cohort is planned for Saturday, September 6; the residential session at Pilgrim Firs is Monday–Friday, September 22–26. Complete schedule information.

Lucy Garrick: Holding partnership conversations

At Lucy Garrick's April workshop on Creating Cultures of Peace, the guest speaker, Riane Eisler, stressed the importance of talking openly about gender relations. Afterward, some of the participants asked how to go about holding these conversations since gender issues tend to be so controversial.

Here is the result — an article Lucy co-authored with Riane. “Holding Partnership Conversations” provides an overview of Eisler's work and is currently published in the June issue of the Integral Leadership Review, an academic digest on leadership. Read the article.

Lucy is a graduate of OSR 12 and co-chairs the OSR Alumni Association Board. She invites you to post an idea for peace on the Million Ideas for Peace blog.