Marv Weisbord will be with OSR on January 25 - reserve your space today!

The 25th edition of Productive Workplaces will be issued in January of 2012.  We are fortunate that Marv will be with OSR on January 25th  just in time to launch this important new edition.

To give you a sneak preview, Marv has provided us with the preface to Productive Workplaces 25th Anniversary Edition and includes a special message to the OSR alumni community.

Be sure and visit the Marvin Weisbord Archive: A Living History of Productive Workplaces and listen to Marv's 8-minute video describing what is in the archive.

Register today for this special event!

Wednesday, January 25

8 am - 12:15

OSR at Seattle University

Cost is:  $100 (includes new edition of Productive Workplaces) or $50 without the book.

Join Fritjof Capra and Linda Booth Sweeney on Thursday, November 10

Fritjof Capra and Linda Booth Sweeney, both authors, teachers and systems thinkers, will once again be in Seattle to work with our second year OSR cohort during the "Applying Living Systems Theory" course.

Linda and Frijof bring so much to our students' learning and in turn, our students influence and renew them as well.

Join us on Thursday evening, November 10 from 6 - 7:30 pm when Fritjof and Linda will share some of their insights and thinking with our greater community of alumni and friends.

Register today as space is limited.

Thank you Nikki for keeping our job opportunities section up to date!

I want to send out a huge thank you to Nikki Diaz-Cruz, graduate of OSR 16 for keeping our "job opportunities" section up to date on the OSR web site!  Nikki did this consistently and professionally for over 2 years.  This has helped numerous alumni and friends and even prospective students in their job search and in learning about the types of positions available in our field.  If you're not familiar with this resource, have a look and feel free to post new opportunities as well.

We now seek another committed volunteer to aid us in keeping this vital resource alive and thriving.  If you are interested, email Paula.  The time commitment is relatively small but it makes a big difference for so many.

Thanks Nikki!

 

Matt Smith to MC upcoming "gathering the clans to nourish our community"

Be sure and mark the date of Saturday, December 10, 2011!

A special evening is planned and we're calling it, "Gathering the clans to nourish our community"

Our beloved improvisational teacher Matt Smith will help to bring OSR alumni, students and friends together. We will share stories and begin to build a fundraising structure to support visiting faculty, scholarships and more.

Watch for more information to come in the next weeks

For questions, contact Yolanda Bailey or Albie Merrill

Respectfully the OSR-NW Board and Development Committee

The role of systemic designer in fostering evolutionary dynamics

Save the date for our first ever OSR Webinar!

• Tuesday, December 6, 2011

• 7 - 8:30 pm

• Registration Information will be available soon

• Email OSR to let us know of your interest

This webinar is part of the OSR "Systems - An overview of theory and perspective" course.  We are happy to invite our alumni and community to participate as well.  There will  be a small fee, likely to be around $25.

The webinar will be conducted by Alexander Laszlo, Ph.D., co-founder and President of Syntony Quest. As Professor of Systems Science and Evolutionary Development he currently teaches at a variety of MBA and Doctoral programs internationally, and is President Elect for 2013 of the International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS).

Find out what inspires the OSR alumni association board

The OSR Alumni Board met last week to launch their work for the year. With new and returning members in attendance, they asked themselves, "what inspires us in our work with OSR?"  A few board members collected responses to this question and created a wordle.  The words contained in this wordle are a source of inspiration for the board and for the OSR program and community.