Concurrent Sessions

A broad range of concurrent sessions will provide you with the opportunity to customize the conference experience to meet your needs and interests—whether you work in the business, education, public, or nonprofit sector. Confirmed topics are shown below. Full descriptions will be added shortly.

CASE STUDIES give you a look at how an organization is using systemic tools to take wiser, more effective action, and offer insight into how you might apply those skills in your own setting.

SKILL-BUILDING WORKSHOPS offer practical, hands-on tools for creating and sustaining purposeful networks through disciplines such as systems thinking, Theory U, social action research, storytelling, and conversations that matter.

 

 

Accessing the Technology of Wholeness
William Isaacs

Avoiding Accidents and Disasters Through Modeling, Collaboration, and Courage
Marc Gerstein

Building a Learning Culture for Empowered Action: The Kaospilots
Signe Gro Jensen, Christer Lidzélius

Choice and Voice: Making All Voices Matter in Public Education
Kim Carter, Elizabeth Cardine, a Recent Graduate, and a Current Student

Claiming Bold Dreams: Transformation at Texas Instruments Through Servant Leadership
Shaunna Blac, Ann McGee-Cooper, Gary Looper

Courage to Lead with Heart
Rick Brush, Mary Pierce Brosmer

Creating Global Communication Skills and Norms in a Virtual Community
Sue Brightman, An Vandermeerch

Creating Synergy Among Empowered Schools
MAK Mitchell, Veronica Conforme

Culture Eats Strategy: Building Organizational Capacity for Long-Term Success
Scott Adler, Zeev Neuwirth, Robert Beyer

Discussing the Undiscussable: Overcoming Defensive Routines in the Workplace
William Noonan

Embracing Elderhood: An Experiential Exploration into Our Possibilities
Alan Gilburg, David Isaacs

Encompassing Multiple Perspectives Using Systems Thinking
David Peter Stroh, Michael Goodman

Festival in the Workplace: A Tool for Transforming Your Organization
Roosevelt Finlayson, Jeannine Comma

From Embattled Antagonists to Partners in Problem Solving: Pre-Meeting Practices for Multi-Stakeholder Dialogues
Grady McGonagill, Maggie Herzig, Mil Niepold

A Group Learning Process for Enhancing Systems Thinking
Gerald C. Swanson

How Relationships Make or Break Team Performance
Diana McLain Smith, Vanessa Kirsch

Integrating the Five Disciplines: An Asset-Based Approach
Kara Werner, Jen Hunter

Introduction to Systems Thinking I
Ginny Wiley, Gregory Hennessy

Introduction to Systems Thinking II
Ginny Wiley, Gregory Hennessy

Managing Conflict with Power and Presence
Judy Ringer

Partnerships and Alliances: Systemic Tools for Human Synergy
Jennifer Kemeny

Purpose to Performance: Synergy in the Antelope Valley Union High School District
Patricia Martinez-Miller, Debra Laidley, Michael Vierra

Tapping into the Wisdom of Citizens Through a New Model of Public Participation
Susannah Childers, Lynette McCormack, Warren Miller

Team Synergy: Setting the Stage to Learn, Share, and Practice Together
Mindy Habecker, Kathleen Haas, Gerry Campbell