How can we create authentic involvement in our organizations that leads to wise and sustainable action?
What conversations will accelerate and amplify collaboration and harmony in our work and lives?
Join us as we reflect on the recent election and the current state of civic life in our organizations, communities and nation. Explore ways that OD practitioners might strengthen our collective capacity to:
- Engage with diverse groups
- Foster creativity in challenging times
- Work with “collapse, breakdown and conflict”
- Join others in wise, active citizenship
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Our Hosts:
Lina Cramer — Wisdom Exchange
Lina is a facilitator, convener, organizer, advo-cate and social architect. Much of Lina’s work focuses on community engagement and leader-ship, organizational development and commu-nity resilience. Lina is Steward of the Art of Hosting and spearheading a new Art of Host-ing community of practice in Illinois:
http://www.wisdom-exchange.org
Janice Thomson
Returning to Chicago after five years in Bel-gium, Janice is advising the UIC Institute for Policy and Civic Engagement and others in use of dialogue and deliberation in public engage-ment around policy and community issues. Previously, she worked for over a decade as a qualitative marketing researcher and advertis-ing brand planner for consumer products.