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Kurt Lewin Master Class
Engaging with Change in Complex, Volatile Times
Peggy Holman
www.peggyholman.com
(425) 746-6274
Peggy Holman
To connect theory and practice in order
to make visible patterns, principles,
and practices for engaging the people
of a system in addressing complex
challenges
Session Purpose
Principles for Engaging Emergence
Encourage random
encounters
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No one in charge
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In Summary
• Ask possibility-oriented questions that
focus intentions
• Reflect together to discover and
act on what is emerging
• Invite people to take responsibility for what they
love as an act of service
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Acknowledging the “Ancestors”Social Science Influences
• Kurt Lewin – Frontiers in Group Dynamics
(1947)
• Solomon Asch – Social Psychology (1952)
• Ludwig von Bertalanffy – General Systems
Theory (1968)
• Gregory Bateson- Steps to an Ecology of Mind
(1972)
• Fred Emory & Eric Trist – Toward a Social
Ecology (1972)
• Marvin Weisbord – Productive Workplaces
(1987)
• Peter Senge – The Fifth Discipline (1990)
• Barbara Bunker & Billie Alban – Large Group
Interventions (1992)
• Margaret Wheatley – Leadership and the New
Science (1999)
• David Cooperrider – Positive Image, Positive
Action (2000)
Complexity Influences
• Thomas Kuhn - The Structure of Scientific
Revolutions (1962)
• James Gleick – Chaos (1987)
• Michael Field and Martin Golubitsky -
Symmetry in Chaos (1992)
• Mitchell Waldrop – Complexity (1992)
• Stuart Kaufman – At Home in the Universe
(1996)
• John Holland – Emergence (1998)
• Joel de Rosnay –The Symbiotic Man (2000)
• Peter Corning – The Re-emergence of
“Emergence” (2002)
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Resources• Baldwin, Christina, and Ann Linnea. The Circle Way: A Leader in Every Chair. Berrett-Koehler, 2010.
• Brown, Juanita, David Isaacs, and World Cafe Community. The World Cafe: Shaping Our Futures Through Conversations That Matter. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2005.
• Holman, Peggy. Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunity. Berrett-Koehler, 2010. www.engagingemergence.com
• Holman, Peggy, Tom Devane, and Steven Cady. The Change Handbook: The Definitive Resource on Today's Best Methods for Engaging Whole Systems. 2nd Edition. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2007
• Owen, Harrison. Open Space Technology: A User's Guide. 3rd Ed. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2008.
• Weisbord, Marvin and Sandra Janoff. Future Search: Getting the Whole System in the Room for Vision, Commitment, and Action. 3rd ed., Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2010.
• Whitney, Diana, and Amanda Trosten-Bloom. The Power of Appreciative Inquiry: A Practical Guide to Positive Change. 2nd Ed., Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2010.
Websites & Online Communities:• Appreciative Inquiry Commons – www.appreciativeinquiry.case.edu
AI Listserv – mailman.business.utah.edu:8080/mailman/listinfo/ailist• Art of Hosting – www.artofhosting.org
AoH Listserv – www.artofhosting.org/home/theconversation/• Future Search – www.futuresearch.net
Future Search listserv – for members (see website for information)• Open Space Technology – www.openspaceworld.org
OST listserv - http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org• The World Café – www.theworldcafe.com
TWC Ning site - www.theworldcafecommunity.org