Where:  Underwriters Labs, 333 Pfingsten Road, Northbrook, IL
Agenda:  6:30 - Social and networking; 7 pm - Meeting begins
Cost:  Free to members, $15 to nonmembers
RSVP essential (even if you only think you MIGHT come)-see below:  Please call (773) 561-4919 or email odnchicago@aol.com

Topic:  Power of Polarity Management
Panelists:  Don Kumler (Kumler Consulting),  Cheryl Scanlan-Hartman (Underwriters Labs),  Anne Ward (Success Measures), Linda Anderson (Independent Consultant), and Neesa Sweet (Braided River Group)

Recently, many of us were inspired by attending the Polarity Management workshops with Barry Johnson.  This month, we will draw on that experience in an informal setting as several of us who attended will facilitate a discussion about how we can apply what we learned to various organizational situations.  This is a great opportunity to get a sense of the power of Polarity Management if you were unable to attend the workshops and a great opportunity to do some action learning together.  Bring real situations-situations you are thinking of as "problems to solve"  from your real work and we will jointly explore insights and actions that might result from those insights. 

This informal format is a response to member feedback asking for mutual learning situations in which we can take the time to draw on the powerful experience of the people in the room.  It is a chance for advanced practitioners to have an in-depth conversation about a way of thinking and a model that has many potential applications; and to explore how we can "practice" together.

Don Kumler (Kumler Consulting),  Cheryl Scanlan-Hartman (Underwriters Labs),  Anne Ward (Success Measures), Linda Anderson (Independent Consultant), Neesa Sweet (Braided River Group), and others who attended the sessions with Barry will be on hand to share what they learned and facilitate discussion.

RSVP:  Please call (773) 561-4919 or email odnchicago@aol.com.  The meeting will be at Underwriters Labs, 333 Pfingsten Road, Northbrook, IL 60062. All visitors will need to park in the visitors parking lot at the Main   Entrance of the building (by the large flag poles).   We need to give Underwriters a list for security reasons, so if you're even thinking of coming or bringing people,  send your names to odnchicago@aol.com as soon as possible

ODNChicago June Downtown Chicago Meeting
Thursday, June 26, 2003

Where:  Harris Bank, 111. W. Monroe, 20th Floor, (20C), Chicago
Agenda:  6 to 7 pm, Open Space; 7 to 9 pm, Program
Cost:  Free to members, $15 for Nonmembers
RSVP:  Unnecessary

Topic: Revealing the Future Through Our Values: A diagnostic process used to visualize individual, team and organizational potential.
Speaker: David Jewell, Employee & Organization Development at Peoples Energy

What can we do with data that helps us understand individual and
organizational values, good and bad habits, competence, role profiles, and focus? These are elements of the modeling clay with which we build our lives at work, whether in business, government, or organizations. Together we will explore new possibilities that can be achieved by thinking about individual and group potential, beyond current competencies.

The basis of this program is the Potentia System(TM), processes that work from a series of instruments, which can be used individually or in combination to unearth hidden potential. The processes have helped organizations to:

• Raise performance levels
• Improve retention
• Enhance senior-level supply of leadership
• Match organizational goals with leaders' potential
• Speed change implementation
• Train managers to develop their staffs
• Improve succession planning
• Innovate