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This letter was sent out to all the participants who attended the Leadership Summit.
This document lists the pilot projects which were created as part of the Leadership Summit in December 2001.
Navy Leadership Interview Guide
Reference: Dissertation Abstracts International Section A: Humanities & Social Sciences. Vol 58(1-A), Jul 1997, 0218.
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Complex adaptive systems generate patterns of behavior over time. These patterns are called "strange attractors." Appreciative Inquiry is one way to shift these patterns toward more productive and life-giving attractors.
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His Holiness the Dali Lama, Richard Blum and Bishop William Swing convened a meeting with religious leaders from around the world. This was an invitation to the religious leaders to... read more →
I have used this overview a number of times in teleconference settings, with good results. It gets the essential messages about AI out quickly. You can use a subset of... read more →