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Creativity Consortium Meeting-Wed Feb 26 at the Design Exchange in Toronto

  • 1.  Creativity Consortium Meeting-Wed Feb 26 at the Design Exchange in Toronto

    Posted 02-19-1997 12:28
    The Feb. Meeting of the Creativity Consortium, an international club for
    lateral thinkers will take place on Wed February 26, at 6:45 pm at the
    Design Exchange, 234 Bay St.Toronto, just south of King, in the Boardroom.

    Discount parking is available for Creativity Consortium members and guests
    in TD Center, Ernst and Young tower-enter off Wellington St.

    Become and "Systems Thinker" and get the big picture !

    Our guest speaker is Dr. Allenna Leonard. She will introduce the topic of
    Systems thinking, management cybernetics and Beer's Viable Systems Model.

    In the second part of the meeting, guided by a panel of practitioners,
    participants will practice developing feedback system diagrams for their
    organizations.

    Allenna Leonard, Ph.D. divides her time between consultancy and research
    performed independently and as a partner with Stafford Beer in The
    Complementary Set and roles as a workshop presenter, lecturer and
    facilitator. She is also a director of Team Syntegrity, which develops
    and delivers the non-hierarchical, interconnected three and a half to
    five day meeting protocol invented by Stafford Beer called Team Syntegrity.
    She has written several articles based on her work with Beer's Viable
    System Model in association with quality efforts, socio-technical systems
    and other models in the management cybernetics field.

    Cost: $20 for members, $30 for guests, $15 for full-time students (with
    ID), 1996 annual membership is $50.

    If you don't live in or near Toronto, consider a virtual membership to the
    Creativity Consortium: see http://itrc.on.ca/CreativityConsortium/

    For information and reservations call (416) 588-1122
    The Creativity Consortium meets on the last Wednesday of each month.

    Future Speakers / Creative Thinkers:
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    Mar.26, 1997 Geoff Lloyd, Chair Innovation, University of Wales
    Apr 30, 1997 Scott Drew, School of Business, McMaster University

    Walter Derzko
    Founder Creativity Consortium
    The international Club/network for lateral thinkers
    wd@itrc.on.ca
    (416) 588-1122
    http://itrc.on.ca/CreativityConsortium/

    116 Galley Ave.
    Toronto, Ontario
    M6R 1H1
    Canada