Oct 3 2008 to Oct 5 2008

The Summit will offer new insights into the concepts of how patterns of coordination form, and a multidisciplinary examination of the complexity principles that underlie the behavior of complex systems across all scales, from cells to humans to communities. It will also offer a chance for members of the Plexus community to come together, identify and investigate topics of mutual interest, and experience interaction and connection with people who share similar and different professional and personal backgrounds. .
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Aug 3 2008 to Aug 5 2008

Plexus Institute and the Plexus Complexity and Nursing Network are joining forces to sponsor a workshop devoted to complexity, healthcare and nursing. The event will celebrate and feature the publication of the book - On the Edge: Nursing in the Age of Complexity. This book is a “product” of the Nursing Network and the Plexus scientific community. .
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Jun 20 2008

Peter Block is an author, consultant and citizen of Cincinnati Ohio. His work is about empowerment. Stewardship, accountability and reconciliation. His books include Flawless Consulting: A Guide to Getting Your Expertise Used; Stewardship, Choosing Service Over Self Interest, and The Empowered Manager: Positive Political Sills at Work. He also wrote The Answer to How is Yes, and his newest book, Community: The Structure of Belonging, was due in bookstores in May. He is a partner in Designed Learning, a training company that offers workshops designed to build the skills described in his books. He serves on the board of directors of Cincinnati Classical Public Radio, and is the first Distinguished Consultant-in-Residence at Xavier University.
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Jun 6 2008

Positive Organizational Scholarship (POS) is concerned with the study of positive outcomes, processes, and attributes of organizations and their members. The focus on positive phenomena includes community psychology, humanistic organizational behavior, organizational development, pro-social motivation and citizenship behavior and corporate responsibility. Scholarship provides a theoretical framework for why the positive processes succeed.
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May 13 2008

Leadership in complex adaptive systems differs from leadership in traditional hierarchical, Newtonian, command-and-control systems. Nanette Blandin, President of The Nexus Institute, an organization dedicated to preparing leaders and organizations for the future, has done some interestign research and will share her results. .
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