Learning Organization Practitioners' Network (LOPN)
    A network from Singapore connected to SoL Global
Learning Organization Practitioners'
Core Competency Workshop Scopes
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Level
Workshop title
Duration
Target Audience
Scope
Desired Outcome
Module 1
Novice
Learning Organization
Building Foundations
Workshop

the work, briefly introduces
the five disciplines and
provides a good introduction
to a quarter of the 60 tools
offered by Dr Peter Senge.  
Module 1 lays a strong
foundations for subsequent
modules of the core
competency workshop series.
 Whets the appetite for future
workshop modules.
3 days
With at least six years
working experience.  
Desired 10 years.

Has not attended any of
LOPN's workshops

Participants are tasked to
lead efforts in
implementing the Learning
Organisation or charged
with handling projects
using the tools of the five
disciplines of LO

Participants are managers
of their respectives areas
of management
Context setting
3-legged stool
Framework of the 60 tools
Structural Tension
Systems Thinking building
blocks -
Reinforcing /
Balancing Loops & FtB
Archetype
The 11 Laws of complexity
Mental Models - Learning to
recognise personal frames
that affect what we see and
the actions we take
Ladder of Inference
Theory of Action
Introduction to Personal
Mastery
Build a deep
understanding of the
building blocks of
Learning Organisaton
Module 2
Beginner
Learning to deepen
Systemic Thinking
Learning to see the world
systemically

Covers up to ten archetypes
of Systems Thinking
(identified by Dr Peter Senge
and his team, a work that is
derivative of the field of
Systems Dynamics).  Works
with real-life case studies
from around the world to help
participants identify systemic
archetypes that cause most
of the dynamic complexities
organizations face.
3 days
Prerequisite: Have
completed LOPN Level 1
workshop
Learn how the system
archetype templates were
discovered
Help to train our hands to
draw circles of causality
Learn ways to remember and
recognise
the ten system
archetypes
Learn to diagnose complexity
and
take high-leverage
interventions
Use case studies to learn to
apply the system archetypes
Understanding the nature of a
full-blown complexity - the
"Onion"
Develop the
sensitivities to apply
system archetypes in
real-life situations.  
Sensitivies that
cannot be gained by
simply applying the
tools outside the
workshop
Module 3
Advanced
Beginner
Learning to facilitate
Generative Conversations

Prepares a leader to shift
conversations that are
defensive (works by Dr Chris
Argyris on which Senge
developed the disciplines of
Mental models and Team
Learning) to become
reflective, productive and
eventually generative
conversations.
3 days
Prerequisite: Have
completed LOPN Level 2
workshop
Skillful discussion
Theory of Action
Defensive conversations

Model I
Consequenes of Model I:
Defensive Routines, Skilled
Unawareness, Skilled
Incompetence
Check-in

Model II
Deep Listening
Heuristics of Model II
Protocols for Balancing
Advocacy and Inquiry

Learning to facilitate
Case Study work
Stages of dialogue
Practices of dialogue
4-player model
Internalize the skills
of productive
conversations
Module 4
Competent
Learning to design
System-wide
Interventions (Integration
of the five disciplines)

This is an advanced  
workshop for leaders /
persons charged with
large-scale systemic  
interventions.  Explores the
skills and disciplines in
learning to map future shared
realities of one's organizations
by drawing on systemic
insights and learning to lead
inspiring teams.

Theories of the Vision
Deployment Matrix (Dr Daniel
Kim) and Theory U (Dr Otto
Scharmer) offers to illustrate
the integration of the five
disciplines as well as learn to
apply the theories within
organisational contexts,
particularly in mapping
high-leverage strategic
interventions.
3 days
Prerequisite: Have
completed LOPN Level 2
workshop
Levels of Perspective
Personal Mastery -
cultivate
ways of thinking to obtain our
deepest aspirations
Principles of creating personal
and
shared vision
Vision Deployment Matrix:
Integrating the five disciplines
to form shared visions:
Key
Success Loop
Theory U
Project demonstration
Application
Learn to integrate the
use of the five
disciplines in real-life
situations
Application
workshop
series for
corporate
planners
Designing Retreats
Advanced Beginner

Prepares you to mindfully
design corporate retreats for
your unit or organization.
1 day
Prerequisite: Have
completed up to Level 3
workshop
Appreciative Inquiry (an
application of Shared Vision)
Key Success Loop (KSL - an
application of Systems
Thinking)
Vision Deployment Matrix
The "Onion"
Strategic Intervention Planning
Putting it together: Ingredients
of a successful corporate
retreat
Learn to apply the
five disciplines in
corporate planning
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