Out beyond ideas of
wrongdoing And rightdoing,
there is a field.
I’ll meet you there.
(Rumi)
OD For Life: Basecamp Gathering, May 5-6th 2022
The first in person OD For Life gathering will take place in the Netherlands on the 5th and 6th May 2022.
Like the basecamp of a major mountain ascent, we see this as an opportunity to see who else has been drawn to this conversation, to take stock of the journey ahead, and to make initial preparations.
Held by nature and lightly guided by a set of principles common to all thriving living systems, we will begin to identify a way forward, so that we may eventually craft every client project and every organisation as a practice ground for a more thrivable world.
In this spirit of co-creation and shared contribution, key areas of focus will include:
Bringing life-aligned leadership to life — shifting from an extractive to a regenerative narrative of progress.
Working sessions on tensions and dilemmas as a field.
The initial development of a manifesto for the field.
Personal work on challenges on the edge of transformation.
Defining themes and structures for continuing the work as a group and a movement.
We aim to bring a group of up to 30 practitioners together for this creative inquiry.
We will harvest what we discover and share it widely.
And we will carry forward the conversation in other gatherings and virtual sessions happening on a rolling basis, including a second community gathering in the USA in August/September 2022.
What will the gathering involve?
Guided by a simple set of living systems design principles, our offer is to create a space in which necessary wisdom can emerge from those who are gathered. Together, we will begin to give voice to the collective sensing of our field.
And though our work together is urgent and serious, our experience of it will be nourishing, creative, inspired and joyful.
With these intentions, this is the shape of the journey as we currently envision it:
Grounding ourselves in a stance of stewardship and alignment with life. Exploring the perspective that what we're "developing" in organisational development is life and its ability to thrive.
On that foundation, exploring what calls us together as a profession and as a community. What is our collective calling? What is ours to contribute to our clients, to society and to all life? What is our manifesto?
From there, asking: what will support and connect us in this work? How do we need to be in relationship with each other, with our clients, and with the rest of the ecosystem we’re serving? What is the shape of the necessary practice ground for the work we are called to do?
Finally, what does all this suggest for what each of us will do, in our own contexts? What do you need, and what do you feel drawn to contribute?
Download the programme flow here.
Practical Pointers
When:
Thursday 5th May & Friday 6th May 2022
Where:
Better Meetings, Woudenbergseweg 41, 3711 AA, Austerlitz (Utrecht) The Netherlands
Costs:
For profit business €1.200 per person.
Non profit and entrepreneurs €750 per person.
A limited number of reduced price scholarships are available.
This price includes our sessions at Better Meetings and delicious organic lunches & dinners. Not included in this price are the overnight accommodations. We reserved rooms by Hotel Woudschoten, this hotel is close to the venue. Please let us know if you would like to make use of this reservation.
We welcome maximum 30 participants.