The June issue of the O Zone focuses on how we are inspiring and fostering communities of peer-based practice and inquiry. We are pioneering ‘self and peer’ ways of working in organisations. We engage with partnerships and collaborations that encourage peer-based learning and action. Amongst these are small and growing enterprises, organisations wishing to move [...]
Awakening Social Purpose is an Oasis open programme, which addresses the key challenge that commercial and not-for profit organisations are facing today: how to ensure future sustainability, growth and reputation, at the same time as becoming more globally responsible. Isabel Mckenzie, Office Manager at Bettys Harlow Carr, was a participant on the most recent ‘ASP’ [...]
Innovation Cohort is an international programme that will enable business school leaders to work in a facilitated peer environment. Using the insights developed through the 50+20 project to develop the capacity of their programmes, participants will be able to deliver the three dimensions of the 50+20 vision: educating globally responsible leaders, enabling sustainable business and [...]
A small number of places are still left on our pioneering programme Awakening Social Purpose, which takes place at Oasis from 20th-22nd March. This three day programme looks at emerging global issues and how they impact upon organisations. The programme gives participants time for reflection and action planning and has proven useful for decision makers [...]
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Nick and I recently attended the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative (GRLI) General Assembly at Stellenbosch in South Africa. A founder member of the GRLI, Oasis is one of a pioneering group of 60 business schools/learning institutions and companies representing five continents, over 300,000 students and 1,000,000 employees who are engaged in developing the next generation [...]
I found myself grinning from ear to ear at the end of a meeting recently. I’d spent the morning with a group of managers who are charged with building commitment to the planetary agenda throughout their business. As we closed the meeting one of the participants said how much he’d enjoyed the session and how [...]
This ‘blog’ echoes our last end of year offering, with 2012 being as full and rewarding as the last few weeks. The directors have been wrapping up the year with two days together after a two day self and peer review process with core associates, and a day with staff and directors. This has been [...]
The most satisfying sessions for me to facilitate are those when I end up feeling I have learnt as much as everyone else in the room. A recent Oasis session on Globally Responsible Practice was one of these occasions. A crisp, bright autumn Saturday morning and we had gathered together some of our Executive Developers [...]
Our pioneering programme Awakening Social Purpose – supporting globally responsible practice in 21st century organisations – was held for the first time this summer. On Day 1 participants gathered a sense of what was likely to impact their organisations from the global context and explored their visions of the organisational world they wanted to create. [...]