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 [...]
On Saturday I joined a group of sixteen of the Oasis associates exploring the frameworks and practices within our Peoplecare Services. With the help of Carole-Ann Jones, the afternoon focussed on ‘wellbeing at work’. As with many phrases, Wellbeing has become so much a part of our common language to be both meaningless and lacking the [...]
Where am I really heading? What do I want to change or sustain? What is my ‘heart’ work? All were questions I carried as I entered the Full Circle in May 2012, at a venue in Edinburgh. The idea of a small group of others, each holding leadership roles and who shared similar questions, coming [...]
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 [...]
Another bright sunny day, after some initial downpours, heralded the launch of Bryce’s last book, Steps to an Ecology of Soul. The completion of this book was paid for with the fund established after Bryce’s death through the Oasis Foundation. We were delighted to have a full house at Oasis with over 30 people attending an [...]
This July a group of Oasis directors, associates and staff came together for a five-day Cooperative Inquiry (CI) into Whole Person Learning. We were delighted to welcome Barbara Langton from New Zealand to initiate the inquiry. CI is a radical form of social research using cycles of action and reflection. Cycles allow different types of [...]
We’ve just uploaded a new video featuring Nick Ellerby talking about how we help people working with questions for which they don’t have an answer, how we help people explore deeper meaning, and how you create entities where people have an influence in shaping their own destiny and that of the organisation they are working [...]