April 17- April 22, 2008 in Los Angeles, California, USA

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About Our 2008 Forum
Should You Attend?
Where Will We Be?
Forum Hotel, Alternate Loding Options, Local Transportation Options, and Travel Planning
Forum Materials (Brochure, Poster, Schedules, etc.)
Forum Scholarships
Forum Registration
Forum Meals
Forum Announcement
Schedule of Pre- and Post-Conference Seminars and Workshops (Day-by-day              format for the weekday events)
Conference Program Schedule (Day-by-day format for the weekend events)
Conference Presentations
Conference Speaker Guide
Forum Photo Gallery
             Pre-Conference Sessions
             Conference Sessions
2008 Forum ScreenSaver (featuring quotations from Russ Ackoff)
             Executable ScreenSaver file (3MB)
             pdf version of ScreenSaver - low res (7MB)
             pdf version of ScreenSaver - hi res (66MB)
Post-Forum Notice
2008 Forum Videos
Forum Artist - Scott Lennox

About Our 2008 Forum
Our Seventh Annual Forum, themed Transforming My Space In2 OurSpace - Developing Our Uncommon Knowledge, continues to expand "thinking about thinking," raising the consciousness of better thinking in individuals and organizations. In addition, we are partnering with Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne's Canoga Park site to offer 2 days of pre-conference seminars and workshops and 2 days of post-conference seminars. Add to this schedule a weekend conference at the nearby Hilton Woodland Hills and the result is our 6-day Forum.

As designed, our 2008 Forum aims to promote an environment where compelling ideas and insights will evolve from an exposure to new thoughts, and inthinking colleagues. (And these ideas and insights may lead you in untold exciting directions in your work and life after the Forum.)
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Should You Attend?
Anyone interested in improving the effectiveness of individuals and or­ganizations will gain a deeper appreciation of leadership from this Forum. Past attendees reflect a wide variation in backgrounds - which is always a highlight of our event - and as such we have confidence that our program will continue to be valuable to anyone interested in "better thinking about thinking." If you, however, would like to get a "running start" on InThinking and other associated ideas, please inquire with Bill Bellows about attending an "Enterprise Thinking" seminar offered throughout the year at a variety of locations across the U.S. and U.K.
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Where Will We Be?
The Forum will take place in Los Angeles, California, USA, in the Canoga Park/Woodland Hills area of the San Fernando Valley. Pre-conference activities (seminars and workshops) will take place on Thursday, April 17th, and Friday, April 18th at United Technologies' Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne's offices at 6633 Canoga Avenue in Canoga Park. Conference activities will begin on Friday afternoon at 4:00pm and extend through Sunday at 12:00pm – all to be held at the nearby Hilton Woodland Hills (6360 Canoga Avenue, Woodland Hills). View the map. The hotel is an easy walk from the Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne site, where Forum attendees are welcome to park for free. The post-conference seminars on Monday, April 21st, and Tuesday, April 22nd will be held at nearby at the California State University campus in Northridge at 18111 Nordhoff Street in the San Fernando Valley.
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Forum Hotel, Alternate Loding Options, Local Transportation Options, and Travel Planning

Forum Hotel
Rooms at the Hilton Woodland Hills have been reserved for Forum attendees at the group rate of $109 per night on Thursday (April 17th), Friday (April 18th), Saturday (April 19th) , and Sunday (April 20th) nights, and $149 for Wednesday (April 16th), Monday (April 21st), and Tuesday (April 22nd) nights, plus 14% occupancy tax. To make reservations at the group rate, please call 818-595-1000 (can also make reservations at 800-HILTONS or www.woodlandhills.hilton.com and use the group code "IN2" to get the lower rate) before April 2nd, and state that you are attending the "In2:InThinking" event.

Alternate Lodging Options
Please don't hesitate to contact us if you would like more information about other lodging options, things to do and see in Los Angeles (beaches, hiking, movie studios, shop­ping, etc.), or have any questions about anything else.

Local Transportation Options
From Bob Hope Airport in Burbank (BUR) to the Hilton Woodland Hills (18 miles) we suggest using a taxi.

From Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to the Hilton Woodland Hills (27 miles) we suggest the "Van Nuys Flyaway" bus service at LAX to get to Van Nuys.    No reservations are needed.  $8 for a round trip ticket and $4 for one-way travel.   Look for the bus at under the green overhead signs ("Buses and Long Distance Vans") at curbside at LAX.   They arrive every 30 minutes.    Use a taxi from there to get to the Hilton, which is about 15 minutes away (west).

Travel Planning
The links below are offered to guide your travel planning:
             www.bookingbuddy.com
             www.relocat.com/lastminutetravel.htm
             www.orbitz.com
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2008 Forum Materials
Attendee Notes and Reminders - Coming in March
2008 Forum Brochure
2008 Forum Trifold (Day-by-Day room assignment handouts)
2008 Forum Poster
2008 Forum - Day-by-Day Schedule (Excel format)
2008 Conference Speaker Guide (Current list of presenters, including
             presentation titles, abstracts, and biography material for weekend
             conference)
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2008 Forum - Pre-Conference Seminars and Workshops
April 17th - 9:00-12:00pm at Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne in Canoga Park
3 sessions are being offered:
A - Jeff Kincaid, Rick Ladd, and Kiho Sohn
             Discovering Our Uncommon Knowledge
B - Steve Prevette, Lori Strom, and Mike Trimble
             From My Numbers to Our Understanding Variation
C - Ian Bradbury and Dick Steele
             Quality as a Business Strategy

April 17th - 1:15-4:15pm at Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne in Canoga Park
3 sessions are being offered:
D - Dale Deardorff
             Think-Tion: Integrating Thinking to Actions - part 1
E - Jon Bergstrom and Steve Byers
              Action Learning for Group Interaction
F - Kim Carrell and Scott Lennox
             A Personal Approach to Organizational and Personal Stress
                Reduction - 2008

April 17th - 5:15-7:15pm at Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne in Canoga Park
3 sessions are being offered:
E - Dale Deardorff
             Think-Tion: Integrating Thinking to Actions - part 2
G - Steve Prevette, Lori Strom, and Mike Trimble
             From My Understanding Variation to Our Profound Knowledge
H - Joe Onstott
             Enterprise Thinking and Purposeful Action

April 18th - 9:00-12:00pm and 1:15-4:15pm at Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne in Canoga Park:
2 sessions are being offered:
I - Bill Bellows, Tim Higgins, and Joe Onstott
             Resource Leadership
J - Micah Fierstein
             Discussing the Undiscussable: Overcoming the Defensive Routines
               in the Workplace
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2008 Forum - Post-Conference Seminars
April 21st - 12:30-5:00pm at California State University Northridge in Northridge
2 sessions are being offered:
K - Bill Bellows
             Enterprise Thinking - part 1
L - Tim Higgins
             InThinking With Purposeful Tools and Techniques - part 1

April 22nd - 8:00-12:30pm at California State University Northridge in Northridge
2 sessions are being offered:
K - Bill Bellows
             Enterprise Thinking - part 2
L - Tim Higgins
             InThinking With Purposeful Tools and Techniques - part 2
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2008 Forum - Conference Presentations (Weekend Events at the Hilton Woodland Hills, April 18-20)
(Download Conference Speaker Guide)
Steve Cook - The Ares Projects Office: Building an Exploration Culture from the              Inside Up
             STEVE'S PRESENTATION
Ariane David - Thinking Outside the “I”: Moving from My Space In2 OurSpace
             ARIANE'S PRESENTATION
Bob Dickman (with Richard Maxwell) - Elements of Persuasion: The Language              of Leadership
      NO PRESENTATION AVAILABLE
Gordon Hall - Can We Build an Organization's Culture by Design?
             GORDON'S PRESENTATION
Elaine Johnson - The Brain's Transformation of My Space In2 OurSpace       
      NO PRESENTATION AVAILABLE
Tom Johnson - Manage the Means, Not the Ends, to Secure Satisfactory
             Long-term Business Performance
      TOM'S PRESENTATION
Scott Lennox - Where's the Power? Developing the "Community" of the Inner Self
      NO PRESENTATION AVAILABLE
Richard Maxwell (with Bob Dickman) - Elements of Persuasion: The Language
             of Leadership
      NO PRESENTATION AVAILABLE
Gipsie Ranney - Controls, Fairness, and Commitment in Organizations                         GIPSIE'S PRESENTATION
George Roth - Succeeding in the Value Stream with Enterprise Change                           Capabilities
            GEORGE'S PRESENTATION
Sheldon Rovin - In2:InThinking Networking Session
            NO PRESENTATION AVAILABLE
Ralph Wood - Coming to Emotional Acceptance: A Key to Transforming from
             My Space In2 Our Space
            RALPH'S PRESENTATION
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Forum Scholarships
To find out more about Forum scholarships in 2008, please click here.
The application deadline for all 2008 Forum scholarships is March 21st.
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