Oct 3 2008 to Oct 5 2008

The Summit will offer new insights into the concepts of how patterns of coordination form, and a multidisciplinary examination of the complexity principles that underlie the behavior of complex systems across all scales, from cells to humans to communities. It will also offer a chance for members of the Plexus community to come together, identify and investigate topics of mutual interest, and experience interaction and connection with people who share similar and different professional and personal backgrounds. .
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Aug 3 2008 to Aug 5 2008

Plexus Institute and the Plexus Complexity and Nursing Network are joining forces to sponsor a workshop devoted to complexity, healthcare and nursing. The event will celebrate and feature the publication of the book - On the Edge: Nursing in the Age of Complexity. This book is a “product” of the Nursing Network and the Plexus scientific community. .
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Jun 20 2008

Peter Block is an author, consultant and citizen of Cincinnati Ohio. His work is about empowerment. Stewardship, accountability and reconciliation. His books include Flawless Consulting: A Guide to Getting Your Expertise Used; Stewardship, Choosing Service Over Self Interest, and The Empowered Manager: Positive Political Sills at Work. He also wrote The Answer to How is Yes, and his newest book, Community: The Structure of Belonging, was due in bookstores in May. He is a partner in Designed Learning, a training company that offers workshops designed to build the skills described in his books. He serves on the board of directors of Cincinnati Classical Public Radio, and is the first Distinguished Consultant-in-Residence at Xavier University.
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Jun 6 2008

Positive Organizational Scholarship (POS) is concerned with the study of positive outcomes, processes, and attributes of organizations and their members. The focus on positive phenomena includes community psychology, humanistic organizational behavior, organizational development, pro-social motivation and citizenship behavior and corporate responsibility. Scholarship provides a theoretical framework for why the positive processes succeed.
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Jun 3 2008 to Jun 7 2008

The first conference June 3-5, 2008 focuses on health care.It's called Creating Cultures of Engagement in Health Care: New Models for Addressing Conflict, Disruption and Avoidance in Health Care The second conference, International Conference on Chaos, Complexity and Conflict, June 5-7, 2008, will focus on applying chaos theory, complexity and emergence to the field of conflict resolution. Experts on complexity studies will come together with practitioners and educators of alternative dispute resolution .
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May 20 2008

Lord of the Ants, a special on the PBS series NOVA, will explore how Wilson’s fascination with small creatures led him to big and immensely important ideas. The program is scheduled to air on PBS at 8 PM May 20. Check local listings. A description of the program and transcripts of conversations with E.O. Wilson are available at the PBS website. .
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