Organization Development Network

ODNet-Mindfulness

List Purpose

The Organization Development Network (OD Network) sponsors this list as a public service to the field, in order to provide an electronic space where OD professionals (new and experienced) can dialogue with each other about our work, our field, and ourselves.

The purpose of ODNet-Mindfulness is to form a virtual community of like-minded professionals who are interested in meditation, conscious movement, stillness, yoga, or any other form of spiritual practice. We welcome anyone who would like to engage in conversation about our field, including practitioners, teachers, students, and clients. We particularly welcome people with different perspectives on the world and on our work.

Who Can Subscribe

This list is open to anyone who can receive electronic mail, whether a member of the OD Network or not, and who is interested in discussing how mindfulness and spiritual practice contribute to our work in the field of OD. We welcome practitioners, managers, teachers, students, clients, etc. It is our hope that the shared thoughts and input from these various perspectives will allow us to have meaningful discussions. We particularly welcome people with diverse points of view on spiritual practice, our role as consultants, and the relevance of our work to the workplace, to our communities and to society.

Since we will be discussing a wide variety of issues that we face as consultants and as spiritual beings, the range of our conversation on this list is potentially endless as well as divisive. Thus it is important that we maintain an environment that supports openness to all ideas, the willingness to receive and discuss differing perspectives, and the clear understanding that our goal is to support one another in our growth, development and contribution in the field.

Topics

Because our topic is an exciting one—and potentially vast—we use two questions to frame and focus our conversation:

How does meditation help you to be a better consultant?
How does meditation help our clients to be better leaders?

All viewpoints and ideologies are welcome.

Subscribing

Subscribing and all other functions can be done easily using the subscription form. Follow instructions carefully.

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Sending to the List

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Changing Member Options

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Unsubscribing

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List Archives

The full text of the list archives can be searched - by any words in the text including author. The archives can also be searched by date. This is useful if you wish to follow a single discussion.

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Help

If you have trouble or a question, check the Email Discussion Help or send a message to the ListServants: David Glaser and Matt Minahan.