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Conference on working with joy and change

Thursday 2. June "Projekt Arbejdsglæde" [Project Working With Joy] will resume last year's success with yet another conference on working with joy - this year with special focus on change.

The conference is therefore for everyone dealing with changes in their working lives - leaders, HR managers, consultants, project managers and employees.

The special thing about this conference is that it is 100 % powerpoint free and with one purpose: To create action by sharing knowledge, providing inspiration and useful tools and methods so that you yourself can create working joy during changes.

The conference offers interesting presentations by, among others, ServiceGruppen and Kjaer Group, as well as a variety of 12 different workshops, where you can participate actively.

The conference will take place in BaseCamp in Copenhagen from hrs 0800-1600.

Read more about the conference on www.arbejdsglaede.nu, where you can also sign-up for participation (as subscriber on the Tania Ellis Newsletter you get a 300 kr. discount - just remember to write "Tania Ellis" in the field for "Bemærkninger" [Comments].

On www.spredarbejdsglaede.dk [spread working joy] you can also find articles, book reviews and lots of other material on working with joy.

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Handbook on coping with stress and conflicts in the workplace

Apropos working with joy, this is exactly what architect, psychotherapist and speaker Lene Bjerregaard focuses on in her handbook Livskompetence [Life competence].

The purpose of the book is to provide practical directions for coping constructively with stress, worries, anger and conflicts on a daily basis so that you can obtain more joy and success in both your private and working life.

The book is short, precise and clear, and has a lot of recognizable case examples from daily worklife situations that are combined with exercises and questions to initiate the reader's own reflections. Hence, the book can be used by the reader as a personal working tool.

On the back of the book Professor Steen Hildebrandt describes the book as "short, clear and instructive".

You can read more about / order the book here >>



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Computers and human beings in synergetic cooperation

....And here's another book - this time about CALM. CALM stands for Computer Aided Leadership and Management. The concept is about the notion of unleashing the potential of both individuals and organizations through computers.

The book is written by Danish Morten Middelfart, who in connection with his now finalized Ph.D. dissertation from Rushmore University in the USA has looked into how we can leverage computing.

Middelfart believees that many organizations have not yet been able to maximize their potentials because have not yet seen the potentials of computing. For example, one of the challenges that organizations meet today is to conversion of data into information and knowledge, and from there the conversion of knowledge into organizational wisdom.

However, can a computer be a precondition for wisdom? And is it realistic to believe that we in a decade or two will be using "intelligent machines" that can leverage people's potentials far beyond all human progress to date?

Find the answers to these questions and many others in the book CALM - How Computers can Unleash the Full Potential of Individuals and Organizations in a World of Chaos and Confusion.

You can read more / order the book on www.calmbook.com

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Article series about Buddhisness

The membership magazine for Danish Market and Academy Association (DMA), Linien, is this month bringing an interesting special edition on the theme "Buddhisness".

So why have they chosen to dedicate a whole edition to this slightly unorthodox theme? You find the answer in the preface of the magazine - here a short (translated) abstract:

"Buddhism and other kinds of holistic thinking are gradually becoming co-players in business...We expected to meet a world of dreamers and high-flying exotics. But instead we found ourselves meeting well-arguing business people. People with both feet on the ground. Danes with quite 'ordinary' jobs. And not least people with very inspiring views on life, work and the meaning of it all...Business and professionalism are indeed possible to integrate with buddhism, spirituality and holistic thinking. In fact, there are contexts, where these two aspects match each other extremely well, in our opinion. But that is, ultimatly, up to you to decide, once you've read the articles."

The special edition brings interviews with, among others, the author of the book "Det selvhelbredende menneske" The self-healing human being], Susanne Ehdin, the director of the sports clothing company Hummel, Christian Stadil, as well as with Tania Elllis.

You can find all articles, video and sound clips on the electronic edition of Linien on www.elinien.dk

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Open presentations on future leadership, social entrepreneurship and intuition in organizations

This Spring I will be holding a series of open presentations (conducted in Danish) under the theme Future Leadership and Work Life.

Dates:
Tuesday 26. April: Future leadership in Denmark [previously held 26. January 2005]
Thursday 19. Maj: Intuition as leadership competence and competitive force
Wednesday 8. June: Social entrepreneurship and the fourth sector

Time: hrs. 1800-2100. Doors open at hrs 1730.
Place: Rosendalsgade 11, kld. • 2100 København Ø.
Entrance: 160 kr. per person. Ticket can be purchased at entry.
Sign-up: Is recommended due to limited number of seats - sign-up at inspiratorium@taniaellis.dk

You can download an invitation to the presentations here >>
You are welcome to forward this invitation to others with a possible interest in participation.

Welcome!



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New Inspiratorium™ dialogue groups start up in August

In August new dialogue groups will be starting up in Copenhagen. The course consists of five theme meetings of each four hours from August to December 2005. Each meeting includes lectures, presentations, exercises and discussions.

The purpose of the dialogue groups is to lift leadership and work life into a broader perspective in order to create new insights and reference frames that provide inspiration for new work practices.

You can read more about the Inspiratorium™ dialogue groups, programme content etc. here >>

If you are interested in establishing an Inspiratorium™ dialogue group in your local area you are welcome to send an e-mail to te@taniaellis.dk

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Tania Ellis :: Skt. Peders Stræde 24 :: 1453 København K :: Tlf 26252295 :: te@taniaellis.dk :: www.taniaellis.dk