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The Business of writing, with Nick Yapp and Bob MacKenzie (AMED Writers' Group, 19 June 2020)
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Our 200-year present
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Julie Allan Apr 29.

Refracting 'Through a different lens: writing at the museum', with Shelagh Doonan on 19 October 2018
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OST2021: Re-energising through intergenerational engagement to address the climate emergency (Re-scheduled from 2020 because of COVID-19) at The Old Stable, Bore Place

March 5, 2021 at 4pm to March 7, 2021 at 1pm
Your invitation:  Today, we’re surrounded – and perhaps sometimes immobilised - by unprecedented levels of turmoil, anxiety and confusion. This can be really draining.  So we hope that, over our residential weekend Open Source Thinking (OST) Gathering, we can challenge and support each other creatively to return, refreshed, as recharged advocates and resources for effective action and change.  We want OST2020 to afford us all some much-needed respite, encouragement and renewal.  We are…See More
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Writing Support session via Zoom for prospective e-O&P Authors and Critical Friends, with John Sweet and Bob MacKenzie at via Zoom, everywhere

September 12, 2020 from 10:30am to 12:30pm
Your Invitation to aWriting Support session via Zoom for prospective e-O&P Authors and Critical FriendsAs co-editors of the Winter 2020 edition of AMED’s journal e-Organisations and People (e-O&P) on the theme of ‘Fresh Horizons’, we’re inviting you to engage in an…See More
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Spreading the word about writing: Why? and How? with Claire Pearce at via Zoom, everywhere

October 16, 2020 from 1:15pm to 3:30pm
Claire writes: Self-discovery, self-soothing, self-expression – writing has so much to offer. It’s not just for writing poetry or novels. A lot of people don’t write because they feel they’re not ‘Writers’ with a capital ‘W’. There’s so much written (and spoken) about the value of writing (e.g. from Julia…See More
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Spreading the word of about writing: Why? and How? with Claire Pearce at via Zoom, everywhere

October 16, 2020 from 1:15pm to 3:30pm
Claire writes: Self-discovery, self-soothing, self-expression – writing has so much to offer. It’s not just for writing poetry or novels. A lot of people don’t write because they feel they’re not ‘Writers’ with a capital ‘W’. There’s so much written (and spoken) about the value of writing (e.g. from Julia…See More
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September 12, 2020 from 10:30am to 12:30pm
Your Invitation to aWriting Support session via Zoom for prospective e-O&P Authors and Critical FriendsAs co-editors of the Winter 2020 edition of AMED’s journal e-Organisations and People (e-O&P) on the theme of ‘Fresh Horizons’, we’re inviting you to engage in an…See More
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Writing Support session via Zoom for prospective e-O&P Authors and Critical Friends, with John Sweet and Bob MacKenzie at via Zoom, everywhere

September 12, 2020 from 10:30am to 12:30pm
Your Invitation to aWriting Support session via Zoom for prospective e-O&P Authors and Critical FriendsAs co-editors of the Winter 2020 edition of AMED’s journal e-Organisations and People (e-O&P) on the theme of ‘Fresh Horizons’, we’re inviting you to engage in an…See More
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Bob MacKenzie commented on Bob MacKenzie's group Your invitation to the 2020 AMED Writers' Group (AWG)
"Thank you, Ruth, for drawing this valuable resource to our attention. Best wishes.  Bob"
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Ruth Elizabeth Slater commented on Bob MacKenzie's group Your invitation to the 2020 AMED Writers' Group (AWG)
"Hi, I just wanted to alert or remind everyone who is writing and needing sources that JSTOR has announced an extension to their provision. It is an excellent resource of us without institutional access. Anyone can register for a free account and…"
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Ruth Elizabeth Slater commented on Bob MacKenzie's event 'Issues in writing for social media: an open co-inquiry'
"Thanks, Bob, really looking forward to this session."
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Bob MacKenzie commented on Bob MacKenzie's event 'Issues in writing for social media: an open co-inquiry'
"In case it helps to get us going, I’ve attached a few notes/inquiry questions. Social media – a mixed blessing for writers?  How are we experiencing the impact of social media on our writing lives?  Social media evoke different…"
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"Thank you, Ruth.  Your thoughts are very helpful.  Perhaps I can put my ambivalence towards social media into the frame, and I'm also wondering if/ how we write differently in our posts, and how we respond to the posts of a variety of…"
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August 21, 2020 from 2pm to 4pm
How can we write most effectively for social media?Social media (noun): websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking.  (Oxford Languages)Co-inquiry (noun): Collective inquiry into something (Wiktionary)Your Invitation:  If anything, the Covid-19 pandemic may have accentuated a trend to communicate, publicise and…See More
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How can we write most effectively for social media?Social media (noun): websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking.  (Oxford Languages)Co-inquiry (noun): Collective inquiry into something (Wiktionary)Your Invitation:  If anything, the Covid-19 pandemic may have accentuated a trend to communicate, publicise and…See More
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Where do you live and work (City)?
I live in Southampton and work almost anywhere
What are your top professional skills?
fresh thinking, writing, coaching, mentoring, critical friendship, facilitating, action learning
What kinds of management education and development services are you involved in?
Promoting purposeful and effective learning and development in organizations, especially through the strategic uses of writing and conversations.
What is your main interest in the AMED network?
education, networking, inspiration, collegiate discussion/debate, collaboration
Please share your favourite management development insight or quote.
I'm currently intrigued - and exercised - by W Ross Ashby's (1956) Law of Requisite Variety. This states that:

'The larger the variety of actions available to a control system, the larger the variety of perturbations it is able to compensate'.

What, if anything, does this mean for our work in developing people, developing organisations, especially in the light of current thinking about chaos and complexity?
What kind of person are you?
Morning
More about you (Short Bio or any other details you’d like people to know)
I am an independent organizational thinker, consultant, coach, mentor, facilitator and writer. My strategic uses of writing, and the conversations I facilitate, promote the interaction of rigorous thinking and practical application. In this way, I aim to inform, refresh, energise, inspire and encourage others to go on and do something new and satisfying.

Previously, I gained wide ranging professional and managerial experience in the public, private, not-for-profit and higher education sectors. I am a Director and Council Member of AMED, and Principal Consultant with Bob MacKenzie Associates. I am also Professor of Management Learning with the International Management Centres’ Business School, and Set Adviser on their Senior Executive Action Learning (SEAL) doctoral programme.

My work and travels have taken me to Africa, India, Europe and the USA, as well as throughout the UK. I am currently working on a book called ‘Writing as Strategy.’
What I’d like from the AMED network is…
I'd like AMED to continue to grow, flourish, adapt and contribute in what I see as its 3rd Renaissance period.
What do you do for your own development?
I write, read, talk, walk the dog, interact with keen minds and seek out convivial company. Another favourite quote - variously attributed - is "Sometimes I just sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits".
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http://www.mackenzie.explication.org.uk/

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Slower writing and reading for an age of distraction?

Slower writing and reading for an age of distraction.pdf

Here are some of my emerging ideas about the potential for slower writing and reading in an age of distraction.  I'd love to hear what you think of them.  Best wishes.  Bob

Posted on June 18, 2015 at 11:43 — 4 Comments

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At 11:30 on August 13, 2020, Heather Day said…

Thank you Bob.

I was a member of AMED previously and I am glad to be back here now.

Looking forward to the session next Friday

Best wishes

Heather 

At 8:57 on February 19, 2020, Dr Tony McNulty said…

Thanks Bob - actually I have never left AMED and have indeed been a member since the 1980s when Marguerite Greatorex?? used to run meetings at the Polytechnic of Central London.  What I have never done before is signed onto the AMED website.  This post certainly ages me.  And latterly I find myself increasingly citing Mark Twain: "I have nothing against retirement, so long as it does not interfere with my work."     

At 5:49 on May 25, 2019, Brian Watts said…

Hi Bob, what a delightful day yesterday.  I really enjoyed the amount of laughter that we shared,that was really good for my soul!  Thank-you.  Photo done!

At 3:55 on March 14, 2019, Bill Critchley said…

Buy the way I didn't write this at 3.54 but at 9.55 - it can't even get the time right!

At 3:54 on March 14, 2019, Bill Critchley said…

Yes I do find it hard to navigate.  Apparently my article is on it somewhere but I can't see how to find it, although David McAra is attempting to help me.  When does the full virtual publication come out?

At 12:15 on November 4, 2018, Ilaria Boncori said…

Dear Bob (and colleagues),

Many thanks for having me, I hope my little article is of interest and I look forward to being part of this community.

Best,

Ilaria

At 2:37 on November 21, 2017, Ben Gibbs said…

Hi Bob ... thanks for your welcome last month. 

One month in though, and I'm confused about how to ensure I see what's going on. I've yet to receive any form of notification or email from the network, although I guess there has been stuff happening. 

My issue is that I don't have the time to remember to login or search, but rather need to set up notifications for the areas that interest me. How do I do that?

Yours

Ben

At 2:17 on September 6, 2017, Johnnie Moore said…

Will do!

At 15:10 on August 14, 2017, Robert Cserti said…

Thank you for the warm welcome, Bob!

Profile Image posted, and soon I will add more update. I'm also looking forward to explore what is the general impression about SessionLab and its open source facilitation library.

At 8:49 on August 7, 2017, Eva Francis said…

Hello Bob, I think I have just added my photo. What is my membership number? So I can log in? Also, is there a chance I could share within the network information about a non-commercial event we are organising in Washington DC - Peer Coaching Summit. If yes, how do I go about sharing within the network? Kindest regards Ewa

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