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From the book Locating the Energy for Change: An Introduction to Appreciative Inquiry, Charles Elliott This was the first comprehensive book written on Appreciative Inquiry and remains one of the best for understanding both the strengths and weaknesses of this Theory, Concept and Method. Linking to the web site that has made this book available to the public free of charge. Chapter 14 “The Roundtable Project” by John D. Carter & Pamela Johnson -
Written by John D. Carter and Pam Johnson
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Written by John D. Carter This unpublished document (29 pages) is a revision of a booklet created for Touche Ross and Co. of Canada to support their partners and line managers to be able to counsel, coach and consult to individuals who came to them seeking help with a problem or dilemma that was impacting their ability to be effective and efficient in their work responsibilities. -
Written by John D. Carter This booklet (16 pages) was written to support accounting and auditing professionals unskilled in attempting to support workers asking them for help with personal issues to answer the question: What can I do?
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Written by John D. Carter An Article for OD Practitioner on trends in the field of OD explores the past, present and future of GestaltOSD as it relates to Organizational Development. John raises the question of, "What Really Matters", to us as professionals in the field of the applied behavior sciences. -
Written by John D. Carter In the year 2000 the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland had three distinct Centers and the Institution known as GIC was struggling with another of issues that had existed since the very beginning of days of the founders. It had over a 25 year period become the number one training center for therapist learning Gestalt theory and methods in the world. The professional community of GIC was confronted with the three Centers working together to become the number one personal and professional development organization in the world or splintering into three organizations and dissolution of the Institution. John wrote this Saga to express his perspective on the struggle within the organization and some of the choices facing the Institution. In 2002 the Clinical Center separated from GIC and in 2006 the Organization & Systems Development Center separated from the Institution. The professional staff in 2006 voted 70 to zero to terminate the professional staff and the Institution thus dissolved itself. Three organizations emerged from the dissolution.
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Written by John D. Carter Unpublished and unedited original document (17 pages) focused on John Carter's spiritual journey. It is a work in progress and will be part of autobiography when it is published. Article gives insight into some of John's journey of making meaning of what it means to live life with purpose and connected to the Original Source.
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Written by John D. Carter and Associates with John Patterson, Deputy Managing Partner of Midnight Gold, Canada. Appreciation is expressed to Carole Parker for her contributions and editing. The document (51 pages) is based on five years of merger integration management covering 13 mergers in Midnight Gold, Canada.
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NTL Reflections - Practicing Social Change with John D. Carter There are four files in this bundle each include some of John's thoughts relevant to the stated title. -
A short fable written by John D. Carter Written by John Carter when he served as a ODN Board member this fable was written from the perspective of someone coming to an ODN conference for the first time. The individual attempts to understand and learn something about this new culture he has encountered.
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Written by John D. Carter Learn the secret to answering the unasked question when you are join up with your spouse, lover, most significant other after being away from home.
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Group Problem Solving Grounded in Gestalt Theory, Concept, and Method Written by John D. Carter This is a large group intervention process with a focus on problem solving. The process is based on a life planning activity: Screwing your Head On Straight used in the Black Managers Workshop and Developed by .......... The large group methodology has been used by John in hundreds of projects. It can be conducted in a short period of four hours or conducted over three to four days. It requires a significant amount of pre-assessment work. 25 pages
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Written by John D. Carter This statement was channeled to John, in much the same way as he received the phases of development model. It was during the year 2000. The information addressed his looking for God in all the wrong places and what exist beyond the GestaltOSD body of knowledge or the Six Triangles. While there are no words, to express or what may refer to as God or the Original Source, in this statement his the language used is the 7th degree or one's Indwelling Intelligence.
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Written by John D. Carter Using the metaphor of, "The House", the GestaltOSD body of knowledge is presented and described a whole with inter related parts. The paper provides an interesting and provocative way of looking at the different aspects of the body of knowledge and their relationship to each other. It will at least make you think about what is in your house related to your theory, concept, method, tool and techniques. The focus becomes much more on the relationship of the parts to the whole than simply looking at the parts as tools in a tool box.
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Written by John D. Carter Developed by John, the Growth Set is a conceptual model that presents a frame of reference for potentially understanding the impact of significant others on one's learning experience. It was originally presented in the NTL laboratories at Bethel Maine and became part of John's doctorate work. Jack Sherwood developed a similar model during this same period which was focused on organizations.
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Written by John D. Carter Graduate Student Paper of John D. Carter. Early thinking related to education and innovative education which would become the focus of John's professional career and life.
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Written by John D. Carter
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by John D Carter Assistant Professor of Applied Behavioral Science (1974) Chairperson, Organization & Systems Development Program Gestalt Institute of Cleveland -- Cleveland, Ohio
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by John D Carter A lecture presented at NTL Higher Education Laboratory at Bethel Maine
