October 26, 1998 Volume 21, No. 5

Author Kellner-Rogers Will Offer Lecture Here

Ithaca-based author Myron Kellner-Rogers will visit South Hill on Thursday, October 29, for a guest lecture. Kellner-Rogers’s talk, "Changing the Way We Change: Lessons from Complexity Theory," is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in Park Hall Auditorium. The lecture is free and open to the public, and a reception will follow in Park 220.

An international consultant on theory and practice of organizational change, Kellner-Rogers and Berkana Institute colleague Margaret Wheatley are co-authors of the book, A Simpler Way. Together, these two researchers have been exploring and applying the discoveries of chaos and complexity science to organizations for several years. Making use of years of consulting and academic research, their goal is to help organizations become capable of continuous change.

In addition to his work at Berkana, a not-for-profit foundation devoted to researching new organizational forms, Kellner-Rogers is also a principal at Kellner-Rogers & Wheatley Inc.

The Ithaca College lecture is sponsored by the Roy H. Park School of Communications, the graduate program in communications, and the Department of Organizational Communication, Learning, and Design.