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Chaos
is not utter confusion.
Chaos is constrained, rather than explosive instability. Chaos
is a combination of order and disorder in which patterns of behavior
continually unfold in irregular but similar forms.
MISSION
Our mission is to help organizations achieve appropriate balance
between seemingly opposing forces in order to work optimally.
For example, the pace of change and the new organizational complexities
create the need to balance dualities such as structure and creativity,
continuity and change, control and delegation, and so on.
Successful
organizations learn, collaborate across differences, and empower
their members while maintaining balance in a dynamic system. Consequently,
we specialize in helping organizations develop three areas of
competence: the creation of learning and change efforts; the strategic
management of differences in the global context; and strengthening
participation, collaboration and leadership.
Our
programs are based on research that bridges the gap between disciplines,
interests, people, networks, academics and practitioners. For
example, we apply theories that focus attention on the intersection
of race, gender, and class to address diversity issues in organizations.
Our organizational interventions integrate theory and practice,
involve the whole person in learning, focus on a dynamic systems
approach to change, and use experiential learning methodologies.
About
Chaos
Chaos
in its scientific sense is not utter confusion. Chaos is
constrained, rather than boundless instability. Chaos is
a combination of order and disorder in which patterns of behavior
continually unfold in irregular but similar forms.
Creation
of learning & change efforts
Develop
Networks of Organization Consultants and Trainers
The Problematic Moment Approach: Action Learning & Research
Group Intervention Skills Workshops
Consultation Skills Workshops
Strategic
management of differences in the global context
Develop
Global Diversity Strategies and Toolkits
Multicultural Organization Development Interventions
Managing Differences Education Programs
The Diversity Conference
Development
of participation, collaboration & leadership
Strategic
Planning Consultations
Future Search Conferences
Hispanic/Latino Leadership Workshops
Personal Power and Leadership Programs
Since
1975, the professionals of Chaos Management, Ltd. have travelled
and worked in corporations, non-profits and educational institutions
in Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle
East, and the United States.
STAFF
Evangelina
Holvino is President of Chaos Management Ltd., and a
consultant and facilitator who has been working in the USA, Europe,
Southeast Asia, West Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean since
1979 specializing in group and organizational approaches to social
change. She was a professor at the School for International Training
in Vermont, has designed and co-taught new courses at the University
of Massachusetts in multicultural organization development and organization
development in alternative settings, and was an adjunct faculty
member at The American University where she designed and taught
the course, "Group Theory and Facilitation."
She
publishes articles and makes presentations on issues of race,
gender, and class in organizations. Evangelina has a doctorate
in organization development from the University of Massachusetts.
She has served on the board of directors at the Boston Center
of the A.K. Rice Institute and also NTL Institute for Applied
Behavioral Sciences, is a research associate with the Gastón Institute
for Latino Community Development and Public Policy, and a senior
research fellow with the Center for Gender in Organizations, Simmons
Graduate School of Management.
James
Cumming is a principal of Chaos Management Ltd. and has
 over
25 years experience working as an international educator and consultant
in technical, intercultural contexts within both public and private
sectors in Europe, Asia, Africa, Middle East, and the United States.
He brings extensive experience facilitating multicultural and
multinational groups and addressing issues of language, culture,
and power differences. He also specializes in creating effective
conditions for dialogue, learning, and change in groups, organizations,
and communities using approaches such as the Future Search Conference.
He
has master's degrees in design engineering and international management,
and a doctorate in international education from the University
of Massachusetts. He is adjunct faculty at the School for International
Training. Other professional affiliations include: Future Search
Network; The International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study
of Organizations; The International Foundation for Action Learning;
and The Multicultural Mediation Team of the University of Massachusetts.
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