LENS

BACKGROUND

The LENS program was first known as NINS (The New Individual in the New Society) and then LENS (known both as Living Effectively in the New Society and Leadership Effectiveness and New Strategies). Between 1971 and 1973, the “LENS” Seminar was designed and tested to share ICA’s social research globally. The development of the LENS Seminar was a clear example of taking the methods, vision, models and human impact of social research and sharing these widely with groups and individuals globally.

• Early, Lee, “The LENS Journey“, February, 2021
• Early, Lee, “The Beginnings of LENS International”, March, 2018
• Early, Lee, “LENS and the Technolog of Participation“, February, 2011
• McBurney, George, “Guardians, Teach LENS!“, 5th Guardians Consult, October, 1973
• LENS Story, June, 1973
• Mathews, Joseph, “The New Individual in the New Society“, November, 1971

PROGRAMS

• LENS in Africa… and in Japan

RESOURCES

• Out of the work on LENS, a modification of the Social Process Triangle was developed to account for a particular form of society – a corporation – and the result was the Corporate Process Triangle
• LENS quotes
• LENS charts
• Course dynamics, November 1972
• Mathews, Joseph, “Female/Male Ontology“, December 7, 1971

• Epps, John, “The Enterprise as a Social System: Chapter 4 Organizational Dynamics”
• LENS articles in i.e., 1974:
  • LENS Toward a New Society
  • LENS in Community Reformulation
  • LENS Heralding the New Human
• LENS brochure: Australia
• Ball, Ben, “Methods in Effectivity“, March 12, 1975

• A Skunk Works Update to LENS Session 4, 2019
• The Noble Work of Business, Randy Williams, 2009
• Human Development Challenge, July 1980 – LENS description of ICA method
• LENS: Course Creation – The New Individual in the New Society and Living Effectively in the New Society
• LENS: Journey of Creation

LIVING EFFECTIVELY IN THE NEW SOCIETY – 1972-1974

CONVERSATIONS

LECTURES

• Lecture 1:  “The Present Situation and Human Possibility“ (lecture outline), October 25, 1972; given by Jon Jenkins, 1973; Rick Loudermilk, Winter 1973;
• Lecture 2:  “Economics Discourse” given by David Wood, LENS Pedagogy, April 7, 1973
• Lecture 3: “Political Discourse” given by Joseph Slicker, 1973; John Epps, May 1975
• Lecture 4:  “Living Effectively in the Cultural World” given by Don Moffett“, Oklahoma City, OK, February 18, 1972;  Maureen Jenkins“, LENS Houston, TX, April 29, 1973;  Mary Warren Moffett, LENS Lab;  Joyce Ollison, 1975
• Lecture 5: “The Current Moment” given by Gary Tomlinson, September 1974; “Local Sociality” given by Rick Loudermilk, November 24, 1974

THINK TANKS

• Current social situation
• Underlying Social Contradictions
• Creative Proposals
• Effective Tactics and Catalytic Procedures
• Final Plenary:  Program briefs coming The Social Manifest; events/trends past 50 years The Human Declaration (group’s resolve about the future” and a story for our time, the 20th Century Apiloque.  The Guild 14 Points was a series of guidelines for any group who might implement the planning.

LENS Pedagogy: Pedagugues Manual, 1973; Mathews Spin, April 1973; Economics Lecture, April 1973

LENS Evalutaions:  Uptown, October 1973