This is a reflection that include my thoughts and my insights on how OSR Program is impacting me and my work in the world.

I have been reflecting that OSR is very dangerous! This master program provokes huge transformation with impact on our “self” dimension followed by impact we feel compelled to provoke in the systems we belong to.

In my case OSR is a luxurious experience. I feel blessed for being exposed to many study opportunities and at this time I feel the privilege of decanting previous knowledge, experiences, beliefs, values and ways of thinking.

I learned so many rich lessons at OSR. Some of the ones I am aware are listed here.

1. There is no better way to know and understand ourselves than in a cohort space. Kurt Lewin knew it in 1930’s. All Social Psychologists know it. In a group we have the unique opportunity to learn about ourselves while learning about others. We differentiate us, we get surprised with different perspectives, we find commonalities, we test our limits and boundaries, we copy, we mirror.
2. It is so important to belong to a safe environment to unleash and disclose our habits, mental models, assumptions, otherwise we lock ourselves in our known way of doing and living.
3. As an incubated process, I know many learning lessons will come. Here is the beauty of a transformational learning process – it continues acting even years after its end. The knowledge is inside ourselves, in our fibers, and not in our notebooks (but we keep taking notes).
4. The multidimensional knowledge we are exposed at OSR compounds a whole system differentiation. I observed myself more aware of my health in a broader way. I see and care for things in my life in a perennial way, not seasonal or departmentalized. OSR expands our capacity to create the conditions in which we want to live. The combination of technical and soft skills builds a professional capacity that is very different than only leaning technical aspects.
5. The Learning Commitment surrounded by the Mentoring Council is crafted to our success. I feel confident and also supported to exhale my best creative capacity. The opportunity to explore our deep gladness, the world hunger, our vocation and area of engagement propels us to make our dreams come into reality. As I said earlier OSR is dangerous!
6. Experiential learning makes a big difference in our learning process. It is about here-and-now approach, which avoids procrastination of any type. The experiential learning helps us to see the gaps between what we think we are able to do and what effectively we are ready to do. Everything else is abstraction, ideation, and self-deception.
7. I attended a mindfulness workshop promoted by ALIA Institute in Seattle in 2013. There, I also realized the benefits of being part of OSR. I was feeling responsible for my own learning then I had this insight: the outcomes we try to drive rely less on what is external and more on what we are going to do with what we have (knowledge, openness and willingness to learn). We have the condition to pursue our pathway, sometimes we simply don’t believe it or we keep repeating/feeding bad habits.
8. Due to the cohort space, OSR teaches the “WE dimension”. We are not isolated, we don’t do things alone, and we are part of a whole system. After this learning we are able to practice and facilitate it for others in a meaningful way, not in a rhetoric one.

Confidence, trust, enlightenment: this is what OSR is about. Technical skills to be a better leader, consultant, strategic partner, parent, friend, etc. come along in the journey (and the diploma).