Navigating the White Space- What is Organizational Development?
Co-written with guest contributor: Louisa Marziali What is Organizational Development? Trying to explain what we do for a living, Organizational Development (OD), is often a challenge. This nebulous field involves both human and organizational systems, and as such, the variables are both complex and endless. One client described OD as “navigating the white space […]
Building the Bridge as You Walk On It – A Guide for Leading Change
How often do you find yourself leading an initiative or a change and having anxiety about the next step to take in this and a true sense of what the end result will look like? Robert Quinn, in his book “Building the Bridge as You Walk on It”, describes how many organizations are undertaking change […]
Dealing with Emergence
These days, organizational change isn’t what it used to be. We can’t predict change in the same way, and we can’t plan for change in the same way. In fact, when we apply a traditional change management approach, we find ourselves stuck. Why? Because we are dealing with Emergence. According to Glenda Eoyang (http://www.hsdinstitute.org/about-hsd/what-is-hsd.html), the […]
World Café Structure: Setting One Up
The tables will be set up with a stated topic/question. You determine how many topics – this is dependent upon how much time you have, the conversations you are hoping participants to engage in and the number of people you expect to participate. You will invite prior to the session, a host per topic to […]
Peter Block’s Questions: The Answer to How is Yes
Use these questions to guide a group or to reflect on your own when exploring a challenge or situation in which you and your team require movement – to get further ahead. Ownership: How valuable an experience (or project) do you plan this to be? How much risk are you willing to take? How participative […]
The Organizational Culture Profile: An Organizational Culture Assessment
Based on Cameron & Quinn’s “Diagnosing and Changing Organizational Culture”: What Culture Are You? What’s Your Desired Culture? The Clan Culture A very friendly place to work where people share a lot of themselves. It is like an extended family. The leaders, or the heads of the organization, are considered to be mentors and perhaps even […]