What Is OD?
This is the first in a series of blog posts on the subject of The Technology of Organization Development, The Most Powerful Technology for Managing Change in Organizations and Ourselves, and is the...
View ArticleThe Challenges of Practicing Organization Development
Many people who are interested in the art and science of organization development believe that it is easy based on what they have seen and heard OD practitioners do. Those of us who have built...
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Systems Orientation: #2 of Eight Disciplines for Planned Change
A fairly pervasive approach to change and problem-solving in human systems defines a goal, then sets out in as straight a tactical line as possible to get there. Such an approach tries to ignore or...
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Support Systems: #8 of Eight Disciplines for Planned Change
SUPPORT SYSTEMS Joan Baez sang, “No man is an island, no man stands alone,” echoing John Donne’s “No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.”...
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Managing Change, Systems Thinking, and Conscious Use of Self
A system is doing what it is doing because every member of that system is doing what they are doing. Even if a member is simply being silent, that silence is supporting that system to do whatever it is...
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