Shawn Callaghan weaves stories into his discussion in a way that means you barely notice them but feel compelled to listen. In our September event, Shawn shared a little about his approach to storytelling and how we can become better organisational storytellers – how to acquire business storytelling without being taught. Ironically for me, who was happily listening without overthinking …
Our August event “A case study of change” was presented by Sherri Huckstep, Chief Experience Officer at Melbourne’s Royal Women’s Hospital. Sherri, the first person in this role at the hospital, comes from a health professional background but in describing her work, demonstrated all the insights and practice of an experienced OD professional. Sherri began the evening by sharing …
As we transition out (and in some cases back in and out again) of mandated work from home a ‘new normal’ of hybrid working is emerging. While this isn’t totally new, the scale of it is unprecedented, and many OD practitioners are faced with considerations of how to make hybrid work for people and organisations. We were very lucky to …
What do you do when you’ve had enough of the imbalance that is destroying our democracies, our planet, and ourselves? Well, if you’re famed academic and OD practitioner Henry Mintzberg, you set up a website in April 2021 to help us pursue the rebalancing of society. I stumbled across this recently, and was immediately taken by the depth of feeling …
For our May event, facilitator, mentor, writer and speaker Jacinta Cubis led us through a fun and practical discussion on how to design workshop experiences that engage and deliver. Engaging and delivering results is about getting your audience involved and having fun, while achieving the session outcomes. We discussed the value of planning, and the balance between a tight script …
For our first face to face event since early 2020, the insightful and talented Megumi Miki led us through a deep dive into her work on being Quietly Powerful – how to stop wasting talent and ignite it instead ODA’s live event on 29 April was a liberating experience for all involved in so many ways. It was the …
ODA Committee Member Meredith Crowe has been appreciating the work of Kim Scott. Following her insightful work on ‘Radical Candor,’ Kim has developed another framework ‘Just Work‘. Read more on Kim Scott’s “Just Work” From ODA Vice President Kaliopi Tsousis: Many of you will remember our February 2020 evening with Professor Gervase Bushe on Dialogic OD. He …
When we ask our members what topics they would like to see in ODA events, one theme that often comes up is diversity and inclusion. For our March event, we explored this topic through stories and experiences. Our guest, Ieta D’Costa is a radiation oncologist, and PhD candidate researching attitudes to indigenous Australians within our health system. Ieta’s work, and …
I would have thought we are all experts on breathing. We partake in the practice approximately 9000 times a day. And most of us have probably been exposed to the benefits of breathing through yoga, meditation or other health and fitness regimes. You may have also attended the ODA event last year which featured Darren Stojanovic a sports physiotherapist and …
Helen Hovenga has supported many organisations to drive performance and navigate change by empowering and energising people. For our first event of 2021, Helen led us to consider the future of OD and our role in it. Helen shared with us many of her learnings from being an OD professional, and how they will support a positive future for OD. …
