It was a sunny morning in the UK when Dr Ian MacDonald joined us for ODA’s August evening event. With people in the UK, NZ, South Africa and Australia all tuned in, Ian led us in considering responses to Covid-19 using the lens of Systems Leadership, the approach Ian has developed over his career which builds on the work of …
Our July event was facilitated by Leadership Group member Carol Houtot who led an insightful discussion of how we can have meaningful conversations in the online environment that many of us find ourselves in, both at work and beyond. Anecdotally we all agreed that we had experienced meaningful online conversations. Through discussion of our experiences, we identified that while the …
On 27 May, we had our third virtual event using Zoom to navigate the challenges of during the current “social distancing”. 26 participants were involved and using the breakout facility of Zoom for small group discussions, enabled an engaging and informative event. We were joined by Professor Susan Long and Dr Nuala Dent of NIODA who posed the question: …
Like many people, my life now revolves around the computer. I work from home, I socialise with friends and family online, and most of my entertainment is online. So, the title of our April event, Leadership during the age of Covid-19, had me wondering if we were going to be educated on how to lead via conference calls and webinars? …
Written by: Charlotte Francis, Grants specialist and writer, sometime ODA visitor! ODA’s March event was delivered online via Zoom reflecting the new reality of physical distancing and home-based working during the Covid-19 pandemic. More than ever, we need story to make sense of our changing world. The session started with a warm-up exercise where everyone in the group chose an …
It was the first OD event for the year and the ODA team was ready to host an exciting event to be facilitated by Professor Gervase R. Bushe, Professor of Leadership and Organizational Development at the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver Canada. As the participants started to come in and network over sushi, the excitement …
Would you be willing to play improv games with your team if it added value to the team? Maybe it seems too risky or uncomfortable. For our November event, Andy Matthews had the ODA members doing and saying oddball things and laughing uproariously. In amongst the laughter we were seeing incredible value in using improv as an OD tool. …
As we gathered that evening around the table and chairs set up in the middle of the room and the encircling round of chairs, our curiosity was sparked. What was going to happen? And where was I to sit? Our guest, Murray Hopkins soon explained. Action Learning using the WIAL method is a process that involves a small group working …
At the September ODA professional event, Jacqui Martin, COO of the Langley Group, led ODA members and others in an introduction to Appreciative Inquiry. Jacqui described Appreciative Inquiry as: A process for facilitating positive change in organisations, committees – in fact, any kind of group, large or small and A conversational, appreciative and strengths-based approach to organisational change with a …
By Meredith Crowe On Wednesday, 28th August, our ODA community gathered for our last winter event of 2019. Laurel Sutton introduced us to Organisational Zoo; a powerful metaphor for understanding organisations, relationships and behaviours. Laurel is an accredited Organisational Zoo Ambassador, the owner of Creative Cognition and collaborative partner of Complexability. Laurel began with a premise we could …
