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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
We all know 2020 has been tough and most would like to put it behind us but on 25 November we finished on a high! How do you make a topic like “Reflecting on and celebrating moments of kindness” work on a digital platform like Zoom? Well, it did, and it’s all down to the quality of the planning, the …
The Stats tell the story! On 28th October at 6.30 we all settled into our favourite nook of the house to tune into ODA via zoom. A wonderful outcome of our regular Zoom events is that our collective voice is growing, with regulars from regional Victorians, New South Wales and beyond. Our friendship circle is growing. Our guest speaker …
Our event began with Lindsay sharing the premise on which her work is based. Lindsay believes that we all have far more capability than we realise, and that one of the great inhibitors to us fulfilling our potential is the way we communicate with each other. A contributor to this is that many of us do too much ‘telling’. We …
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 …
