Joan Lurie believes that we need more organisational ecologists – people who understand the uniqueness of organisational systems. For our first event of 2022, Joan joined us to lead an insightful and practical discussion about how she works with leaders and organisations to support change through understanding and working with systems. Joan describes systems thinking as a new …
Our final event for this year, Sharing OD stories to celebrate our work and impact in 2021, was facilitated by Allison Tsao (Leadership Group Member and Founder of Humans Who Lead). While it was a small group of 12 for our final event of the year, the carefully structured process we followed using Liberating Structures Principles and Conversation Café enabled real …
The T2 Story creating a Brewing Force for Good We were treated to a wonderful and engaging presentation by Georgi Poulos, Global Director, People and Steve Martin, Head of Learning and Development, T2 at our October event, Celebrate Difference to Make a Difference – The T2 Story creating a Brewing Force for Good. Georgi walked us through their Diversity & …
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 …
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. …
