Cyriel Kortleven was the presenter for the 25 May ODA session. Cyriel shares his passion for creative thinking across the globe from Denmark to New Zealand. For this session ODA joined with the Knowledge Management Leadership Forum. Using the metaphor of a ladder (rules and policies) placed over a banana to protect us from falling over (a risk); Cyriel demonstrated …
Reflections on the Dynamics of Disruption and Uncertainty with Mike McAllum
Mike the futurist architect challenged us to do the hard thinking required to re-frame the role of Organisational Development and position OD to facilitate the development of strategy more aligned to a complex, ambiguous and interconnected world. He asked “is OD ill-suited to supporting this change, are we too wedded to the current state; “is our stewardship to play the …
The Art of Asking Great Questions: Exploring the Value of Open Space Technology and Action Learning for OD Initiatives
Our March Event “The Art of Asking Great Questions: Exploring the Value of Open Space Technology and Action Learning for OD Initiatives” was skilfully facilitated by Andrew Rixon, Founder & Director of Babel Fish Group. Andrew has been working with Bob Dick, inveterate Action Researcher, on the integration of Open Space Technology and Action Learning approaches in the areas of …
Getting Better Together: Enabling Collaboration and Learning for Success Michael King
Our 2016 calendar is a series of exciting events each of which will ponder, from a unique perspective, a question which is at the heart of OD; is the modern workplace fit for purpose? What is its effect on us, and is it working? In February we were privileged to have Michael King from Quality Learning Australasia to begin this …