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The Fifteen Commandments of Crosby OD*
Thou shalt not bow to the market pressures of rejecting the old and worshipping the “new” Thou shalt not impose your bias against authority and hierarchy on others and call it sound theory Thou shalt not confuse “action-research” with the … Continue reading
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Lewin on Democracy in Organizations and Nations
My latest webinar!
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T-groups Adapted for the Workplace
Gilmore Crosby is published again! He has authored a chapter of the Collaborative Change Library that is now available on the myLibrary app (www.mylibrary.world) – you can access it on your phone, tablet, or computer. The chapter is: T-Groups Adapted … Continue reading
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Lewin on Racism: The Methods Exist, The Will is Required
The tools exist to greatly decrease racism in the United States. The time has come to use them. Social Scientist Kurt Lewin (1890-1947) demonstrated that “incorrect stereotypes” (prejudices) are functionally equivalent to wrong concepts (theories),” and could be changed through … Continue reading
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Tagged Change, Culture, Diversity, Gil Crosby, Lewin, OD, Racism
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Staying sane in relationships in these perilous times – 10 tips from Robert P Crosby
In communication one party has an intent which is translated into words and actions which impacts the other. Because of the ‘arc of distortion’ the person sending may not send it in a way that fulfills the intent or the … Continue reading
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The Adventus Initiative: From Lock-Down to LEARNING and from Re-Set to RENEWAL
From our friend and colleague John Scherer: When this lock-down started 8 weeks ago, an HR Director in Warsaw asked me if we had anything that might be helpful to their 4,000 employees who were sitting at home. That request … Continue reading
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Work culture as a restraining or a driving force in change management
A colleague posted about the importance of effective change management in concert with project management. He lives and works in an country with an authoritarian government. According to Kurt Lewin (1890 – 1947), broadly acknowledged as the founder of organization … Continue reading
Posted in Alignment, Change Management, Cross-Functional Work, Culture Change, Gilmore Crosby, Groupdynamics, Leadership, Matrixed Work, Organization Development, Robert P Crosby, Systems Thinking
Tagged Authority, Change, change management, Culture, Engagement, Implementation, Leadership, Nuclear, OD, Performance, Systems, Systems Thinking, vision
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Feedback (Unsolicited) To Margaret Wheatley
I had the pleasure of hearing Margaret Wheatley speak at last week’s Organization Development Network 2019 annual conference. I’m a fan of physics and enjoyed Wheatley’s first book, which she mentioned came out 25 years ago. She referred to is … Continue reading
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From Conflict to Collaboration – A true T-group story
Be the change you wish to see in the world. —Mahatma Gandhi The T-Group based workshop has just begun. The 24 participants and the 3 faculty members have introduced themselves, and the CEO (who is himself participating) has briefly explained … Continue reading
OD Soup a la Crosby
An OD student recently asked about favorite OD models on a social media site. Here, with a pinch of pepper, is my reply: I appreciate Edwin Friedman for putting leadership into a systems perspective. It’s not a visual model. It’s … Continue reading
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