Category Archives: Lewin
An appeal to France (and Germany, and Spain, everywhere else)…scapegoating minorities (such as immigrants) is the oldest card in the autocratic playbook. Don’t fall for it like we* did!
Remember the “tyranny of the majority”? That fear Tocqueville held about US democracy? Autocrats rely on it, but it takes fear. Like a fire in a crowded theatre, an entire nation can (or just enough of it) be stampeded by … Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, Lewin, Racism
Tagged #Autocracy, #DEI, #Democracy, #LEWIN, politics
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Leadership
The following is a response to a colleague on a e-mail based group list serve that has run since at least 1996. E-mail was new tech! What is unique is that deep relationships have formed within this group, often leading … Continue reading
Posted in Friedman, Leadership, Lewin
Tagged Authority, Leadership, OD, Organization Development
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Leadership and the Front Line Workforce: Lessons from the Targets of Change podcast by John Bates with guest Gilmore Crosby
From Live Like a Leader podcaster John Bates Listen here! https://livelikealeader.show/episodes/episode-142-gilmore-crosby Episode Summary Today I have a fun conversation with Gil Crosby, an organizational development pro who’s been in the field since 1984, a professor at the Leadership Institute of … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Leadership, Lewin, Organization Development
Tagged Change, Leadership, OD, Organization Development
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Time to Re-brand DEI?
A colleague asked that question. Here is my response: The problem imho is not the brand. The problem is, there is and always has been a very real battle in the US between those who want a more equal society, … Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, Diversity, Lewin, Racism
Tagged #Autocracy, #DEI, #Democracy, #LEWIN
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Leadership and the Frontline Workforce: Lessons from the Targets of Change
My latest and greatest book is out, in which frontline workers tell true stories of Lewinian change from “us versus them” to high performance and morale! Listen in here as AI team pf podcasters briefly review it: https://traffic.libsyn.com/59ce511e-0f15-4965-ae74-09993330565a/LFW_AI_Podcast.mp3 This book … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Culture Change, Gilmore Crosby, Leadership, Lewin, Organization Development
Tagged Culture Change, Leadership, OD, Organization Development
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Diversity…a better way. A brief video addressing the recent pushback on DEI.
Posted in Diversity, Gilmore Crosby, Lewin
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Lewinian OD is simple, and is what the world needs now
I wrote this in response to a colleague. Something close to Lewin’s original change work inside and outside of organizations definitely still exists. We operate with small groups of consultants, if that is what your question meant, sometimes alone, sometimes … Continue reading
Posted in Change Management, Culture Change, Leadership, Lewin, Organization Development, T-Groups
Tagged Lewin, OD, Organization Development
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View from a Target – An electrician and union steward meets applied behavioral science!
This post is the second of several that consist of transcripts of conversations with frontline workers, inspired by the audio histories complied by the late Studs Terkel. My intention here is to let the workers speak for themselves. You can … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Culture Change, Leadership, Lewin, Organization Development
Tagged Culture Change, OD, Organization Development
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A T-group participant’s experience in their own words
Posted in Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Lewin, T-Groups
Tagged #LEWIN, OD, Organization Development, T-Groups
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Trouble…Right Here in OD City!
Oh we’ve got trouble! Right here in OD city! With a capital T, that rhymes with C, that stands for complexity! Oh we’ve got trouble! We’ve got terrible terrible trouble! We’ve got to find a way to make OD relevant … Continue reading
