Category Archives: Organization Development
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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Dialogue versus debate
A colleague of mine posted the following after listening to my most recent podcast: While there is a difference between debate and dialogue in many cultures, in other cultures it is more blurred. Three examples will suffice. The Dutch are … Continue reading
Posted in Emotional Intelligence, Groupdynamics, Organization Development
Tagged Communication, Culture Change, Leadership
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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
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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
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View from a target: Before and After – A Union VP meets Applied Behavioral Science
This post is the first 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
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
The 12 ODs of Christmas
12 podcasts casting, 11 fields unfreezing, 10 groups brainstorming, 9 Lewinians leaping, 8 groups a forming, 7 groups a storming, 6 groups a norming, 5 groups performing, 4 measurable goals, 3 OD professionals screwing in a lightbulb, 2 leaders self-differentiating, … Continue reading
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Lewin in a Nutshell: A Scientific Method of Change
My latest podcast! Everything you need to know about change! https://ascienceofchange.libsyn.com/lewin-in-a-nutshell-a-scientific-method-of-change
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What is Organization Development (OD) by Gilmore and Robert P. Crosby
The following are responses to a valued colleague , Joseph George Anjilvelil, of the Tata Institute of Social Science. Joseph posted this query to our on-line OD group: Robert responded first: “This is a post-diagnosis decision point, after data is … Continue reading
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