Tag 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

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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

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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

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A T-group participant’s experience in their own words

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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

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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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The Interpersonal Gap – A podcast

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Keys to Success (in Citizen Involvement)

A new article by our founder on his application of OD to citizen involvement in government! https://www.spokesman.com/…/2021/aug/03/keys-to-success/

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