Should the profession of Organization Development (OD) require professional certification or licensing for practitioners to practice? As we look to the future of OD, some questions come to mind : – Should anyone wanting to “hang out a shingle” as…
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Organization Development as a Profession: Will Certification or Licensing Help You Choose Your Consultant?
Posted in business, OD Insights, OD Network Tagged with: executive coaching, future of OD, Leadership, Management, OD, OD Network, Organization Development, organizational culture, workplace, Workplace Policies
Future: Unconference! Interview with Juliette Powell from OD Network Conference ’09 – Part II
As promised in part I of my Interview with Juliette Powell, in the video below Juliette discusses the future of conferences. If there was any misconception about the nature of the “unconference” versus the “conference” arising from her keynote address,…
Posted in Collaboration, Groups/Teams, Social Media Tagged with: authenticity, conference, future of OD, juliette powell, leadership engine, OD, OD Network, ODNetwork Conference, online networking, Organization Development, unconference
What Makes Ordinary Groups Extraordinary? An Interview with Geoffrey Bellman and Kathleen Ryan, authors of Extraordinary Groups
I recently had the honor and privilege of sitting down with Geoff Bellman and Kathleen Ryan, co-authors of the new book Extraordinary Groups: How Ordinary Teams Achieve Amazing Results. What a treat! Geoff has been a personal idol of mine…
Tweeting the Organization Development Network Conference: Collaboration, Transparency, & Engagement
In a time of decreasing attention spans partially due to the flood of information many of us experience, it has become an important skill to encapsulate the main point of a complex idea in as few words as possible —…
Posted in Collaboration, Events, OD Insights, Social Media Tagged with: Edie Seashore, future of OD, OD, OD Network, ODNetwork Conference, online networking, Organization Development, Seattle, social networking, twitter, web 2.0
Juliette Powell Interview on Social Media in Organization Development: Part 1
[youtube]idEZ9lO6owI[/youtube] I recently conducted a two-part interview with Juliette Powell (author of 33 Million People in the Room) at the OD Network Conference in Seattle, just after she delivered the final keynote speech, titled “The Technology of Relationships: Social Networking and…
Relive the 2009 OD Network Conference with Plus Delta’s pictures from Seattle
Click here to view more conference photos courtesy of OD Network staff photographer Robin Reid
Posted in Events, OD Network Tagged with: OD, OD Network, ODNetwork Conference, Organization Development, pics, Plus Delta, Seattle
Community – Online and Offline: A guest post from OD Network Conference 2009
We have a strong commitment to provide the Organization Development community with a series of conversations highlighting the use of social and collaborative media within organizations. We believe that these technologies can be an empowering and enabling force for human…
Posted in Collaboration, OD Insights, Social Media Tagged with: future of OD, OD, OD Network, ODNetwork Conference, online networking, Organization Development, social networking, social networks, web 2.0, workplace
Plus Delta Hosts a ‘Fireside Chat’ with Charlie & Edie Seashore Discussing the Future of OD (Organization Development)
Our adventures at the Organization Development Network conference continued last night with our firm hosting an exclusive fireside chat with Charlie and Edie Seashore. This amazing couple has been in the field of OD for almost 40 years and their…
Posted in Events, OD Insights Tagged with: Charlie Seashore, Edie Seashore, future of OD, OD, OD Network, ODNetwork Conference, Organization Development, Plus Delta
The Future Of OD and the Role of Web 2.0: A Tipping Point?
Are Web 2.0 and social networking technologies the next “great app” in the field of OD to enable self-organizing systems and to build better working relationships in the organization? If I were a betting man, I would bet that half…
Are we Tour Guides or Expedition Specialists?
Last night, several of Plus Delta’s team members attended a reception hosted by Geoff Bellman in Seattle. It was designed to be a warm welcome to kickoff this year’s OD Network annual conference, and boy was it ever! The food…
Posted in Events, OD Insights, Workplace Policies Tagged with: Fijlstra, OD, OD Network, ODNetwork Conference, Organization Development, organizational culture, workplace, Workplace Policies, Wullings
