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Organization Development as a Profession: Will Certification or Licensing Help You Choose Your Consultant?

Jeremy Lurey — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:50:17 +0000

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…

Future: Unconference! Interview with Juliette Powell from OD Network Conference ’09 – Part II

admin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:04:34 +0000

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,…

What Makes Ordinary Groups Extraordinary? An Interview with Geoffrey Bellman and Kathleen Ryan, authors of Extraordinary Groups

Jeremy Lurey — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:56:44 +0000

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

admin — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:51:40 +0000

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 —…

Juliette Powell Interview on Social Media in Organization Development: Part 1

admin — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:38:03 +0000

[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

admin — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:12:26 +0000

Click here to view more conference photos courtesy of OD Network staff photographer Robin Reid

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Community – Online and Offline: A guest post from OD Network Conference 2009

admin — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:06:11 +0000

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…

Plus Delta Hosts a ‘Fireside Chat’ with Charlie & Edie Seashore Discussing the Future of OD (Organization Development)

admin — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:07:39 +0000

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…

The Future Of OD and the Role of Web 2.0: A Tipping Point?

Jeremy Lurey — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:39:25 +0000

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?

Jeremy Lurey — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:59:33 +0000

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…