Is OD Boxing Itself In?

‘Systems are not the new playgrounds for OD it is PLACE that we must focus on.’  As applied behavioural scientists and practitioners we are the people who learned our craft inside organisations. We have studied and learned how people and organisations tick, what people do to organisations and what organisations do to people. We understand […]

OD is not only about organisations …It is about WHERE PEOPLE GATHER FOR PURPOSE

For many years I (and many of my colleagues) have helped people understand that Organisation development (OD) is not Organisational development. OrganisatioNAL development is a broad term and can encompass everything an organisation does to develop i.e. estates management programme, mandatory training, capital development programme, continuous improvement programme, talent management programme etc). Organisation Development with […]

Change, Choice and Windows 8.1

I have been reflecting a lot recently about personal change. Now change is my job, it is what I support people to do, but this change was all about my own choices. I got a bright new shiny lap top , it is lovely,  it is a dark aubergine colour , really pretty. And it […]

Eldership and when the wind changes….

It has only been in the last few years that I have begun to consider myself an elder in my field. I realised, about three years ago, that I had served the public for 30 years, full-time, without a break. I acknowledged that I have been blessed with  30 great years and I began reflecting […]