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The Purpose of Organizations vs. People
The world, not just the world of OD has a consistent and continuous habit of anthropomorphizing; defining and understanding a thing as if...
Jan 18, 2017


OD – Psychology, Structure and the Need for Balance
last post I said it was the approach to OD that needed to change. That approach is psychological in nature and focuses on structure and...
Jan 11, 2017


OUCH! Organization Development
I’m still not clear but it seemed clarity was not forthcoming so I finally decided to just start writing and see what emerged. Based on...
Jan 3, 2017


Learning and Development – Measurement
I think a lot of this frustration, a lot of the OUCH! is created by the typical way in which we understand organizations which of course...
Jun 17, 2016


Learning Content Without Certainty
It may be this twinge, however it may manifest itself, that draws us to the type of learning content discussed in the last post. Learning...
Jun 14, 2016


What Are We Learning and Developing?
The posts in this Learning and Development series so far have mostly focused on the process of learning. This post will look at the...
Jun 10, 2016


Learning and Development – Educator
This post will look at the Educator role played in learning and development and the ‘mantra’ associated with it. The following post will...
May 20, 2016


Learning and Development – Design
last post we talked about a learning design role that recognized the primary variable affecting the potential for behavior change was an...
May 17, 2016


OUCH! Learning and Development
Our focus is learning and development that deals with conceptual topics and complex behaviors; things like leadership, communication,...
May 6, 2016


Strategy – Random Thoughts to Wrap Up
It has also been a challenge writing these posts. I knew that my perspective / ideology on organizations was not typical yet it matched...
May 3, 2016


Strategy and Power
So power, one of the most complex, influential and meaningful experiences of organizational life tends to be hidden from our day to day...
Apr 29, 2016


Reducing OUCH! In Strategy con’t
The last post focused on the first of four quite typical and normal things that happen once the organization strategy has been...
Apr 26, 2016
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