The purpose of an organization is to be a viable economic entity. The purpose of a person is to express identity. These two purposes are...

It is a bit challenging to not get all philosophical when you talk about the purpose of people. At some level this is truly a subjective...

In the last post I noted what I think is a really big and ugly problem that has come from anthropomorphizing organizations. That big and...

The world, not just the world of OD has a consistent and continuous habit of anthropomorphizing; defining and understanding a thing as if...

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...

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...

When I begin writing new post again in September the focus area will be Organization Development. A large topic and where we will be...

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...

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...

The posts in this Learning and Development series so far have mostly focused on the process of learning. This post will look at the...

Right in the middle of writing these posts on extended time frame and context focused learning designs I received a phone call from a...

Extended time frame for numerous interactions Performance pressure Concepts to experiment with to change interactions A process for...