Thanks for inviting us into the discussion, Gerard and Jeff.
I would add Dick Axelrod's "Historical Approaches to Change (and why
it no longer works) - Table 1-1 in the first edition of Terms of
Engagement (second edition due out soon). Then Peggy/Tom/Steve's
Change Handbook offers the examples of what does work.
Warm wishes from an amazingly cool Phoenix morning,
Christine
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On May 26, 2010, at 11:51 PM, Jeff Aitken wrote:
very nice idea gerard. as i've composed this email, i realize i want
to post to the whole list, to see what kind of conversation might
ensue.
after my masters in ODT (the T being transformation) i began to
sketch a quick history of the OD practice which i sometimes call
"the case for open space" -- trying to show how very good mainstream
OD leads us to the practice of open space (not to be shy about it or
anything...) of course i honor the allied practices as well. and i
emphasize this is my case for open space, showing my own biases and
blind spots.
i always appreciated marv weisbord's synopsis of the OD profession
in the book 'productive workplaces' aided by his background as a
journalist. he outlined four stages mainly during the 20th century:
1. experts telling individuals how to improve their work; 2.
'experts' facilitating individuals to improve their own work; 3.
experts telling organizations how to improve their work; and 4.
'experts' facilitating organizations to improve their own work.
the final phase became a 'whole systems redesign' phase which was
optimized by getting the whole system into the room to facilitate
the redesign. weisbord discussed this evolution in his book
"discovering common ground" drawing on the work of emery, trist, et
al. -- truly we stand on the shoulders of giants.
as peggy holman and tom devane and steven cady document for us in
"the change handbook", practices of "whole system in the room"
include future search, world cafe, appreciative inquiry, open space,
etc. And the case for open space is that it's not only the most
empowering process, but also it's capable of becoming the 'operating
system' for the ongoing life and continual redesign of the
organization, as harrison and birgitt and larry and michael and
chris and brian and others have shared with us.
the case for open space also draws on seminal books which help us to
bring more fluidity into our mental models of organization,
outgrowing the inherited mechanical models, working to set the stage
for leaders being willing to let go of control into self-
organization: gareth morgan's "image of organization" and
"imaginization"; senge's "the fifth discipline"; wheatley's
"leadership and the new science" and "a simpler way"; and harrison's
every book.
this is not 2-3 things as you asked, but perhaps it is: weisbord's 4
phases, the developments within the 4th phase, and important
supporting works which help leaders prepare for 4th phase work in
the organization.
onward,
jeff aitken
mount tamalpais
Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 08:16:21 +0200
From: [email protected]
Subject: [OSLIST] ODWS - Journey through time; suggestions please !!
To: [email protected]
Dear All,
At the upcoming Organisational Development World Summit (see http://www.odworldsummit.org/
, which is organised in collaboration with several organisations and
communities - amongst which several who are on this list , we are
organising part of the program as a special journey through the
history of our profession, before we move into it’s future.
I would like to ask for your help in identifying what you feel are
the 2-3 elements which deserve a place in this journey. This could
be either in the history of the profession (a book, a bit of
research, the birth of an method or theory), or in the history of
the society around (political, technological, ...).
If you have a specific idea how to represent the elements which come
to mind, that would be great.
In the case of a publication, it could be the book itself, in the
case of an event maybe the invitation,
a poster, pictures. But we’ll also have space for filmclips and music.
Please mail any ideas to my E-mail at [email protected], in the course
of the coming week.
Thanks for your assistance !!
Greetings from Denmark,
Gerard Muller
Open Space Institute Denmark
Phone: (+45) 21269621
Mail: [email protected]
Skype: openspace1
www.openspace.dk
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