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OD: evolution & revolution - what are your thoughts?
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Valerie and I wanted to thank all the authors and the fabulous production team for their work on this edition of e-O&P. We hope you find this special edition on OD thought provoking and would…Continue
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Sharon Varney replied to Rob Warwick's discussion Evolution and Revolution: in our use of models methods and concepts? in the group Open Space"Hi Rob
Thanks for your questions on Friday and this one here. My freshest thinking (thanks Christine for that one) is that while frameworks are unavoidable and models may have practical utility, we need to pay careful attention to them in…"
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Sharon Varney replied to Sharon Varney's discussion OD: evolution & revolution - what are your thoughts?"Thanks David. Evolution and revolution are simply two perspectives on the same thing. It depends who's looking and their frame of reference.
Your suggestion that we need to be desperate before we turn to OD is somewhat more…"
David McAra replied to Sharon Varney's discussion OD: evolution & revolution - what are your thoughts?"I think it has to be revolution to get the topic on the agenda at all, Sharon.
The trouble with OD is that it lies a paradigm shift away from prevailing thinking about people in organisations. The usual reflex response is always to try…"
Sharon Varney replied to Sharon Varney's discussion OD: evolution & revolution - what are your thoughts?"Thanks for sharing your experiences, Ned. Does anyone else have any perspectives to share?
For me thinking about developing organisations in terms of 'evolution' prompts me to look backwards and think about what do we want and…"
Ned Seabrook replied to Sharon Varney's discussion OD: evolution & revolution - what are your thoughts?"I like the idea of turning the sub-title of your excellent winter edition, 'evolution & revolution', into a question. Thanks for this.
My reaction to 'revolution' is to think in terms of being both far reaching and…"
Valerie Garrow replied to Sharon Varney's discussion OD: evolution & revolution - what are your thoughts?"We would like to know about your experiences of whether it is possible to really develop organisations and whether it is more likely to be an evolution rather than a revolution."
Sharon Varney posted a discussionOD: evolution & revolution - what are your thoughts?
Valerie and I wanted to thank all the authors and the fabulous production team for their work on this edition of e-O&P. We hope you find this special edition on OD thought provoking and would love to hear what questions and reflections it prompts for you. See More
David McAra left a comment for Sharon Varney"Hi, Sharon. You're in! Well done. It was a bit cumbersome, wasn't it? Seems you still needed to be 'approved' even after being invited.
Hope you can find the journal easily enough from here. Any…"
Bob MacKenzie left a comment for Sharon Varney"Dear Sharon
Welcome to the AMED Network, and thank you for your great contribution as co_Guest Editor of the Winter issue of e-O&P.
It would be really helpful if you could post an image of yourself on your AMED web page, so that…"
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- networking, collegiate discussion/debate, collaboration
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- At 1:44 on October 24, 2011, Bob MacKenzie said…
Dear Sharon
Welcome to the AMED Network, and thank you for your great contribution as co_Guest Editor of the Winter issue of e-O&P.
It would be really helpful if you could post an image of yourself on your AMED web page, so that felloe Networkers can recognise you!
Perhaps we'll meet at the next ODiN meeting in November. I'll look out for you.
Kind regards. Bob
- At 8:24 on October 24, 2011, David McAra said…
Hi, Sharon. You're in! Well done. It was a bit cumbersome, wasn't it? Seems you still needed to be 'approved' even after being invited.
Hope you can find the journal easily enough from here. Any feedback appreciated.
David
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