Thoughts
April 22 is Earth Day. It is a time set aside to remind ourselves that we all only have one planet. We celebrate with gratitude for nature and with promises to do better to protect our planet. Sometimes people look at environmental preservation and business as competitors, but it does not have to be this […]
A ten-year study on workers with disabilities found they are struggling to be included. Employees with disabilities report being less engaged. They rank their work experiences lower than workers without disabilities. Only 73% of employees with disabilities say they have the freedom to use their judgement in getting their job done. Whereas 86% of employees […]
Spring is here across the northern hemisphere. We marked a year of enduring the COVID19 pandemic and all its professional and social costs. If you are like me, you are hopeful that vaccines and continuing safety precautions will enable most of us to get back our lives back. Also, if you are like me, you […]
Diversity and inclusion in the work place is a hot topic of conversation. It came into focus over the past year with people across the US protesting to raise awareness on inequities, particularly in policing. The current climate creates an opportunity for organizations to build more inclusive work places. Donna Ginn, CEO of Crossroad Consulting […]
We had no idea what was in store for us at the beginning of 2020. We didn’t know how drastically our lives would change and how many would be lost along the way. This month marks one year since the beginning of the COVID19 pandemic in the US. We have lost over half a million […]
Heading toward the end of the first quarter of 2021, many of us are involved in reports and evaluation. This is an excellent time to reflect back on what worked and what didn’t. Pivots ahead! Reflection and change are big parts of OD. We lead our teams through these processes, but do we take the […]
Peter Block, author of Flawless Consulting and renowned community building expert, shared some insights in the full house GIODN Special Speaker Event – Consulting, Community, and Engagement – A conversation with Peter Block on February 2021. Peter discussed his lifetime of experiences in organization development and community to the delight of the audience. Institute of […]
Who doesn’t love some good data viz? This year, we here at GIODN decided to create a visually stunning way to show you how far we came in 2020. GIODN is the fastest growing OD network in the world, having only started up a little over 2 years ago! It has been so amazing to […]
GIODN is pleased to announce the new OD tool, “Feedback Reporting in Action Research”. It is now available for members on our OD Toolkit page. OD practitioners will find this tool useful as they enter the fourth phase of the Action Research Model (ARM). Facilitators need to create a feedback report based on the […]
I simply love being in the field of OD. To be honest, I was an OD practitioner before I even there was such a thing! Much of my career focused on planning and evaluation, especially training in those areas. Being able to help organizations set projects to achieve their goals and measure their results was […]