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December 15, 2016
In this Quarterly Virtual Mini-Conference Glenda Eoyang talks about New Years' resolutions and how HSD can help you shift patterns in your life. Carolyn Norgate and Griff Griffiths talk about using HSD to create an organizational network of OD professionals across the system of UK civil services. Randi Fiat introduces the idea Democracy Adaptive Action Labs to explore how HSD can help us navigate the differences that divide us politically, sociologically, ideologically, etc. Royce Holladay engages the participants in a reflection around a series of questions about their transition from 2016 to 2017.
Plan in Uncertainty
Traditional strategic planning requires that you predict what will happen and make a plan to control how the future unfolds.
Build Adaptive Capacity
"I realized that if my thoughts immediately affect my body, I should be careful about what I think. Now if I get angry, I ask myself why I feel that way. If I can find the source of my anger, I can turn that negative energy into something positive." - Yoko Ono
Teaching & LearningCollaborate to Create Community
This is the third in a series of blogs where Royce Holladay and Mary Nations explore the dynamics of Generative Engagement.
In last week’s blog, I explored a set of conditions that Mary and I believe can shape system-wide patterns of purposeful, meaningful dialogue; productivity across differences; and highly adaptive relationships. This week I want to share some thoughts we have had about what can happen if those conditions get out of balance with each other or when any of the conditions exclude individuals or groups in the system. As you read, consider how you see each situation play out in the systems where you live, work, and play.
Lead in Complexity
I spent part of last week at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting in Vancouver, BC. I enjoyed seeing old friends and making new ones. It was particularly interesting to dive—however briefly—into the deep waters of the academy. There was much to learn.
An international conglomerate had invested millions of dollars and years of effort in first-class leadership development programs. Individuals found the programs inspiring, and their executives shared scattered stories about careers that had been turned around by innovative training programs and individual coaching.
Collaborate to Create Community
The STAR Diagram offers a way of seeing and understanding the conditions that shape a generative team. Whether you use it to plan for an effective team or to intervene when things go awry, the STAR diagram offers a way to see, understand, and influence the patterns in your teamat home, at work, or in your community.