• Some say that Organization Development is changing. 
• Some say it had better change. 
• Some say we can create better change together. 

In January, ODN/C will introduce this project to the Chicago Network. Due to the importance of this topic, both the Downtown and Suburban meetings will address the Future of OD. 

PANEL OF JUDGES. Each evening will unfold in three segments: 1) You may come for the 6 PM small group discussion, “How Is My Own Work Changing?” 2) You may arrive for main program, 7 to 9 pm, kicking off with Impact Award judges Dick Axelrod*, Mike Herron*, Cheryl Jekiel*, Bruce Mabee, Peter Sorensen and Therese Yaeger. 3) You may stay at 9 PM to help plan projects to “create” the OD future. 
 

Wed, Jan 21, 2004 Suburban  Meeting Underwriters Labs, 333 Pfingsten Road, Northbrook, IL  6 pm. How Is My Own Work Changing? 7 pm. The Future of OD.  (Program). 9 pm. Follow-Up Projects. Cost:  Free to members, $15 to nonmembers  RSVP essential - even if you only MIGHT come - Call (773) 561-4919 or email odnchicago@aol.com

Thu, Jan 22, 2004 Downtown Chicago  Harris Bank, 111. W. Monroe, 20th Floor, (20C), Chicago  6 pm. How Is My Own Work Changing?  7 pm. The Future of OD.  (Program). 9 pm. Follow-Up Projects. Cost:  Free to members, $15 for Nonmembers  RSVP:  Unnecessary

Email Pre-Survey. Whether or not you can attend, we invite your input with a short e-mail survey (click here).  Results will be highlighted in the program and applied later in follow-up actions.

Program Agenda 6 PM.  How Is My Own Work Changing?  You are invited to share, in a small group, examples of changes you’ve seen – not principles or stories you heard, but personal experiences. What has made it OD? What has changed?  7 PM.  The Future of OD:  To Keep and to Change Impact Awards & the Trends of Today. Dick Axelrod*, Mike Herron*, Cheryl Jekiel*, Bruce Mabee, Peter Sorensen and Therese Yaeger, judges of November’s ODN Impact Awards, will open the large group program with observations about outstanding current OD work in the award-winning projects. (* Chicago only) Changing Experiences. Summaries of the above e-mail survey will be compared to “How Is My Own Work Changing?” from tonight’s 6 PM discussions Keep/Change: What Do We Want in the Future of OD? Subgroups will explore the implications and begin to capture ideas for visions and goals. 9 PM.  Follow-up Projects. We will identify actions that we can take as next steps in OD’s future. You are invited to initiate and/or join any of them.  So, you have choices here:  Arrive at 6 PM or 7 PM, either night or both  Provide e-mail input (click here) Stay at 9 PM as further projects are planned, or leave when you wish

• * Dick Axelrod, M.B.A., is a founder of The Axelrod Group, Inc. His bachelor's in industrial management is from Purdue, his MBA from the University of Chicago. He brings 25 years of consulting and teaching, with clients including Boeing, Coca-Cola, Harley-Davidson, Kraft. Dick served as adjunct faculty for the University of Chicago, currently teaming with Peter Block to develop the School for Applied Leadership. He is the author of Terms of Engagement: Changing the Way We Change Organizations (Berrett-Koehler), and the forthcoming Pragmatic Involver: Getting Big Things Done By Including Others (Berrett-Koehler).
• * Mike Herron, M.S.O.D., is Vice President and Leadership and Organization Development Consultant at the Northern Trust Bank, where he has served for ten years. Prior to Northern Trust, Mike was Director of Human Resources Development at Advocate Health Care in Park Ridge, Vice President of Administration for RTO, Inc., Manager of Employee Relations for GE Capital Corp., and Director of Management Development for GTE Directories Corp. Mike served ODN as an officer for four years. He holds a Master’s in OD from Loyola University and a B.B.A. degree, cum laude, from Kent State.
• * Cheryl Jekiel, M.S., is Chief Operating Officer at Parco Foods, L.L.C., responsible for sales and operations.  Her movement to general management follows more than 15 years in various Human Resources positions.  Prior to joining Parco 1997, Cheryl worked at Sweetheart Cup Company in various human resources positions, including projects related to high performing teams and business improvement.  She has a Masters degree from Loyola University in Industrial Relations and a Bachelors from Loyola in Accounting.
• Homer Johnson, Ph.D. – Loyola University 
• Mark Lindner, M.B.A.– Allstate Insurance 
• * Bruce Mabee, M.S., has practiced OD for 25 years – 15 years externally after ten years as an internal OD Consultant. Long-term clients include Motorola, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Harris Bank and many not-for-profit organizations. Bruce taught graduate OD and Leadership at Aurora University, Loyola, DePaul and the University of Chicago, and trained over 1000 in his Consulting Workshops in North America, Europe and Asia. He was Co-Chair of the 1982 ODN National Conference and a founding member of ODN Chicago. His Master’s in OD is from George Williams; his BFA is from U of I - Urbana.
• * Peter Sorensen, Ph.D., is Director of the Doctoral Program in OD at Benedictine University and leader of BU’s Master of OD program since its start in 1986. Peter also directed the Master’s Degree program in Management & Organizational Behavior for 15 years at George Williams College. He chairs the OD & Change Division of the Academy of Management, serves on the editorial boards for the OD Journal, the OD Practitioner, CCASTD’s Training Today, and is a board member of the Midwest Academy of Management Journal. He earned a Ph.D. in management from IIT.
• Kumi Watanuki, Ed.D. – DePaul University
• * Therese Yaeger, Ph.D., is Associate Director of the Organization Development Doctoral program at Benedictine University, where she also teaches Organization Development and Organizational Behavior courses. Her recent publications include Global and International Organization Development with Sorensen, Head and Cooperrider, and Appreciative Inquiry: An Emerging Direction for OD, with Cooperrider, Sorensen and Whitney. Therese earned her doctorate at Benedictine University.