OD Seasonings
Volume 1, Number 1 • Winter 2005
Welcome from the Publisher and The Editor
Is There a New OD?
By Robert J. Marshak
There may now be an emerging set of OD practices based on philosophical
assumptions and resulting methodologies about social phenomena and social
reality that are quite different from key assumptions of the founders.
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Road Map for the Path to Strategic Culture Change
By Judith Katz and
Fred Miller
Change is not optional. Most of today's organizations were built to
conform to the classical 20th century factory model, not based on the
21st century need for customization, flexibility, speed and responsiveness.
Driven by the ongoing information-age revolution, the nature of change
itself has changed. No longer is incremental change good enough. Rapid
and dramatic change is the order of the day.
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article >>
The Long and Winding Road:
The Pleasures and Perils of Long-Term Customer Relationships
By
Peter F. Norlin
My work as an organization development consultant is built and sustained
on a foundation of relationships, and relationships, for me, have always
been the most rewarding and also the most elusive, mysterious, and
unpredictable dimension of my life.
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Collective Resonance in Whole Systems Transformation
By Renee Levi
with the late Kathleen Dannemiller
Kathie and Renee were doctoral candidates at Saybrook Graduate School
together. Renee was studying a group phenomenon she labeled collective
resonance—the physical, energetic, and intuitive elements that
enable some groups to accomplish extraordinary things. When Kathie
heard about it, she immediately thought of Whole Systems Transformation
process. This interview was one of several conversations the two had
on the subject, complete with some wonderful stories of early days
in OD.
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Levi-Dannemiller article >>