Items of Interest

September 11, 2013

Overview

Are traditional social science methods incapable of dealing with the complex and indeterminant problems facing management today? It is not so much the wedding of scientific logic and method to management theory and practice that is problematic as it is the outdated models of scientific inquiry that slow our progress. The new sciences of chaos and quantum theory offer valuable metaphors and methods that can challenge management research agenda into the next century. Quantum mechanics as applied to management provides a new logic of complementarity, constructivism, and participatory collusion in organizations and management. The quantum methods outlined and applied are Heisenberg's principle of indeterminism and Born's rules of probabilistic interpretation. Joel will discuss the metaphors and methods of quantum theory and how they may be applied to familiar management issues.

Attendees will come away with a deeper understanding of...

• How quantum principles can be applied to planning, and team development
• The importance of belief and focus
• How applying the Born Rule increases the probability of success
• How managers can apply these principles to increase the probability of success

About the Speaker

Joel McGinley is a Transportation and Technology Executive with over 31 years of experience in high growth, innovative, transportation industry related businesses. Joel has led companies as small as 12 employees and organizations as large as 400 employees. He is well respected in the industry, an innovative thinker with a growth and value oriented management style. Each organization Joel has led achieved industry leader status, creating tremendous value for shareholders and employees. As an Executive Coach, Joel has coached hundreds of executives in this industry and his firm TranStrategy Partners is one of the leading coaching and training organizations in the Transportation industry today

This program has been approved for 1.5 general recertification hours.

Program Details

 

The International Society for Organization Development Presents

A Webinar Featuring

Allan Church, PhD and Amanda Shull, PhD

"The State of OD, Part II: A Research Report With
Allan Church and Amanda Shull"

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT on Wednesday, August 7, 2013

REGISTER

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Following our lively first session on this research in April, we decided to dive deeper into the research about the current perceptions of Organization Development as compared to data collected in the 1993 study. In this session, we will:

- Recap the research findings and the results of the research (and presented in the April webinar)
- Discuss coaching as it pertains to Organization Development
- Dive deeper into discussions from the research

This work contributes to the formation of a collective understanding of the current state of the field of Organization Development and the implications for the continuing evolution of the field including implications for the current and future practice of OD.

This webinar is free of charge and is being delivered by the International Society for Organization Development in partnership with Nexus for Change.

You are invited to attend the ASTD Puget Sound Chapter's Networking Interest Group. Feel free to invite others who may enjoy this group-that's the point of the group! We're meeting between 5:00-7:00 pm on Wed, July 24, in fact, on the 4th Wed of every month.

No pre-registration is necessary, as you are responsible for your own food and drinks (be they herbal tea, diet soda, draft beer, or martinis). Keep in mind, ASTDps recommends that you NOT drink and drive.

Hi, everyone! I'm excited to launch a new tool on the NCDD website to help you share your success stories in dialogue and deliberation more broadly.

The Oregon Organizational Development Network is sponsoring upcoming NTL Institute workshops in Portland and we would like to invite our OD friends in Washington to attend.

The NTL Institute workshops offer intensive learning and training on organizational effectiveness and leadership development. Both will be held at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Portland.

Please share the following links with your members.
Facilitating and Managing Complex Systems Change: September 23-27, 2013

Key Learnings:
Participating in Facilitating and Managing Complex Systems Change will empower you to:

Understand the dynamics and technology of complex systems change and adaption
Understand the impact of systems thinking, change leadership, and power dynamics on the implementation of change strategies in complex systems
Understand how your personal style affects complex change efforts
Create an action plan that addresses change for a real life situation in which you are involved


This workshop is most beneficial for HR leaders, OD consultants, training professionals, leaders, and team members who would like to facilitate or manage complex systems change.


Intervention Strategies: November 17-21, 2013
Key Learnings:
Attending Intervention Strategies will empower you to:
Expand your knowledge of OD intervention theories, strategies, and tools
Improve your competencies to diagnose, design, intervene, and assess OD interventions at the individual, team, organization, and community levels
Enhance your “Use of Self” to be an effective agent of change
Recognize the challenges and opportunities that arise from resistance within yourself and others when faced with organizational change

This workshop will benefit HR leaders, training professionals, OD consultants, organization leaders, and team members who would like to design and implement effective intervention actions to enable an individual, team, organization, or network achieve its desired change outcomes.

If you are looking to expand your work with Emotional Intelligence and want to add a cutting-edge instrument to your tool kit, please read the information here and visit http://learninginaction.com for additional information.

 with Edie Seashore and colleagues: The Triple Impact Practitioners Program being offered in Seattle starting in October 2012. The program focuses on Eight Principles that support mastery of OD: Conscious Use of Self, Learning from Differences, The Power of Support Systems, Dialogic and Systemic Feedback, Win/Win Infinite Power Dynamics, Sound and Current Data, Systems Thinking and Empowering Self & Others. The specific 2013 dates are  May 20-21, June 10 -11.