The Happy Burro

From the Human Systems Dynamics Institute:

Short List of Simple Rules

1. Teach and learn in every interaction.
2. Reinforce strengths of self and others.
3. Search for the true and the useful.
4. Apply emerging learning in reflective practice.
5. Make expectations explicit.
6. Give and get value for value.
7. Attend to the whole, the part, and the greater whole.
8. Engage in joyful practice.

These are simple, powerful ‘rules’ for engaging with clients, customers, co-workers, bosses, managers.

It’s All About Us

Physician, heal thyself.  Organizational Development consultant, know thyself.  Having a reasonable knowledge of your strengths and challenges, your ‘hooks’ (things that quickly drive you crazy), and the value you bring to the intervention/engagement/relationship are as important as the tools, models, and flipchart paper you employ.

It’s All About Them

If you’re in this for the glory, you’re not in this at all.  Approaching each engagement with a servant’s heart, and getting a shared agreement on outcomes, will do you more good and satisfy more clients than shoehorning their problem into your model.

And remember, if it isn’t fun, for you, for the client – step back and try a different approach. 

Joe Raasch :: May.30.2007 :: Organizational Development :: 1 Comment »

This past March I posted about Blue Ocean Strategy. I promised to give you an update on my personal Blue Ocean.

Here it is, though still a work in progress.

50% Blue Ocean, 25% Conversation Agent, 25% Dip: adds up to this:

I am finding my voice, and it is organizational development as a focus. This means going forward my writing will be through an organizational development lens. I’ll do my best not to wax academic (which shouldn’t be too hard, considering my graduate degree is in marketing, not OD!). I’ll trust all of you to keep me honest should I stray. You’ll notice a few new links to the right of this post on Human Systems Dynamics and Social Networks – this is leading edge in the field, check it out!

If you know of some great organizational development, organizational design, human systems design, or social networks blogs, please share with me.

I look forward to our shared journey and conversations.

- Joe

Joe Raasch :: May.29.2007 :: Life, Organizational Development :: 3 Comments »

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