Hello from the Chair,
As we reach the mid-year and celebrate current success in our own organization, we begin to look to the future both at a local level and at a national and international level.
Given everything going on in the economy, the way businesses are being forced to adjust, the changing nature of work, the need for new and innovative strategies, we are asking ourselves,
“How is the field of Organization Development changing in the next decade to respond to and support upcoming needs in organizations?”
What organizational issues will OD professionals be required to address?
How will we help organizations find their way and navigate the changing landscape?
What will we need to do differently to assist organizations in not only surviving, but succeeding and thriving in this new uncertain environment?
Jim Collins, author of Good to Great, interviewed in Inc. Magazine was asked what trends he sees in the next 30 years. He replied, “uncertainty, chaos, turbulence, and risk.”
If there will be even more chaos and confusion than there is now, what do we in the field of OD need to do now to prepare for the challenges of the next decade?
In August, our OCA monthly meeting is focused on “The Future of OD: Moving into the Next Decade.”
We will be exploring:
1. what experts are saying is coming in the next decade and beyond,
2. what we as OD practitioners need to be doing to prepare, and we also want to hear
3. what we, as OCA, need to offer in terms of support to our members during this changing environment
To start the dialogue, we are excited to utilize our new blog. I, as your Chair, have experimented with blogging and can say, it’s easy after getting over the initial hurdle of trying it.
I invite each of you to engage in this blog dialogue about “The Future of OD: Moving into the Next Decade.”
Where are we headed?
What do you see as the biggest challenges OD professionals will need to address in the next 10 years?
What changes in the landscape will impact how we work?
What impact will technology have on how we connect with our client organizations and how we provide our services?
What QUESTIONS should we be asking ourselves as we begin to look at the future?
Please post your questions, thoughts and ponderings. Also post any resources you know of that could give all of us more insight into how to prepare and pave the way for organizations to be successful in the coming years.
Looking forward to reading your posts! And continuing the dialogue in our August monthly meeting!
Best regards,
Liisa Hardaloupas, M.O.D., Chair
Organization Change Alliance
We were pleased to welcome the Executive Director of OD Network, Dr. Peter Norlin, to our August OCA meeting on Saturday. He joined us live via Skype and conference phone from Michigan (that’s him on the big screen TV).
