Be Like Water
This is a harvest from the most recent “Friends of OD for Life” call, which revealed and reinforced some wonderful things about what is...
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OD for Life
michellesholliday
- Aug 7
- 2 min
First step into ‘relational system transformation’
by Din van Helden & Michelle Holliday In bringing more life-alignment to the work of Organizational Development, it is relatively easy to...
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michellesholliday
- Jun 1
- 3 min
First Resonances from Italy
It's been less than 3 weeks since an intrepid group gathered in Tuscany to explore what is most needed if the field of Organizational...
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michellesholliday
- Feb 8
- 3 min
How do we tell others about OD for Life?
As Din van Helden and I prepared for the first two open "Friends of OD for Life" Zoom calls recently, we wanted to offer people an...
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michellesholliday
- May 14, 2022
- 2 min
Manifesto or Maniflexo?
Part of our intention with OD for Life has been to craft a manifesto — a bold statement of our commitments... an urgent call to action......
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michellesholliday
- Apr 26, 2022
- 1 min
Glimpse of the Future #4: Poetry sneaks in if you let it and quietly makes more possible
Apparently, an Organizational Development that is more aligned with life includes poetry. This was what we discovered during a full-day...
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michellesholliday
- Apr 16, 2022
- 3 min
Glimpse of the Future #3: Nature and our own bodies are vital partners in this work
A wonderful community has been gathering to imagine what the work of Organizational Development needs to become — what we are yearning...
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michellesholliday
- Apr 7, 2022
- 6 min
The Fertile Future of Organizational Development
If we’re honest – if we really take in what science is telling us – the situation humanity faces is so dire that we need every industry,...
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michellesholliday
- Mar 22, 2022
- 2 min
Glimpse of the Future #2: Relationships are the soil from which everything good grows
The thing that stands out most from our online OD for Life event in December is the overwhelming sense of warmth, depth, curiosity, and...
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michellesholliday
- Mar 22, 2022
- 4 min
Glimpse of the Future #1: Principles are more powerful than policies and practices
We are four who have converged to steward an ongoing conversation about the role of organizational and leadership development in these...
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michellesholliday
- Feb 16, 2022
- 3 min
Aligning with Life in Our OD Practice
What is our responsibility as Organizational Development and Leadership Development practitioners in confronting the crises we face as a...
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michellesholliday
- Feb 7, 2022
- 3 min
OD for Life: Early Observations of a Movement
This was our rallying cry to the field of Organizational Development (OD) and related professions. Our intention was to launch a...
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