Michelle Holliday
Releasing Resistance; Embracing the Wild
Yet another beautiful, nourishing OD for Life Zoom call. You’d think I would stop being surprised. But this one had an unusual...
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Din van Helden
Aug 263 min read
Deeper ways of knowing; exploring our agency within the larger context of time
It's already months back that we had our gatherings; in March the North American and in May the European gathering. And, there is still...
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Michelle Holliday
Aug 233 min read
The Unexpected Entanglement of Gifts and Wounds
"What may happen with life in organizations if we connect with wounds and gifts and create spaces for healing, love and potential?" This...
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Michelle Holliday
Aug 211 min read
The Present
At our May 2024 European gathering in the Dutch countryside, Din van Helden led us in an exercise inspired by the work of Joanna Macy . ...
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Din van Helden
Dec 21, 20233 min read
Experimenting with a currency of trust, gratitude and relationship
an Action Inquiry about Flow of resources We initiated this Action Inquiry to explore how we can organise more LIFE ALIGNMENT in HOW we...
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Michelle Holliday
Dec 20, 20233 min read
Why We Gather
We are a community and a movement with the intention to transform ourselves, our work, and the field of Organizational and Leadership...
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Michelle Holliday
Oct 3, 20235 min read
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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Michelle Holliday
Aug 7, 20232 min read
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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Michelle Holliday
Jun 1, 20233 min read
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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Michelle Holliday
Feb 8, 20233 min read
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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Michelle Holliday
May 14, 20222 min read
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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Michelle Holliday
Apr 26, 20221 min read
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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Michelle Holliday
Apr 16, 20223 min read
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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Michelle Holliday
Apr 7, 20226 min read
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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Michelle Holliday
Mar 22, 20222 min read
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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Michelle Holliday
Mar 22, 20224 min read
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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Michelle Holliday
Feb 16, 20223 min read
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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Michelle Holliday
Feb 7, 20223 min read
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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