A Better Set of Lenses
By Steve Hall Let me tell you a story about Christian Cooper and Amy Cooper. They are not “The Coopers”, in fact they are unrelated in a host of different ways, but they share a surname and a recent incident in Central Park, New York. Christian is out bird watching. He has a bicycle helmet […]
When the world around you changes
We’ve all faced change in super-charged fashion and pace in 2020. Whether it’s been quarantined in our houses, dealing with homeschooling, or attempting to pivot our businesses towards relevance, there has been not a single, city dweller across the globe that has been spared the impetus to confront a change in their perspective and way […]
The future is More Human than Ever!
This will be my final post of the year – my 21st of 2017. To start, I have completed my dissertation proposal and will be diving full steam into research mode from 2018 onwards. My topic focuses on the impact of Leadership Character and Stage of Adult Development on perceived levels of integrity and team […]
The Pulse of Organisational Development is…
Greetings from a conference venue packed with shiny suits, touch screen displays, overflowing bowls of sweat, and just one big, red and inviting Heartstyles Heart (for those of you that don’t know, this is a character development tool that is currently deepening all the work I do – www.heartstyles.com) We are exhibiting at this conference […]
The silent majority may rule
‘It would never happen’ is what they said. They laughed and ridiculed. ‘ Too much is at stake’ they warned. ‘We would wind back the clock,’ they guffawed. ‘Surely not!’ they protested. And then it happened, exactly what shouldn’t have, and we all had to face the fact that there was a majority of people who remained […]
7 Reflections on the OD field
It is not often in life that a decision yields returns that exceed my expectations. Especially positively. As a Clinical Psychologist working in the field of Organisational Psychology, I have often flirted with studying further, mainly to build some conscious competence in the latter field. The thought of scratching about the inner psyche of psychiatric […]
What makes a true Organisational Development Consultant?
I work with a broad swathe of people specialists. Learning and strategy experts too. They call themselves many different names, from executive coaches (although many don’t coach executives), to facilitators (who mainly train), to consultants (who do little more than simply respond to the immediate brief of a client) and even consulting psychologists (who are […]