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Social Scientists Confronting Global Crisis: Book available for pre-order now!

by Yabome Gilpin-Jackson | Sep 6, 2021 | International Development, Leadership, Organizational Development, Social Change, Strategic Change

I am thrilled to be among a group of Social Scientists who are part of a Routledge shortform book titled Social Scientists Confronting Global Crisis, edited by Dr. Jean Bartunek. The book has just been released for pre-order, inspired by “a “rant” by...

In an Era of Transformative and Traumatic Disruptions…What Can Organization Development Bring?

by Yabome Gilpin-Jackson | May 29, 2021 | Organizational Development, Social Change, Strategic Change

On the eve of our Organization Development Network Conference, I am excited and reflecting on the question Dr. John L. Bennett, Ph.D and I asked of the Organization Development (OD) community in the throes of the global disruptions of the past 18 month: In an Era of...

Working, Leading & Facilitating in the Grey Zone of Change [Grey Zone Blog Series]

by Yabome Gilpin-Jackson | Apr 15, 2019 | Leadership, Organizational Development, Social Change, Strategic Change

I define the Grey Zone of change as the space in-between systems – systems may be worldviews, philosophies, organization transformations or social systems change.   The Grey Zone of Change requires us to engage differently than our default learned behaviours....

What is the Grey Zone of Change? [Grey Zone Blog Series]

by Yabome Gilpin-Jackson | Mar 15, 2019 | Facilitation, Leadership, Organizational Development, Social Change, Strategic Change

Last year, I co-authored a sequel to my 2013 article on Practicing in the Grey area between Dialogic and Diagnostic Organization Development. Both the 2013 and 2018 articles[1] have received much interest and discussion with colleagues in the field that has sparked...

Facilitating Strategic Change Conversations

by Yabome Gilpin-Jackson | Sep 15, 2018 | Facilitation, Organizational Development, Strategic Change

It’s September – Summer holidays are over. Children are back to school. Families are getting back to routines and corporate offices that were quieter in June, July and August with staff rotating on various summer vacations are back. Part of the return to normalcy is...

The State of the Organization Development field in our times.

by Yabome Gilpin-Jackson | Jun 17, 2018 | Leadership, Organizational Development, Strategic Change

In these times of rapid change and complex human dynamics, the field of Organization Development (OD) has been contested more than ever before. Those of us researching, studying and/or practicing in the field have expressed concerned that mainstream organizations are...
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