I just came back from a very energizing, cutting edge Organizational Development Network Conference. Given that its theme was Change is coming. . . Its time to lead the way, there were many great presentations and workshops having to do with change.
There were lots of good nuggets of shared knowledge. For today’s post I decided to capture some of the phrases shared by presenters, by the group of people tweeting, by informal groups gathered between meetings, and even by those who were following the tweets of others. Enjoy!
Change happens when you have the courage to say what you really want.
Change is a shifting conversation.
Change the culture by changing the nature of conversation. Choose conversations that have the power to create the future.
In business, there is always room for change & improvement. Changes start with communication and deep-rooted connection.
Change the conversation and it changes everything .
Leaders need to have the courage to start conversations about what we really want.
Leaders need to realize that life IS in conversations.
Frijtof Capra in Hidden Connections said "constructive change relies on...a group...producing alternative realities through language.”
The key to highest-order change (paradigms/thinking/etc) is language.
Many people sent twitter comments from Peggy Holman’s presentation. She wrote the book: Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunity. Here are a few:
All change starts with disruption.
We need to be compassionate with ourselves and others while we go through change.
To find potential change in the midst of disruption, ask possibility-oriented questions.
Meaning is the thread that holds things together while we wait for emergence to show how the new looks like.
Open interactions can lead to unexpected and lasting shifts in perspective and behavior.
In the end, we even saw the emergence of a new term: Congagement meaning: to "connect" and to "engage."
Itay Talgam was the last Key Note speaker. Here are a few comments about his presentation, shared on twitter.
Phantastic Keynote of Israeli conductor Itay Talgam, comparing leadership style of Muti, Strauss, Karajan, Kleiber & Bernstein.
>Managers/Consultants can learn from conductors: control process not people, give space, appreciate, take enjoyment in others work.
To redirect a river you don't negotiate with the water you change the terrain
I hope this short sampler has given you a taste of the many flavors of thought about change we experienced at the Conference.
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