Say something about the next ODNNY/Change Forum public event

CHile.jpgLast Fall, Change Forum in partnership with the Organizational Development Network of New York (ODNNY) hosted Peter Block for an interactive discussion about transformation, leadership and the importance of community.

This spring, we are excited to continue this series and co-host another forum to explore how the concepts of social justice, inclusion and diversity influence our work as practitioners of organizational change management.

This is an open space for you to Say Something. The intend is to provide a venue for your feedback and input to shape this next public event that will be held at TNS in April.

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A conversation with Maxine Jaffit

maxine_jaffit.jpgPlease join Change Forum for an evening with MAXINE JAFFIT, a Johannesburg, South Africa-based leader in the field of organizational culture transformation.

Maxine Jaffit has worked extensively in the field of Organisation development focussing on Organisational dynamics and the impact of Corporate culture on organisational performance. She is an Adjunct faculty member of the Gordon Institute of Business Science, Johannesburg South Africa and teaches Organisation Behaviour on both the PDBA and MBA programs.

She moved into the Organisation Development and Strategy field in the 1980’s and after working for the Nestle organisation for 4 years she joined a leading management consultancy, focusing on strategy facilitation, leadership development, culture and climate diagnosis as well as facilitating the integration of mergers and acquisitions.

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When
November, Tuesday 09, 2010 16:00 - 17:30
Where
The New School- 80 Fifht ave room 529
Address
80 5th Ave, New York, NY 10003, USA, (Show map)
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The Structure of Belonging- Peter Block at The New School

Please join Change Forum to a special evening with Peter Block, co-hosted by the ODNNY.

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As OD practitioners we are in the business of learning, not teaching or training. All learning and change require a community to sustain it. Community, and a sense of belonging, is created by shifting the conversation from problem solving to possibility, deficiencies and needs to gifts, and blame and barter to ownership and commitment. Peter's session will be a demonstration of its theory, so the tools of communal transformation will be in the experience.

Cost: Free for New School students and ODNNY members,

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When
October, Monday 11, 2010 05:30 - 08:00
Where
Theresa Land Student Center, 2nd floor- The New School
Address
55 W 13th St, New York, NY 10011, USA, (Show map)
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The dynamics of energy: where would you place yourself?

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I am reading “The Power of Full Engagement” (Loehr, J. & Schwartz, T.) and found some interesting ideas. The authors relate engagement with how we manage our energy. More engaged employees are those who can manage their physical/emotional/spiritual energy better. And “better” meaning balancing periods of stress and recovery.

“Full engagement requires cultivating a dynamic balance between the expenditure of energy (stress) and the renewal of energy (recovery) in all dimensions (physical, emotional, spiritual)”

They studied athletes and describe a study among world-class tennis players. They tried to understand the factors that differentiate the best competitors from the rest and found out that there was almost no difference in the performance during the points. They observed that one of the success factors was the recovery routines between points that the best players do. They observe differences in how they held their heads and shoulders and the breathing pattern. Many lower-ranked competitors had no recovery routines at all.

The bad news are that

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The surprising truth about what motivates us

I came to this video thanks to Leonardo Maldonado, and I needed to share it.

It shows an amazing study that tells us about the motivations at work. As many of us can imagine it is not always about MONEY. It is more about MASTERY and PURPOSE. And I would add recognition that is linked to relationships (social networks).

I let you see it because the way that it is presented is surprisingly creative. It is done by a organization called RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce) in UK. I would also recommend the

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Who do you want to be? identity, leader branding, and social media

identity.jpgAbout a month ago Bonnie McEwan and Farra Trompeter gave a presentation about personal branding through social media. Some of the questions and statements that are still in my head are:  “Do not tweet what you are doing. Tweet what you are thinking” (Bonnie), “Google yourself and see what others are saying about you. Do something to shape your own image” (Farra),” Frame or be framed?” (Bonnie).

After seen the presentation I decided to finally open a twitter account. One of the things that intrigues me the most is that whether you want it or not, your/our identity is up there, in the internet, in so many places that we are not aware of. Our identity is in great part what others are saying about us, what communities we are part of, and who are we connected with (friends, contacts, connections, whatever).

We need to manage that identity if we want to become leaders in specific fields. I encourage you to see the presentation and then take charge in framing your (online) identity.

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What do we, as consultants, want to create?

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On our April 14th Change Forum Faculty Panel we held a great discussion about consulting and leadership with three faculty who in addition to teaching, are active outside Milano in the professional field of consulting.

One of the questions during the panel discussion was about creation. A student reflected on how everything we see and do has been created by someone before. So, in that context, the question was about what the panelists believe they have created.

They talked about the creation of a safe and learning environment, as well as creating tools, ideas, and philosophies for people to use

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The Marshmallow Challenge: teams' performance and process

Why some teams perform better than others? What is important in teamwork?

In this 6-minutes TED talk you can see how collaboration, feedback, facilitation skills, and the identification of hidden assumptions are essential elements in high-performance teams.

I would like to highlight the importance of feedback (again) and how a trial-and-error process gave us feedback to improve the process and the final task. We do not usually embark in trial-and-error strategies. Why? Because it is risky… it entails an exposure to failure… Well, in this video we see how this “risky actions” conduct us to better results. Enjoy it!

 

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Climb the Green Ladder with Shari Aaron, The New School's Net Impact, and Change Forum

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Please join Net Impact and Change Forum with author Shari Aaron for a presentation and book talk about making your work and personal environment “more sustainable.” The book provides tools and motivation to move your company and career towards a better future.

 

 

When
April, Tuesday 20, 2010 04:30
Where
Klein Conference Room, Rm 501
Address
66 W 12th St, New York, NY 10011, USA, (Show map)
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Who am I being that others' eyes are not shining?

I leave you with this amazing piece of Benjamin Zander at TED.

He talks about classical music. He expresses his passion and a strong message about leadership: “the conductor of an orchestra does not make a sound. His power depends on the ability to make other people powerful”.

A leader’s purpose is to awaken possibility in other people.

A leader’s purpose is to make others’ eyes shine.

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