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Blog Tag: values

Organisational development practice is always evolving and in my view one of the most interesting recent developments in the field has been the evolution of dialogic OD (in contrast to the more conventional diagnostic approach). The main champions of the dialogic approach are Gervase Bush and Robert Marshak, authors of ‘Dialogic Organization Development: The Theory and Practice […]

At this time of year the media are full of reflections on 2015 and articles looking forward to the New Year. Not to be outdone, I asked my Framework colleagues to share two of their highlights from 2015 and one thing they are looking forward to in 2016. This is what they said. Órla told […]

  We are now working ‘virtually’ so much that it seems worthwhile to step back for a moment and consider what we are losing and gaining in this, and what we can do to improve it. Individually, as a collective and with our clients, we are working across a huge variety of platforms and interfaces. […]

It’s that time of year where we’re harvesting our learning and planting seeds for the future. As a relatively new Framework member, it’s the first time I’ve been involved in our Annual Review process, where we gather feedback from colleagues and clients, and consider, with our peer supervisor, what we’ve achieved and what we’ve left […]

If you’re interested in helping organisations to sharpen how they put their values into practice, there’s a new report out called To practice what we preach: A survey of organisational values in charities. Published by the Centre for Charity Effectiveness at the Cass Business School, the report surveyed over 130 organisations, and gives detailed case […]

This was the question posed in a talk recently in Cambridge by Helen Kersley, who is head of the New Economics Foundation’s “Valuing What Matters” Programme. The issue was about how to broaden policy-makers’ approach to value away from purely short-term economic benefits, to a broader approach which captures longer term social and environmental value […]