100 Day Growth Challenge
...The Executive School of Business of the Danish Technical University in Copenhagen has set up a new program: the 100 Day Growth Challenge. It’s a six-week program for executives in between jobs. Given the current economic climate there are ample of such managers who can invest time in learning that is always scarce in high pressure jobs. I will teach change management in this program for a few days in April. Surf to DTU for more information.... Lees meer →
Zomerse publicaties
...ching the practice of this dialogic approach. Paper accepted for the Biannual International Conference on Organizational Discourse H. Vermaak. Leren genieten van complexiteit. Complexe vraagstukken vragen om aanpakken met evenveel finesse. Kwaliteit in bedrijf... Lees meer →
Designing Appreciative Inquiry as a Generative Change Process
...present a whole system, are facilitated through dialogue that follow the so-called 4-D cycle of discovery, dream, design and destiny. However, in practice many contrasting and hybrid designs of AI processes can be witnessed but these are much less documented in literature. The diversification of appreciative inquiry applications is a sign of its increasing maturity. With this rising popularity comes the challenge to uphold its robust conceptual gr... Lees meer →
Adjoining texts to the ‘defixation’ article
...Next to the main article there is… An introduction by D.W. Jamieson A reflection by C.G. Worley A reflection by R.J. Marshak A response to both reflections by A. Stoppelenburg and H. Vermaak Click on each of them to download the corresponding texts. The debate between Worley and us is especially worthwhile: it discusses whether an activist approach by OD practioners is unethical or not.... Lees meer →
mijn achtergrond
...jkheden te spotten en samen op te trekken. Op het adviesvlak ben ik associate partner bij Twynstra Gudde en gecertificeerd als management consultant (CMC). Op het opleidingsvlak ben ik associate partner van Sioo en CRKBO-geregistreerd. Ik ben verder senior research fellow bij de Nederlandse School voor Openbaar Bestuur (Nsob).... Lees meer →
Working interactively with causal loop diagrams
...ns, which are based in social constructionism and social interaction theory. From this perspective people are collaborating together, making sense of their work and living situations, building new futures and developing collaborative action for breakthrough innovation. It is a comprehensive guide to new ways for organizations and communities to achieve innovations. It offers an overview of currend knowledge and the dynamics of organizational chang... Lees meer →
‘Defixation’ as an intervention perspective.
...“wicked problems” and to create action principles. It was an analytical research effort as well as a learning intervention. Wicked problems are those that have a large impact on an organization’s functioning and that persist regardless of numerous efforts to remedy them. They are characterized both by content and process complexity and are by no means exclusive to the Ministry. This paper focuses not so much on the content of the wicked problems,... Lees meer →
A springboard for further learning
...ltancies, certification programs provided by professional organizations, on-the-job training of consultants with formal or informal supervision, self-taught professionals, and some academic programs and courses. Is that enough? No, better consultants are needed to handle the complexity and changing nature of business. Academe is in the best position to provide the critical thinking preparation necessary. Yet, academic institutions have been slow i... Lees meer →
Conspiring fruitfully with professionals
...rocesses. Peace then will be restored but fragmentation, mediocrity and non-commitment are still evident. We have found heuristically that these core problems only can disappear when professionals and managers tackle them in a concerted action by developing a collective ambition, investing in mutual learning and setting performance standards. Although professionals’ loner genes hold them back in concerted action on these matters, they can overcome... Lees meer →
Change paradigms
...change. Most importantly, it supplies a common language between those involved in change to discuss how to deal with a specific change and their different viewpoints. The ‘colors of change’ are described in more detail in the handbook ‘Learning to Change’ as well as in articles, tests, etcetera. If you like to know more, look at those publications on this site. The article was nominated for the 2004 OD Journal Best Paper Award on behalf of the Or... Lees meer →
