#2 What is OD and does it re-humanise the workplace?
Aug 15, 2018
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Exploring Organisational Development, Knowledge Management, Applied Behavioural Sciences, Coaching, and Diversity and Inclusion. OD re-humanises the workplace, creating a yoga of the HR world. Inclusion is compared to being asked to dance, promoting real and meaningful conversations.
Organizational Development supports self-organizing individuals and groups, emphasizing increase awareness within systems and teams.
OD is compared to yoga, focusing on understanding oneself to perceive systems better and moving with mindfulness.
Diversity and Inclusion aim to actively foster a sense of belonging and participation, calling for genuine efforts.
Deep dives
Defining Organizational Development
Organizational Development involves boldly revealing the system to itself, supporting self-organizing individuals and groups, and utilizing 'self as instrument' to be in flow with oneself and surroundings. It aims to increase awareness within systems and teams.
Organizational Development as Yoga in the Workplace
Organizational Development is likened to yoga in the people and HR world, focusing on increasing awareness within systems, patterns, and behaviors. The practice involves understanding oneself to better perceive the system, fostering group dynamics, and moving with mindfulness and awareness.
Applied Behavioral Sciences and Coaching
Applied Behavioral Sciences aim to provide insights and models on human behavior and relationships, emphasizing the application of various disciplines. Coaching, on the other hand, facilitates conversations that prioritize the individual's learning and awareness without providing solutions, focusing on increasing agency and self-awareness.
Knowledge Management Definitions and Concepts
Knowledge Management involves optimizing the flow of knowledge throughout a lifecycle, emphasizing the connection between knowledge holders and seekers. It encompasses the management of information and tacit knowledge, utilizing people, processes, and technology to enable knowledge sharing and integration.
Navigating Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace
Diversity and Inclusion distinguish between inviting diverse representation and actively fostering a sense of belonging and participation. In the personal and professional realms, achieving inclusion is emphasized as vital for leveraging the benefits of diversity, calling for genuine efforts towards creating inclusive environments.
Re-Humanizing the Workplace through Organizational Development
Re-humanizing the workplace involves transitioning from an industrialized approach to recognizing the full human experience in work environments. It prioritizes meaningful work, individual agency, and a culture that values human experiences and contributions. This shift aims to create workplaces where individuals can bring their authentic selves to work, fostering a sense of meaning and inclusion.
In this episode, Priya and John navigate their way through defining the 'points on the map' of their podcast series by describing their working definitions of Organisational Development, Knowledge Management, Applied Behavioural Sciences, Coaching and Diversity and Inclusion. They chat about humanised workplaces, how OD is the yoga of the HR world and why Inclusion is all about being asked to dance.
As always, Priya and John are unscripted, raw and honest.
This podcast continues the journey to explore real and meaningful conversations, one question at a time.
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