My musings on culture……

I took part in a small discussion on a Linkedin thread which ended up with me being on a live talking about culture. The question presented was, can you quantify culture? The provocative poll, hooked me in immediately, of course basic data isn’t going to give you what...

Practice, practitioner…..is OD about our identity?

 This blog is an extension or inside view of my previous one which can be found here. There are two sides to every story and in the earlier blog of ‘Is organisational culture becoming a scapegoat?’ we learned about the employee’s impact on the organisation and the...

Is organisational culture becoming a scapegoat?

I cannot for the life of me scroll through LinkedIn without organisational culture being a topic of discussion. It’s been a hot topic for many CEOs and CHROs have focused on this for the last decade and continue to do so. However, as we put our focus on organisational...

Identity – personal, professional and organisational

I have been thinking about this for some time, and I wonder if we ever stop and think about who we are personally and professionally. I am looking at it closer than ever, because I am in the process of writing my written exam for my CTA (Certified Transactional...

Organisational Development…….why so mysterious?

It’s no secret that I have an axe to grind about OD, OD consultancies and even coaching consultancies. The main one being that there seems to be some unwritten rules of how you can become an associate coach/consultant and the other is that the majority of them are...