OD Network Conference 2010: Recovery, Revitalization, Response
October 17-20, 2010  New Orleans, LA
Conference web site and registration

Join Sharon at the Organizational Development Network meeting for a special pre-conference workshop on October 16, 2010.

The Change within Transformative Change (session code: SAT04)
Transformative change in communities and organizations is possible ONLY when individuals’ personal changes are aggregated simultaneously and/or sequentially. However, increasing hyperconnectivity and 24/7 communications are radically altering the ground rules and patterns of creating individual transformation and group change.

Designed for mid-to-senior level OD professionals, this session offers an opportunity to remember, refresh and recontextualize existing skills and acquire new insights and proficiency to effect elegant, transformative change with grace. A discussion of radically changing paradigms sets the stage for the considering the implications of hyperconnectivity in organizations. Building on this foundation, participants are asked to bring a presenting challenge to address during this session. The bulk of the session will be spent on individual consideration of how to unleash individual change with global implications.

As leaders and change agents we often operate at maximum velocity and capacity to create value and performance. This pursuit of excellence requires that we effect transformative change in ourselves and our organizations. This session is designed to provide senior level OD practitioners with the breathing space to step back, take a deep breath and reconsider our work and renew our understanding in a thoughtful and deep conversational session. Over the last ten years the presenters have lead over two dozen such sessions designed as deep dives into the meaning and latent potential of our work.

Leaving the session, it is anticipated that participants will be deeply refreshed and poised for substantial breakthroughs in their work and lives. Past participants in similar sessions have described these as "life-changing" and valuable. Individual outcomes obviously can't be predicted but we expect participants to leave feeling (re)grounded and encouraged. Participants are asked to come to the session with a complex work problem on which to focus their attention during the session.
Presenters: Sharon Benjamin, Michael Arena

If you can't join us in person in New Orleans, but would like to hear more about this exciting work e-mail Sharon at sharonbenjamin.com.