OD Innovator Magazine

OD Innovator is a quarterly magazine created to highlight and share leading practices in the evolving field of organizational development.

The publication features professionals who are transforming the effectiveness of their organizations. Articles focus on the tools and methodologies used to help executives acquire the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in today’s complex, dynamic environment, offering actionable insights that readers can apply to their own organizations.

Available as a free digital publication, OD Innovator is published quarterly.

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Latest Articles

Stronger Together: How to Forge a Team that Defies a Downturn

May 15, 2020 - by Jason Myers

Seen through the lens of the current pandemic, life looks pretty bleak right now—especially for businesses. The vast economic engine of the United States has ground to a halt. Global stock markets have plummeted. And early reports hint that the next recession will be a doozy. The odds of a …

Innovator Spotlight

Meet OD Innovator: Shane Snow

February 24, 2020February 24, 2020 - by Jason Myers

“I explore human behavior and the brain, as a journalist and researcher, and write about how we can apply this science to work and life. Right now, I’m celebrating the launch of the flagship program in my online training center Snow Academy, which builds on my latest research on ‘Dream …

Leadership

How to Lead Without Authority

February 6, 2020February 7, 2020 - by Mistina Picciano

For many leaders, the desire for power and authority doesn’t come from the need to collect direct reports as a status symbol, but from the belief that they need authority over others to get work done or to make decisions. The complex environments of modern organizations, however, require leaders to …

Innovator Spotlight

Meet OD Innovator: Ethan Chazin

February 3, 2020February 3, 2020 - by Jason Myers

What are you doing now and for whom? I am a Goldman Sachs 10k small Biz business growth coach and provide organizations with employee training & professional development What common challenges do you encounter as an OD Professional? An unwillingness on the part of organizations to invest in their people, …

Innovator Spotlight

Meet OD Innovator: Dave Nast

February 3, 2020February 3, 2020 - by Jason Myers

What are you doing now and for whom? I am the CEO and Managing Partner for Nast Partners, a leading Talent Optimization firm and the fastest growing Certified Partner for The Predictive Index in the world. What common challenges do you encounter as an OD Professional? Recently, our projects have …

Innovator Spotlight

Meet OD Innovator Ethan Schutz

December 17, 2019December 17, 2019 - by Jason Myers

What common challenges do you encounter as an OD Professional? I think there are upfront challenges and challenges during the process itself. Upfront I often hear a skepticism that change or improvement will actually occur. Most of the time, I find that people have a lot of reasons why they …

Collaboration

No Colors, No Helmets

December 12, 2019December 12, 2019 - by John Bianchin

Improve capacity for collaboration by understanding and embracing social identity (with some help from the Outlaw Biker world) A PRIMER “No Colors, No Helmets”. Outside a bar or two in your town, there’s likely a sign containing that pronouncement. The message is simple. Understanding its significance is more complicated, but …

Innovator Spotlight

Meet OD Innovator: Priscilla Gill, EdD | Director Workforce Learning – Mayo Clinic

September 24, 2019September 24, 2019 - by Jason Myers

This month’s OD Innovator spotlight features Priscilla Gill, executive coach, author, and leadership/organizational development practitioner who leads Mayo Clinic’s Workforce Learning enterprise function. Dr. Gill has served as Diversity and Inclusion Administrator for Mayo Clinic in Arizona and has over 20 years of multidisciplinary business experience in a variety of …

Leadership

The Big Connection: Learning and Performance

September 11, 2019September 11, 2019 - by Hawley Kane

For many companies, learning exists on a lonely little island in the midst of bigger business outcomes. Cut off from the impact that learning has on the business, the ostracized learning function putters on, tallying course completions and course grades. In these organizations, learning is just learning. Nothing more. But …

Culture / Innovation / Leadership

Fight Like a Marine

August 29, 2019August 29, 2019 - by Ed Gillcrist

Corporate Combined Arms: Putting the Competition in a Dilemma How do we crush the competition while continuously growing the team and getting better at what we do? For almost two and a half centuries, the United States Marine Corps has relentlessly perfected effective approaches to defeating our nation’s enemies in …