#📓 #📄 #🟡 # A Call to Engage: Realizing the Potential of Dialogic Organization Development ![[calendar-plus.svg]] <small>Sep 04, 2021</small> | ![[calendar-clock.svg]] <small>Jan 03, 2023</small> 🏷️ [[Organization Development MOC|OD]] **Author:** [[Peggy Holman]] **Citation:** Holman, P. (2013). A call to engage: Realizing the potential of dialogic organization development. _OD Practitioner, 45_(1), 18-24. --- # Summary Holman advocates for building awareness of and broadly practicing dialogic OD to re-envision organizations, communities and a variety of systems. She argues that Dialogic OD practices are ideally suited for helping in situations of complexity, conflict and upheaval. ## Key Takeaways # Notes & Important Ideas - [[emergence]] = increasingly complex order self-organizing out of disorder ([note on p.19](zotero://open-pdf/library/items/4KTPG4M5?page=2)) - In emergence the pattern of change flows as: 1. Disruption breaks apart the status quo. 2. The system differentiates, surfacing innovations and distinctions among its parts. 3. As different parts interact, a new, more complex coherence arises. ([note on p.19](zotero://open-pdf/library/items/4KTPG4M5?page=2)) - Using dialogic practices to engage people in conversations about their own issues, not only do we solve the immediate problem but we also develop the capacity of the system to be more future and possibility focused. ([note on p.20](zotero://open-pdf/library/items/4KTPG4M5?page=3)) - Leaders and change agents don't need to intervene when disruption happens, we just need to create an environment ([note on p.22](zotero://open-pdf/library/items/4KTPG4M5?page=5)) - Three actions for dialogic engagement ([note on p.21](zotero://open-pdf/library/items/4KTPG4M5?page=4)) 1. Create a container for dialogue by asking possibility-oriented questions, inviting the diversity of the system and be welcoming. - focus on opportunities for something better and more meaningful- "Given all that has happened, what is possible now?"- invite all who “ARE IN”:those with authority, r esources, expertise,information, and need ([note on p.22](zotero://open-pdf/library/items/4KTPG4M5?page=5)) 2. Create opportunities for individual expression and connection. - encourage people to explore what they love and find commonalities in mutual needs and desires ([note on p.23](zotero://open-pdf/library/items/4KTPG4M5?page=6)) 3. Reflect together to find meaning and coherence. - helps us notice larger patterns- "What surprised us? What are we learning? What is meaningful?"- reflection means both sensing patterns *and* being a mirror for others ([note on p.23](zotero://open-pdf/library/items/4KTPG4M5?page=6)) #### Benefits of using Dialogic OD to engage emergence - Stretches and refreshes us as individuals - Connects us with people we wouldn't normally meet and fosters lively interactions - Inspires breakthrough projects - Strengthens community - Changes the culture- ([note on p.20](zotero://open-pdf/library/items/4KTPG4M5?page=3)) > "Without a central authority in charge, the system itself changes as the narrative among the networks of relationships evolves. " ([Holman 2013:24](zotero://open-pdf/library/items/4KTPG4M5?page=7)) ## Connections to Other Materials --- # Personal Reflections & Application # Other References TBR:: 🔖Holman, P. (2010). *Engaging emergence: Turning upheaval into opportunity.* Berrett Koehler Publishers. (GR) TBR:: 🔖 Community Learning Exchange (CLE)- http://www. communitylearningexchange.org (Z) TBR:: 🔖Baldwin, C., & Linnea, A. (2010). *The circle way: A leader in every chair.* Berrett Koehler Publishers. (GR)