11Transformative Learning during Dialogic OD

Yabome Gilpin-Jackson

“I want more than change, I want transformation!”

This statement and variations of it are popular among organization leaders today. Leaders are aware that in the face of constant change and increasing complexity, they need employees and workgroups that are able to build their own capacity to solve the complex adaptive challenges of our times (Heifetz, Linsky, and Grashow, 2009). They want people and groups in their organizations who are capable of anticipating and integrating the constant influx of internal and external changes, making meaning of the changes, and taking the right action to move the organization forward. Informed leaders are aware this requires shared accountability ...

Get Dialogic Organization Development now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.