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Our House, 2nd Edition
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Our House, 2nd Edition

by Antony Williams
September 2019
Intermediate to advanced
164 pages
4h 40m
English
Routledge
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Chapter 11

From reading this book, and perhaps from trying out its processes, you know by now that the comforting simplicity of a house conceals an elaborate set of OD interventions. The framework’s apparent whimsy only intensifies clarity and the choices your clients must make. The world of work is cast in an energising, but unusual light. While the methods may appear overly playful before you start, they are not so slight once you and your clients are inside. With action methods, you are always put through something. Participants are not observers – they are players, making choices and standing by them.

Which brings us to risk. Action methods make us think and feel, and we do not do either of those well when we are too ...

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