Dialogic OD Toolkit: Tools for Breakthrough Results

In this episode, we discuss the Dialogic OD toolkit and how leveraging dialogic-based tools can both generate and accelerate breakthrough results when solving for a complex adaptive challenge.

The types of organizational challenges that we as OD/Change leaders are increasingly being asked to help facilitate and solve are social in nature; that is, they are of a more complex variety where leveraging tools of old (i.e., diagnostic OD-based tools) is insufficient. To be successful with problem-solving today, it requires use of a set of tools that are attuned to solve complex, multi- stakeholder social issues. We refer to such tools as dialogic tools (aka ‘Dialogic OD Toolkit’) which are tools that leverage and are rooted in use of dialogue (as a conversational form) to facilitate problem solving. Knowing and being skilled in the use of such tools is vital to be an effective Organization Development/Change practitioner today.

What You’ll Learn

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• (7) Key tools that comprise the Dialogic OD toolkit

• Why dialogic tools are so effective at solving complex challenges

• How remarkably different Dialogic OD tools are from traditional Diagnostic OD toolkit

Chapters

• 0:00 – Welcome to All Things OD Podcast

• 1:38 – Introducing the Dialogic OD Toolkit

• 2:55 – Tool #1: Innovation Sequences

• 8:06 – Tool #2: Container Building (Creating the Conditions for Change)

• 14:28 – Tool #3: Narrative/Story Harvesting

• 16:53 – Tool #4: Large-Group Process Methods

• 18:37 – Tool #5: Generative Dialogue

• 21:18 – Tool #6: Coaching (@Organization, Team, & Individual Levels)

• 23:55 – Tool #7: Inner Work (Transforming Limiting Beliefs & Patterns)

Hope you enjoy!

-Randall Scott

Related Reading

• Diagnostic OD vs. Dialogic OD

• Dialogic Leadership: What It Is and Why It Matters Today

• Integrating Dialogic OD with Diagnostic OD

See how these ideas come together in practice. Explore the Complexity Leadership Model, our hybrid of diagnostic and dialogic OD.

Watch the Video

Watch the full video on YouTube: Dialogic OD Toolkit: How to Generate Breakthrough Results Leveraging Dialogic OD Tools

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