Integrating Dialogic OD with Diagnostic OD

In this video we discuss integrating dialogic OD (methods, tools, and techniques) with traditional diagnostic OD (method, tools, and techniques) to produce a more powerful, accretive, and innovative social and organizational change methodology.

Increasingly we find that leveraging Diagnostic OD method, tools, and techniques alone is inadequate to effectively (read: sustainably) address the complex adaptive challenges of today. To solve complex adaptive challenges effectively, it requires an approach that is “suited for the times”; that is, an approach that both leverages complexity while embracing uncertainty. Moreover, we need an approach that is focused not only on addressing change at a behavioral level, but also, and far more importantly, at a cognitive level.

That is, we need a method that addresses both inner AND outer. Integrating both OD methods, diagnostic (outer; behavioral) and dialogic (inner; cognitive), helps us achieve this goal.

What You’ll Learn

In this episode, you will learn:

• The case for integrating Dialogic OD with Diagnostic OD

• How Dialogic OD amplifies the value of Diagnostic OD

• The aspects of Dialogic OD to integrate with Diagnostic OD

• Practice fields of opportunity to begin role-modeling the new

• Key considerations when integrating both methods

Hope you enjoy!

-Randall Scott

Related Reading

• Diagnostic OD vs. Dialogic OD

• Comparing Dialogic OD vs. Diagnostic OD: An Overview

• Introducing Hybrid OD (Organization Development)

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

Watch the Video

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