Author: faith
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National OD Network Conference
Hoorah!!! Faith Addicott has been selected, with Staceye Randal of Dallas, Texas, to be a presenter at this year’s annual Organizational Development Network Conference! Faith and Staceye will be presenting an integrated, experiential introduction to Appreciative Inquiry for practitioners, and framing the learning and conversation in how AI can bolster engagement, inclusion, and authenticity to…
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Thinking In Systems
Almost everything which does work in the world is a system – a collection of smaller things or actions or relationships that together form a mechanism for self-regulation or creation or life. Understanding how these systems work, and that they follow finite rules and consistent patterns is incumbent upon anyone who wants to understand or…
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Mid-Level Leadership: The Art of Balance
Do you as a leader often find yourself between two or more bad decisions, and none of them are really your choice? When policy is written it is with the best intentions, but at times formed in a nascent way, leaving a lack of funding or specificity in how to make the changes necessary to…
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Doing Democracy
What is democracy? We talk about it all the time, use the word as a banner of identity, and often claim it’s inherent superiority over other political systems. Yet I have found that few can accurately define more that the right to vote, and the underlying principles which are the foundation of democratic theory, dating…
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Hiring Practices- Setting the Tone for Innovation
Current hiring practices in PA are focused critically on these two things, eliminating candidates with skills and passion while rewarding experience over all other metrics.
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Process IS Product: You can’t eat the pie before you make it.
We spend in public administration a lot of time talking about WHAT and not nearly as much time talking about HOW. Let me use my favorite analogy – pie.
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Setting the Pace of Change
Martin Luther King Jr said it best. ““Tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there “is” such a thing as being too late. This is no time for apathy or complacency. This is a time for vigorous and positive action.” This is…