ODKM at GMU

ODKM Alum Lorne Epstein invites you to an event from the Students in Neuroscience organization at George Mason University. Dr. Temple Grandin, renowned scientist and advocate, will be speaking at Mason on January 29th, 2025. This event is a unique opportunity to gain insights from one of the most influential voices in neuroscience and education. The event is free-of-charge with lunch included! See the flyer for more information and a QR Code to register.

Dr. Temple Grandin at George Mason Univ. - Free Event with Food All Welcome Dr. Grandin, autism advocate and animal behavior pioneer, will speak at Mason on her insights into neurodiversity.

Announcing the next LearnComm, coming soon on Saturday, February 1, 2025. Register now for this great event!

For the first 25 years of the PSOL/ODKM program, "AI" was synonymous with appreciative inquiry or appreciative intelligence. Now, it’s just as likely to bring artificial intelligence to mind. So, what if we combined the two? The planning team for this year's final learning community is diving into this idea.

Join us as we explore the intersection of AI and its implications for knowledge management, organizational development, and change. Alums, you graduated with a commitment to "embrace the ambiguity"; let’s revisit that mindset and see where this journey takes us.

ALL ARE WELCOME! You need not be an alum or have any knowledge of OD, KM, change, or AI (either kind) to attend.

The Planning Team: Suleyma Garcia, Frank Scrivener, Corey Hitt, and Tim Degnan

Learning Community Saturday, February 1, 2025 9:00 am - 3:00 pm EST 3351 Fairfax Dr, Arlington, VA 22201

Check out ODKM Faculty Member Penny Potter discussing Use of Self within OD.

ODKM Insights: Use of Self ODKM Director of Coaching and Professor Penny Potter discusses Use of Self in an OD and coaching context.

Today is Giving Tuesday, and for the first time in its history, the ODKM program is able to receive donations that will benefit the program.

Donations will:

Enhance Learning Opportunities: Strengthen and innovate the delivery of the program through funding classroom support (co-facilitators and graduate teaching assistants), expanding research opportunities, funding graduate internship opportunities, and other support elements.

Strengthen ODKM's Sense of Community: Foster connections between alumni, current students, and faculty to build a thriving network of lifelong learners and collaborators through an alum newsletter, 30th anniversary reunion, and other efforts to bring our community together.

Support Outreach Activities: Help to tell the ODKM story beyond the community through marketing activities, organizational relationship-building, ambassador programming, and advisory committee formation and development.

Please consider donating to ODKM today.

Give Online Today By supporting Mason, you join a community that is unified and inspired by our mission to better serve the world. Thank you!

ODKM Program Director, Founder, and Professor Tojo Thatchenkery explains how organization development is not only relevant, but perhaps more so, in today's working environments. What do you think? Is OD still important in improving organizations?

ODKM Insights: OD and Its Relevance in Today's World ODKM Program Director and Professor Tojo Thatchenkery discusses OD's relevance in today's world and the current (2024) working environment.

ODKM faculty member John Hovell discusses how organization development and knowledge management fit together on our brand new YouTube channel.

ODKM Insights: How Org Development and Knowledge Management Work Together Program faculty member John Hovell discusses how the two key disciplines of the ODKM program, organization development and knowledge management, fit together.

KM World 2024 conference is coming soon! Interested? You may want to check out the Networking Happy Hour on November 19th, which is a great opportunity to meet other KM practitioners in person and get a pulse on what's happening in knowledge management.

Networking Happy Hour:
When: Tuesday, November 19 - 5:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Where: JW Marriott, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, DC
Cost: $25 (Showcase only pass)

To register and to learn more about KM World 2024, follow the link below.

KMWorld 2024 Registration Options Discover the untapped potential of knowledge at the leading knowledge management event. KMWorld 2024 registration includes access to all keynotes, sessions, receptions, networking events, and the Enterprise Solutions Showcase between November 18-21, 2024.

In our first ODKM blog post, faculty member Stacey Guenther, PhD, PCC discusses sensebreaking leadership, which she describes as "breaking with our traditionally held views of leadership." Stacey will be offering a new elective course this spring called Mindful Leadership, a course grounded in the notion of sensebreaking leadership.

This blog series, ODKM Insights, will feature a variety of perspectives from the ODKM world and curriculum. Expect to hear from faculty, alumni, and students.

Are you an alum who wants to share your insights? Contact Stacey to get involved.

ODKM Insights: Sensebreaking Leadership The shift from traditional, individual-centered leadership models to collective, sensebreaking approaches, emphasizes the role of shared leadership practices, collaborative action, and interpersonal skills as essential for navigating complex organizational challenges.