Dialogic OD, Diversity, and Inclusion: Aligning Mindsets, Values, and Practices
Research in Organizational Change and Development
ISBN: 978-1-78560-019-7, eISBN: 978-1-78560-018-0
Publication date: 27 June 2015
Abstract
This chapter explores recent shifts from diagnostic to more dialogic, relational, and emergent OD practices and poses the question: How is diversity and inclusion integral to Dialogic OD and how do Dialogic OD practices support the goals of diversity and inclusion? Dialogic OD practices turn our attention to the deeply embedded patterns that we may otherwise take for granted, foster a readiness to disrupt these patterns, and enable a shift to alternative and perhaps more inclusive narratives. My focus is on how the dialogic and communication perspectives address systemic forces that maintain undesirable prevailing narratives and build the capacity to create more inclusive communities.
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Acknowledgements
Acknowledgments
I appreciate the conversations partners I had in the process of writing this chapter. First, Gervase Bushe and Bob Marshak, and Debra Noumair and Rami Shani, for their comments on an earlier version of this chapter. My collaborators in conceptualizing and practicing: Bernardo Ferdman, Placida Gallegos, Kathy Kram and Ed Schein, Bart Boechner and Marla Crockett. This only serves as a reminder that we foster meaning in relationships.
Citation
Wasserman, I.C. (2015), "Dialogic OD, Diversity, and Inclusion: Aligning Mindsets, Values, and Practices", Research in Organizational Change and Development (Research in Organizational Change and Development, Vol. 23), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 329-356. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0897-301620150000023008
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