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  • Learning How to Read the Room: Organization Development Network Conference, New Orleans, Oct 18, 2010 3:00pm
    "What is going on in this group?" "Why are the interactions unproductive?" "How can I help the team have healthy conversations that lead to good decisions and productive relationships?" Every OD consultant,  leader, manager, and group member asks these questions and at times struggles to find the answers. Using David Kantor's theory of Structural Dynamics, Nancy Lonstein, Principal, and Dr. Anne Perschel, President, Germane Consulting, explain the The Four Player Model, the most accessible and discussable framework for understanding and improving the often invisible structures in face-to-face communications.

    Only when the invisible becomes seen, can we take action for positive change.

Those Aren't Dirty Clothes – They're "Tweener Duds"

Dear Son (or Daughter):

I am so deeply sorry that I have not understood you all these years.  Please forgive me.  I saw the light when thinking about the following request in the Atlantic Monthly “Word Fugitive” column:

“I’m looking for a word for the items of clothing which sit perched in my bedroom, waiting to be reworn. They are not yet ready ... Read more »