Structure and participants

Purpose

To explore the future of our profession and provide practical recommendations on how OD practitioners worldwide can prepare for future opportunities.

To unite, energize, and mobilize the field to advance the OD profession.

Sponsors

  • Dr. Don Cole, President, The O.D. Institute
  • Dr. Mila Baker, Chair of Board of Trustees, OD Network
  • Dr. Rita Aloni, President of International OD Association

Leader

Ted Nguyen,Chair, Global Committee on the Future of OD

Advisory Board

To provide guidance and wisdom to the Planning Team. The Advisory Board consists of 31 senior OD executives

Advisory Board's Role

  • Guide Global Committee direction
  • Guide OD issues and business needs
  • Recommend actions that will enable the achievement of the global committee objectives
  • Share knowledge of existing OD best practices, and successful approaches
  • Guide Sector or Industry Grassroots Teams
  • Implement Recommendations in organizations
  • Assist with resources for committee meetings

Academic Advisory Board

  • Review and validate research model and process; provide theoretical and practical research.
  • Leverage their personal and professional credibility, by reaching out to other academic institutions to unite, energize and mobilize faculty around the world.
  • Provide guidance and perspectives to promote bridging academic and practical- development to “scholar-practitioners”.
  • Review and validate business challenges and opportunities in every sector.
  • Provide graduate student involvement as appropriate.
  • Communicate OD/OB future trends in academia.
  • Provide perspective regarding OD/OB programs in academic institutions.
  • Collaborate and act as catalysts to continually innovate OD models and examine academic programs accordingly.